Post by trailheadmike on Mar 10, 2014 11:38:07 GMT -6
When I last wrote I found that the splines in the rear wheel on the Vog 260 had worn down to nothing such that the splines on the axle were spinning freely within the wheel and producing no movement. I misdiagnosed it as a broken belt so ordered some new parts before actually opening up the scooter to examine the parts. Even though it turned out not to be the belt, at 10,000 miles I figured it was a good time to install some new parts anyway. My go-to parts supplier for this scooter, BMS, looks like its not stocking anything anymore, so I thought I'd post what I bought and where because all parts were not that easy to find. Ultimately scrappy was the way to go, but I didn't want to start there because I have gotten wrong parts in the past from them.
Rear Wheel - This was the hardest because it is not a standard 3.50x13. BMS was out, and could not find this at any of our vendors, so I finally found it at a place that charged $120. That was around what BMS would have charged, but upon delivery I saw that they had sourced it from Alchemy, aka scrappy, and scrappy sells it for $70. Get the rim from scrappy.
Opening the case - As I put in another thread, if you have this scooter there are 11 bolts, one of which is in the middle of the case. I missed the bolt in the middle because it was hidden by a piece of glued on foam so I ended up cracking the cover trying to pry it off. remember - 11 bolts!!!
Sliders - Anticipating opening the case I bought 14g Dr Pulley sliders. Our own Tvnacman hooked me up at a great price and you can so feel the difference on take off!! Great upgrade. The rollers (also 14g) pretty much all had flat spots.
Belt - Many of the Vogs have 856s, as did mine, but time was they came with an 871 so I wanted to try it. 871s no longer exist from Bando or Gates (I checked with the manufacturers - if you see an 871 from them on ebay its a fake) and I ultimately sourced it from scrappy too. He advertised it as a Mitsuboshi, which would have been great, but it came as a generic Chinese belt which pissed me off. He did take $5 off the price, and there was not much to be done about it.
Continued good health and good riding to all.
Rear Wheel - This was the hardest because it is not a standard 3.50x13. BMS was out, and could not find this at any of our vendors, so I finally found it at a place that charged $120. That was around what BMS would have charged, but upon delivery I saw that they had sourced it from Alchemy, aka scrappy, and scrappy sells it for $70. Get the rim from scrappy.
Opening the case - As I put in another thread, if you have this scooter there are 11 bolts, one of which is in the middle of the case. I missed the bolt in the middle because it was hidden by a piece of glued on foam so I ended up cracking the cover trying to pry it off. remember - 11 bolts!!!
Sliders - Anticipating opening the case I bought 14g Dr Pulley sliders. Our own Tvnacman hooked me up at a great price and you can so feel the difference on take off!! Great upgrade. The rollers (also 14g) pretty much all had flat spots.
Belt - Many of the Vogs have 856s, as did mine, but time was they came with an 871 so I wanted to try it. 871s no longer exist from Bando or Gates (I checked with the manufacturers - if you see an 871 from them on ebay its a fake) and I ultimately sourced it from scrappy too. He advertised it as a Mitsuboshi, which would have been great, but it came as a generic Chinese belt which pissed me off. He did take $5 off the price, and there was not much to be done about it.
Continued good health and good riding to all.
..BAD TO THE BONE..