89 J-arm Bushings And Ball Joints? Help Plz.

[christophernpoo]

My front end has to much play for me to tolerate any longer anyone know of a kit that will do all the moving stuff in the front including the steering stem? Im referring to bushings balljoints all that junk. or am I soon to bust out the welder and go with a-arms? Thanks in advance peeps

[MRMOONEY]

GET SOME OF THE BRONZE BUSHINGS THE FRONT END, ACTUALLY I HAVE ALMOSY A COMPLETE EXTRA KIT ILL SELL YOU ITS MISSING I THINK 3 BUSHINGS

ILL SELL THE 9 BUSHING (BRAND NEW) FOR 40 SHIPPED, THEY SELL FOR CLOSE TO 90 NEW LET ME KNOW

[Meat]

guy on these forums named "Holyman" sells a really nice set of needle bearings for A\J-Arms. Hook up with those babies

[frocashmoney24]

i dont think ull be gettin new balljoints on the stockers unless ur gettin new jarms, but on ebay i got a set of bearings for the front and the back for 15 plus shipping

[Holyman]

You need to pull apart your front end and find out what you really need. I can sell you bearings to replace the bushings for $15 less than my eBay price but on the Jarms especially the upper sleeves AND bushings wear out more quickly and no matter which bushings or bearings you use the front will still be sloppy. The other thing is if your ball joints are bad, you're better off converting to A arms because they are much easier to get used/cheap ones, you can convert to aftermarket A arms and the upper bushings last MUCH longer than a Jarm bushing. The bearings will give better life than any bushing bronze or plastic because they roll instead of slide. But if you never grease your pivot points, nothing you have will last.

So make sure you know what you need first and then let us know. We'll help you from there.

[christophernpoo]

ok I will pool it apart in a few weeks and let ya know what I need thanks.

[sheechandchong]

dude,you should check out a set of D-arms over at lonestar racing. I put these on my 87 and they are awesome.

[MotulMonsta]

I woldn't spend te money on the D-arms, you can get a conversion kit for A-arms or punk up a new frame for a little over 600 bucks from the factory. The D-arms are just as bad a the J-arms during hard abuse. Yes Lonestar puts out GREAT products and the D-arm will last forever, the bearings will not. When I raced my old 87, I had to tighten up the J-arms after each moto. I used red locktight and massive amounts of gorrilla torque. They still came loose. I ended up elongating the mounting holes. But the frame was trashed by then so I converted to an a-arm chassis. Best money I ever spent.