Axle for GS arm?

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Axle for GS arm?

03 Sep 2009 17:24
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In case I get the GS1100e swingarm in shape to install on my '80 KZ1000 LTD, what axle do I need to find that will be long enough and the correct diameter?

I'll be using the stock wheel.

Sonny
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Re: Axle for GS arm?

03 Sep 2009 18:28 - 03 Sep 2009 19:52
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sbulla wrote:
In case I get the GS1100e swingarm in shape to install on my '80 KZ1000 LTD, what axle do I need to find that will be long enough and the correct diameter?

I'll be using the stock wheel.

Sonny

If the axle diameter is the same, the GS one will work. If not, then you'll have to find wheel bearings with the same outside diameter as the KZ, and the same inside diameter as the GS. I had to do this with my 88' Gixxer arm but I ended up having a machinist friend make me a new axle and wheel spacers.
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Re: Axle for GS arm?

04 Sep 2009 00:26
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You need to use the gs axle. It is 20mm so you might have to call all balls and order a set. I used a spoke suzuki wheel so I lucked out when it came to bearings.
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Re: Axle for GS arm?

04 Sep 2009 10:17
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I used the stock GS arm when I did my swap. Check eBay if you can't find one.
79 KZ1000 LTD. Mikuni VM26 w/ accelerator pump. 4 into 1 header. Stock intake setup. GS1100 Swingarm, My swap thread: kzrider.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&...d=5&id=210872#210872

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Re: Axle for GS arm?

04 Sep 2009 11:40
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Be careful on ebay. I ordered two GS 1100 axles and both were too short for the swingarm.. Must have been a difference between the "E" and the other models, or the sellers didn't know what they had.
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Re: Axle for GS arm?

04 Sep 2009 11:49
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I've seen posted on here a few times that a KZ1300 axle will work as well.
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