front wheel bearing problems/genesis to exup wheel swap

[gatecrasha]

<br><br>1988 fzr1000genesis forks swapped for 89exup ones<br><br>i have fitted the yolks and fork legs from an <br>89exup...<br><br>the exup spindle bolt is thicker than the original <br>genesis one <br> so the spindle wont fit through the wheel,<br> which is from the genesis.....<br><br>would fitting exup wheel bearings solve the problem??<br><br>or should i find bearings that would match<br><br>the outside diameter of the genesis bearings,<br>and the internal diameter of the exup spindle??<br><br>assistance needed asap <br>as its full steam ahead on the build up.......<br><br>cheers folks - steve<br> <p></p><i></i>

[dragracer1951]

I think the od of the bearings are the same.<br>go to bike bandit dot comma momma and look at teh description of each year bearing...I'm pretty sure they give the sizes <p>Jim <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... Cheers.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... states.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Hey Kid...Is my taillight working?</p><i></i>

[fj1289]

Steve - I replied in the 87/88 forum - more info in that post. <br><br>87/88 have different front and rear rims than the 89-93 or 95. 87/88 use a different wheel bearing on the front rim than the others. No easy options to adapt the 87/88 rim - there are some ways to solve the problem, but geting a 89-93 front rim is probably the easiest, cheapest, and quickest answer. <br><br>I have tried a few things in the past similar to this - some worked, some didn't, some worked better than others. <br><br>Good luck, Chris<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[gatecrasha]

<br>cheers guys,<br><br>i have been thinking along the lines of hitting,<br>my local bearing specialist,<br>and giving him the o/d of the genesis along with th ei/d of the exup spindle <br><br>and see what he can do,<br><br>i also have 'wyko' localish to me,<br>they manufacture precision bearings and may be able to supply or grind the bore or something similar to allow the genesis wheel to be used<br><br>alternatively <br><br>its 89 exup wheel time - although im reliably in formed that the 89 onwards theres 4 different bearing types for these and my forks are identified as imports??<br><br>builds coming along nicely though apart from silly problems lol<br><br>steve<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[jjs777]

sorry this won't help much...<br><br>but I was lead to believe the 87-93 front wheel is inetrchangelable including bearing size<br><br>So this ends up being NOT correct ?<br><br>...I realize the span in years 87-93 saw the std forks and usd forks - but still believed the bearings to be the same for the front <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:steelblue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">-John </span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... cement.jpg" target="top">1995 FZR1000</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... 00x600.jpg" target="top">1990 FZR1000</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... resize.jpg" target="top">1990 FZR1040</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[dragracer1951]

I thought there was a difference in asle size John...<br>But I don't have an early one... <p>Jim <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... Cheers.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... states.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>Hey Kid...Is my taillight working?</p><i></i>

[gatecrasha]

axle is a different sixze jim,<br>the genesis axle is smaller than the exup one,<br>if im to fit the fzr genesis wheel the bearings will have to be the same as the genesis,<br>with the i/d of the exup??<br><br>a distinct lack of 3gm wheels available in uk/ebay at this moment<br><br>steve <p></p><i></i>