Yes YZF Shocks do fit....(some mods required)

[warriorcliff77]

Just thought i'd post up a few pics of my YZF shocks and fabbed up heel guards.

All that is required is to relocate the upper shock mount holes about 1/2 an inch, then notch out the lower a arm. (Same as the Raptor 660 mod)

Here's my fabbed up heel guards:

 

[dte825]

I gotta say man, your bike looks sweet. Nice job.

 

[teamexileracing]

Good fabin dude. you bike looks nice with that color combo.

 

[97warriorrider]

bitchin lookin bike man..what u mean " notch out the lower a arm"..if i keep my warrior i might try this

 

[warriorcliff77]

Here's what i mean by notch out the lower a arm.

BTW: by relocated the upper holes, my shocks are NOT compressed at all, thereby not putting any stress on the balljoints and tierods.

 

[97warriorrider]

ic..how did u notch it out? u located the top mounts a half inch up? and cut some of the mount off?

 

[warriorcliff77]

To notch it out i used a die grinder. Yes after drilling the new holes you have to grind off the tabs. (meaning you can no longer use stock length warrior shocks.)

 

[warriorspeed350]

looks good but what is a yzf? you mean yfz?

 

[warriorcliff77]

^^Yes, my bad amigo!.

 

[warriorcliff77]

Here's a close up of the upper mount:

 

[kawfox9]

so you cut off the upper mount and made new brackets or wht??? and also woudl you recomend it does it handle a lot better or what?? let me know

 

[warriorcliff77]

Kawfox9: I did not have to make new brackets. I just drilled NEW holes higher up and inward a tad. Then ground off the "excess" tabs(where the original holes where.)
It handles A WHOLE LOT better than the stockers. I paid 250.00 canadian for these shocks which had very little time on them. Plus having the adjustability of compression and rebound is sweet.

 

[kawfox9]

ohhhhh now i see..haha sorry yah my friend has a yfz and set the shocks for his weight ( i weigh the same as him) and man can you charge the woops and not even get tired it is great!!!

 

[courchaine]

It would be nice if you could make a tutorial in the tutorial sections and explain in details what y'ouve done


Max

 

[97warriorrider]

^ yeah that would be nice..i might do this is i keep it..it looks awesome with the blue anodized rezzies..but why dont u just get works or something..if it really handles that much better i might do this except for the fact that u have to cut the mount and cant run the stock shocks

 

[warriorcliff77]

97Warriorrider: I paid 250 canadian for these, Works with dual rate springs, rezzies and rebound/compression setting would be a heck of alot more. Plus i've ridden a few other quads with Works and i wasn't impressed.

As far as the stock shock issue, prior to having these shocks on, i had a set of Rappy 660 shocks. (this is where i did the initial upper mount mod) as they are longer than the stockers, and just about the same length as the yfz shocks(a tad shorter) The lower a-arm mod is required due to the thicker mount on the yfz shock.

As for the blue anodized rezzies: took my favorite tool: (die grinder) with a 3M scour pad, smoothed em out and painted them with Duplicolour Anodizing paint. (8 bucks a can), 3 coats.

 

[97warriorrider]

yeah.i love that paint..i get it for 5 bucks..yeh i know why u need to do that to the lower a-arm i just dont now how

 

[warriorcliff77]

Very easy to do the lower a-arm:
Drill a 1/2 inch hole in the middle , the use a die grinder and carbide bit to hog out the square:

 

[97warriorrider]

ic..thanks man..i think i can get my cuzins stock yfz shocks..i got alot of other **** to do first

 

[deadaim]

what kind of paint is that?