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irish tommy
New Member
Ireland
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Posted - 23/07/2007 : 17:39:35
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hey, need to change the front wheel bearings, has anyone done this on superfour, how do ye get the bearings out of the wheel, thanx. |
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a_morti
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/07/2007 : 20:42:34
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Hammer and a drift - if you have a long socket extension you can use that. for putting them in, use a socket the same diameter as the OUTER race of the bearing. Hit the inner race and odds are you'll break the bearing. |
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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 19/03/2008 : 02:38:53
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When would you change the wheel bearings? Obviously you would change them if there is a bit of play in the wheel in respect of the axis. But would you change them even if the wheel feels OK, just because you think 10 years is a long time? Or because you have done 20k miles without changing them? The bearings are self-sealed units and seem to be maintenance-free.
How often do you change the dust seals? Whenever you get the wheel off? Each 10k (or 20k) miles? Each 5 years? When they look like rusting?
How about buying pattern bearings (like at Bearing shop UK), what do the codes stand for? I gather that e.g. 6202 stand for the dimension but then you can choose ZZ, UU, 2RS, ZZC3 what does that all mean? What manufacturer would you recommend?
Thanks for replies, Mansie |
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a_morti
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1344 Posts |
Posted - 19/03/2008 : 08:13:44
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They're not a service item; change them when they're broken. They're not that expensive but don't come for free either. And there's a chance you damage it on installation,andhaveto do it again-again.
I won't buy bearings off the manf as it's just too much mark-up, and often they spec half-sealed bearings when you could get fully sealed for less money.
2RS means 2 rubber seals - the one you should be using for any external bearing. Metal seals would be for inside the engine where you need proof against debris, but not weather. |
WWW.HONDACB1.CO.NR + NC29 swingarm ('29 wheels soon), Quill T3 Ti, lots of black, blade rear hangers, beet rearsets, brembo brake. Top mods: BT45's, touring screen & rack with 50L box! Stolen recovered, scumbags best not try again. |
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Mansie
Settled In Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 19/03/2008 : 16:34:09
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Thanks for that. The bearings seem fine so I just got the replacement dust seals. |
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