Attention New (or any?) Moro Owners - Check your Shock Pivot Bushings for Lube

[jreising326]

I purchased 3 Moro 07's about a month ago. Mine has about 100 miles on it, my wife's 30-ish and my son's probably less than 20. My bike is fine, but the other 2 developed Swingarm play. The problem is Yamaha never lubricated the shock bushing and the one on my wife's bike is already damaged. It's a very simple job to remove the shock, lube the pivot points and reassemble. You need Loctite, some Grease and 2 Allen Wrenches. I would recommend anyone with a Moro to check those bushing ASAP before it becomes an expensive problem. I was able to "save" the bushing in the photo attached by gently smoothing out with Scotchbrite. Not sure how easy or difficult it will to get replacement parts like these from Yamaha.

I found a copy of the Moro Service Manual Online here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pBh9rx5fRbwDB7u0sKXDX9m61SyTT-TF/view

I serviced both bikes in about 10 minutes and will check mine in the morning.