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Yeti 575 Bearing Replacement Tools used in this procedure:

Yeti Linkage Tool

½” spanner & socket

Various length net & bolts

18mm socket

Allen keys – 4, 5, 6mm

6mm socket allen key

Rubber mallet

Torque wrench

Silicon grease

Waterproof grease

Threadlock

GT85

Circular spoke key

Removable zip ties

One-hand G Clamp

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DISASSEMBLY

1. Release air from shock

2. Remove bike components which hinder the procedure.

Crank, chain and rear mech cable, move front mech up seat tube out of the way.

(Note, in pics only the crank has been removed)

3. Using a 5mm (non drive-side) and 6mm (drive-side) allen key, undo the main pivot

bolt

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4. Remove the main pivot pin. This may be stubborn, it helps to partially remove the

male bolt and tap an allen key inserted into the bolt head

5. Once the pivot pin is released, remove it.

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6. Use 2 x 5mm allen keys to release the dogbone/shockmount bolt

7. Remove the male bolt & washer from the non-drive side and the female pin and

washer from the other side. Again, if stubborn, a partially inserted bolt on the non-

drive side can be tapped with a soft-faced hammer to release the pin

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8. The swingarm can now be removed

9. Remove the front shock-mount bolt, pin and washers using 5mm allen keys

I used a removable zip-tie to hold the shock and stop it dropping onto the down-tube

when the pin is removed.

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10. Remove the upper dogbone mount pin, bolt and washers. 5mm allen keys again.

11. Remove the shock and dogbone assembly

12. Carefully clean all mounting points and bolts. (Remove any traces of cleaing fluid!)

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13. If your dogbone has the socket head screws, loosen them with a 2.5mm allen key

14. Remove the steel shock pin:

Holding the dogbone in the soft jaws of a vice, assemble the linkage tool over the

dogbone as shown.

Using a ½” spanner at each end, turn clockwise to press the shock pin out. The shock

and dogbone are now separated. There should be replacement black nylon washers in

your bearing kit.

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15. Remove the bearings from top & bottom of the dogbone:

A 18mm socket on the receiving side and the linkage tool press on the push side works

for upper and lower bearings.

16. Clean all bearing mount surfaces

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17. Remove main pivot bearings: this is where the spoke key comes into play.

It’s exactly the right size to push the bearings into. (A large socket could be used in it’s

place.)

Using one of the long bolts (or the linkage tool bolt), assemble as shown and press

bearings out from the inside of the swingarm.

( The linkage tool press is useful here as a spacer for the long bolt.)

Bearing pressed neatly into the spoke key:

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ASSEMBLY

Prior to assembly, prep all bolts with threadlock.

1. Prepare upper dogbone bearings. Lightly grease outer surfaces with silicon grease.

2. Use linkage tool press cups and linkage tool bolt to press bearings in

3. Dogbone pivot: Prepare the steel pivot pin for assembly as shown.

This will press the bearings the correct distance onto one end of the pin.

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4. Result appears as below. Slide one nylon washer onto the pin

5. Ensuring shock is orientated correctly, assemble dogbone, pivot and shock as shown

6. Insert linkage bolt through pin and on opposite end from pre-assembled bearings,

place -

Nylon washer

Bearings

Press cup insert

Press cup

washer

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7. Holding shock in soft jaws of vice, turn linkage tool bolts clockwise to press bearings

into place

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Dogbone/shock assembly now ready for installing on the frame:

If the socket head screws were loosened on your dogbone, prep them with

threadlock and tighten to 120-150 inch-pounds.

8. Lightly grease female pivot bolts and tap through frame, bearing, dogbone assembly,

not forgetting the washers.

New bearings may be a tighter fit than the old ones!

9. Place a male Yeti bolt with washer on the opposing side of the female bolt and thread

into position. Cinch down both male Yeti bolts with the 5mm allen keys

Torque: 120-150 inch-pounds (14-17Nm)

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10. Press in main pivot bearings: Prep the bearings with waterproof grease.

The One-hand G-Clamp is used here to press in the bearing, a large washer as a spacer

in the swingarm’s recess.

Alternatively, the linkage tool and press cups can be used.

11. Slide the swingarm back over the main pivot. The recess cut in the swingarm in front

of the bearing should be lined up over the main pivot lip to ease the installation process.

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12. Make sure the bearings are lined up with the main pivot bore before tapping the

lightly greased main pivot pin through the frame with the rubber mallet.

The pivot head does not need to be flush with the bearings at this point.

13. Place the black washer over the main pivot pin on the non-drive side and thread the

male bolt in. Tighten with 5mm allen key while holding the opposing side with the 6mm

allen key. Tightening the bolt will pull the pivot pin the rest of the way through.

Torque: 125-150 inch pounds (14-17 Nm)

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14. Place the outer black nylon washers over the stell pivot pin

15. Line up the seatstays over the pivot pin. Insert the female Yeti bolt and washer

through the seatstays and shock assembly (from drive-side).

16. Place a threadlock prepped male Yeti bolt with a washer on the opposing side of the

female bolt and thread into position. Tighten with the 5mm allen keys.

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Torque spec: 125-150 inch pounds (14-17 Nm)

Reinstall crank, front mech, chain and rear mech cable.

Pump shock to required pressure.

Go Ride!