zx636 to kz conversion

just completed an 03 zx636 to kz swingarm conversion for a kzrider member.

while it was all still fresh on my mind i wanted to write out how it goes for my own memory and to show others how i pulled it off.

i had to mill .075 off each side to get it narrowed down to fit the frame.










leon

resend those pic's banshee

the zx has this for a pivot bushing.




which also had to be cut down .150

so after some brainstorming/meditating i came up with this for a solution.



i reached inside and cut the i.d. the amount that i needed to shorten the spacer.
i then machined the o.d. the same amount.




that allowed me to slide the race(thats what the steel cap looking things are on the ends,they have koyo #'s on the ends)further onto the aluminum sleeve,thereby shortening it .



leon

and... and... lol I'm digging thos I just ordered a ZX6 swingarn not sure it will work but You gotta keep this thread coming

ram,
if you wasn't payin attention i was gonna wait to do this until in the mornin. :huh:

i am having to resize every damned pic :blink: .

imma keep it comin tho. :laugh:

leon

the ADD kicking in again. sorry man i get excited lol

after i had the arm narrowed and the bushing narrowed it was now time to machine the spacer/dustshield/bushing/reducer. :ohmy:

here is what i came up with.




the longer one extends through the thrust bearing and into the axle bushing.



and the shorter one naturally goes to the other side. :whistle:





leon

haha the old addd,i see :woohoo:
so thanks for tuning in :silly: !

and that fellow kzriders is how i fit the zx9 arm to the kz9 frame :lol: .








leon

I may be over my head here. I am gonna stay tuned for sure. I think I just purchased a frame to use for the mock up before i tear mine apart. but nothinhg ventured nothing gained

531blackbanshee wrote: the zx has this for a pivot bushing.

which also had to be cut down .150

so after some brainstorming/meditating i came up with this for a solution.

i reached inside and cut the i.d. the amount that i needed to shorten the spacer.
i then machined the o.d. the same amount.

that allowed me to slide the race(thats what the steel cap looking things are on the ends,they have koyo #'s on the ends)further onto the aluminum sleeve,thereby shortening it .



leon

That's using the old melon for something other than a hat rack. Nice work Leon. Some times you just have to have the parts in your hands to decide on a solution. I remember thinking how lucky I was that the GSXR swingarm was narrower (is that a real word?) than the KZ. All I had to do was make bushings. This is a good solution for those using wider swingarms.

thanks for the kind words testa.
that race dealio had me stumped for .............about an hour :pinch: .

an hour to think about it,

and five minutes to do it :silly:.

leon

Great looking work Leon, I love it when a custom solution ends up looking stock. Like the brace on my swingarm, when I tell people who don't know KZ's that I had my swingy modified, they go "What did you have done, looks stock to me." That brace looks like it was supposed to be there.