RZ forks/drums? Whats the diff?

[80overShee]

Im looking to make the tranny on my Shee just a little more fluid-like and always more reliable. I've seen that people are using the shift forks and drums for RZ's.....whats the difference? Is there really any advantage to this and what EXACTLY is it?

[Holyman]

The banshee forks have a pin that fits into the shift drum. The RZ forks have a small bearing on the pin so it rolls in the shift drum groove instead of sliding in the groove. They say it's a much smoother shift.

[NYUK]

rz forks are beefier also. hold one next to a banshee fork and you can see a noticeable difference. i run rz forks in my drag bike.

[rzcolobanshee]

Drum is no different fyi and it's not really a bearing, the pin is just seperate from the fork and rolls inside the fork rather than being solid

Edited July 7, 2005 by rzcolobanshee

[rebelbanshee2]

These guys got it covered. They are hard to find though. They do shift smoother, make sure you mod the shift star too.

[80overShee]

So just throwing a set of RZ forks on the shaft will make a noticeable difference?

[broke]

Yes.

[80overShee]

SWEEEET, consider me in the hunt for forks

[JARE77]

Maybe its just me but from my experience the RZ drums grooves seem to be a little smoother or cleaned out a little better.....for lack of a better term. RZcolobanshee is right there actually isnt a bearing the dowel or peg thingy is a seperate piece and just rolls freely in the shift fork. They do make a noticable difference.

[Rare Scottish Tree Badger]

Maybe its just me but from my experience the RZ drums grooves seem to be a little smoother or cleaned out a little better.....for lack of a better term.

389886[/snapback]

Yeah, you're right. ... I noticed that aswell when I picked up an RZ bottom end. But I only used the forks because, for some reason the drum was longer. ... Possibly because it was really an RD350. I thought they were the same bike, just a different name in a different country, but not so. The crank swapped ok, but the cases were wider than the Banshee ones in the area of the trans. .

 

I think it was on Bansheezone, (which is gone now), that there were good close-up pics of the differeces between the drums and forks.

 

Nice mod.

 

Rare.

[80overShee]

Maybe its just me but from my experience the RZ drums grooves seem to be a little smoother or cleaned out a little better.....for lack of a better term. RZcolobanshee is right there actually isnt a bearing the dowel or peg thingy is a seperate piece and just rolls freely in the shift fork. They do make a noticable difference.

389886[/snapback]

 

So if I get JUST the forks and rods then I will have the parts I need? There isn't some seperate 'bearing tip' or some cracked out part that is impossible to find? I can get ahold of RZ forks pretty easily actually, just wanna make sure I am not wasting my time

[Rare Scottish Tree Badger]

All you need are the forks. ... You don't need the rods unless yours are worn badly. The RZ rods are likely to have more mileage on them than your Banshee and you've probably lubricated your tranny better than the RZ was.

 

Rare.

[JARE77]

^^^^ True that^^^^