Anybody know? I saw some up for auction, cheap, and chrome! (banshee) Are they the same thing just diffrent style?

 

they are in the shape of a J unstead of an A and the J arnt as strong thats why they switched from the J arm to the A arm. By the way the J arms are just the top two.

 

No

The J-arms have a single pivot point on the frame and are shaped like a J they curve around the front of the shock. A-arms have two pivot points on the frame forming a A shape going around the shock.... can't think of a better way to describe it other than that..... Hope that helps

J arms were on shee's 87- 91??? can't remeber what year they went to A arms , then A arms have been used since

 

So say I have a 96 banshee that needs upper a-arms and I see a nice shiny chrome pair of j-arms, can I put the j-arms on my 96 banshee?

 

No, not allowed to. It wouldn't work, or at least I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work.

 

Well if they will fit then they are better than the busted a-arms that I have now?

 

Your really better off not using the J-arm. A-arms are much stronger and reliable. I got two banshee guys in my group( a '87 and a '89) that know more about it and they converted to A-arm just to prevent headaches. Besides Yamaha wouldnt have changed to A-arms if they were not a better design.

 

If he did he would have to weld new brackets to the frame right????

I would think so

 

Yep he would have to weld new brackets for the j-arms, But I don't know why you would want to do this.