Removing wheel bearings.
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You may wanna change your bearings since they're gonna be out. RSD put a good topic out about the bearings sucking a$$. He recommended getting dual-sealed bearings.
Lemme see if I can find that post...be back in a min..
Lemme see if I can find that post...be back in a min..
The bearings have less then 600 miles on them.. NO need to be changed...
cool...your bike, your choice. But do me a favor and take a look at this thread. It may be of interest to you.
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Just a thought but, if you can tap them out by the outer bearing race, fine, but if you have to tap by the inner race, you can leave small dents on the balls themselves, which can lead to premature failure of the bearing.
The bearings and seals are fairly cheap especially if you don't buy OEM (double seals), it may be cheap insurance to replace them.....but hey it's your bike
The bearings and seals are fairly cheap especially if you don't buy OEM (double seals), it may be cheap insurance to replace them.....but hey it's your bike
Thanks for the link. His bike has 15000 miles on it.. Thats ALOT.. And that bearing had some SERIOUS poop with it... Im just going to pay the shop 25 bucks to pop out the bearings... not two worried.. I might be able to weasel the dealership into poppin em out while they take off my tires..
Ill have pics when im all done.. Cant wait..
yeah...but you see what he's getting at, right? With the bearings only sealed one side, it builds up all that gunk and funky stuff.
Again it's up to you what you do...it's your bike. But I would recommend that since your wheels are off, it wouldn't hurt to make the switch.
Have fun blingin' those wheels, bro!
Again it's up to you what you do...it's your bike. But I would recommend that since your wheels are off, it wouldn't hurt to make the switch.
Have fun blingin' those wheels, bro!
Oh, i will. ahaha..yeah...but you see what he's getting at, right? With the bearings only sealed one side, it builds up all that gunk and funky stuff.
Again it's up to you what you do...it's your bike. But I would recommend that since your wheels are off, it wouldn't hurt to make the switch.
Have fun blingin' those wheels, bro!
I wasnt going to go chrome, but the black rims just do NOTHING for the bike.. NOTHING at all.. Sucks... I was going to polish the lips and do the insides metallic blue.. But decided against it.. Then i was going to go silver rims but the WHOLE rear end is silver
sweet looking, bike, dood! I love the blue and silver color combo.
That is THE EXACT same thing i was going to do wiht my rims... So, you had them chromed, then you had them anodized??? Did sport chrome do the anodization?? They look REALLY good man.. I am also going with sportchrome also.. I am sending them out monday...
Im having the dealer pop off the tires and the bearings today.. Packing them up and shipping em out monday, do you know if UPS or FED EX is open on saturaday??
Nice wheels!
Another quetsion.. Once you go the rims back, did you have to prep the rim at all to get the bearings back in.. I mean did you have to grind some of the excess chrome out or was that already set up by sportchrome??
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