4GY-26242-00
A handlebar grip at EP40 — the softest compound we run for YAMAHA, because a grip has to deform under the hand rather than resist it.
Specification
| Part number | 4GY-26242-00 |
|---|---|
| Part family | Moulded rubber part |
| Construction | Single-compound moulding, no metal insert |
| Compound code | EP40 (marked on the part) |
| Face detail | Moulded handlebar grip with a knurled body and an end flange. |
| Moulding compounds | EPDM, SBR, TPE, TPE-SEBS, PVC or PP, to drawing |
| Tooling | Designed and built in house |
| Prototype parts | 4 weeks from prototype tool |
| PPAP | Typically 8 weeks, to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA |
| Dimensions | Built to customer drawing or to a supplied sample |
| Moulded from | Beijing rubber plant (rubber) / Shanghai plant (plastics) |
The face on this part
Moulded handlebar grip with a knurled body and an end flange. It sits in the YAMAHA Rubber Parts group, and the photograph above is of the part itself rather than a rendering — what you see is the tread, the outline and the finish as they leave the tool.
Tooling and first parts
All tooling is designed and made in house. Parts from a prototype tool reach you in 4 weeks, which is the window in which the face, the retention and the hardness can still be changed without restarting anything.
Getting it approved
Where the part goes onto a programme we run PPAP to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA, typically over 8 weeks, on parts from the production tool rather than on prototypes.
What we need to quote it
The drawing or the sample, the annual volume, and the service conditions the part sees. If the part already exists in this catalogue we will tell you that instead of quoting a new tool.
Background reading
Choosing a Pedal Pad Compound: EPDM, SBR, TPE and When Each One Fails
Service conditions, not price, should pick the compound. Here is how we narrow it down and what we test to prove the choice.
Reading a Compound Code: What EP70, NBR70 and CI60 Tell You
The codes marked on our YAMAHA parts are a compact statement of family and hardness. Here is how to read one.
Ribs, Lattices, Studs and Slots: What Each Pedal Tread Is For
Four tread families appear across this catalogue. Each one is a different answer to the same question about grip and wear.
Questions buyers ask
Can the tread pattern be changed?
The tread is cut into the tool, so a pattern change is a tool change. If you are early enough to be at prototype stage it costs little; after the production tool is cut it does not.
How long before I see a real 4GY-26242-00 sample?
Our prototype shop exists for exactly this. Parts from a prototype tool take 4 weeks; PPAP to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA, on production parts, is typically 8 weeks after that.
What do you need from us to quote it?
A drawing, or a physical sample we can measure. Our designers work in SolidWorks, Pro-E and UG, so a native or STEP file is enough to start.
How is the material verified?
Through the nine test methods we run in Beijing, and through CTI — Centre Testing International Corporation, Shanghai — where an accredited third-party result is required.
What does the EP40 marking on the part mean?
It is the customer's own compound designation, carried on the part so the grade travels with it. The letters give the family — EP for the EPDM grades, NBR for nitrile — and the digits give the nominal Shore A hardness.
Quote the 4GY-26242-00
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.