Rear Wheel Bearings

Had one of the real wheel brgs collapse on my way home Thursday. Bike went wobbly over 3-4 kms, was like riding my busted dragster when I was a kid!!
Had the wife pick me up from the servo I left the bike at, and went back later with the trailer to bring it home.
A ring around on Friday came up with Mick Hones being the cheapest, then CBC. So, got to replacing all 3 brgs and 2 seals this afternoon. Easy job, and one that I'd done a few times before on other bikes I'd owned.
Now I hear you asking "how many kms had the bike done?" 
.......55k.....approx......!
What's that? I should get a few more kms out of wheel brgs? 
Darn right!!   Ummmmm, well...... Yep..... I'm a d1ckhe@d!!
After my flat tyre/new tyre last week, there was a small spacer I neglected to install in the sprocket brg!!  
I found the spacer sitting on my work bench in the exact same spot the sprocket assembly was sitting. Must've fallen out before I put the wheel back in. 
 

Any tricks SB1250 on removing or installing the new bearings and seals?  Any special tools?

Just use a big dowel and tap (firmly) the bearing out. The seals came out with a screwdriver (levered out). I used the old brg to tap the new brg in, then the dowel to knock it home. The collapsed brg needed a bit of dremel work!

Ta mate.

Ewok1958 wrote:Any tricks SB1250 on removing or installing the new bearings and seals?  Any special tools?

Bring it to my place and use my bearing removers.

Might do that !tag.  But I'm only putting them in, not taking them out!  

Just make sure they go in straight. There is a distinct change in sound when the bearing bottoms out. Oh, and don't forget the long spacer. It goes in BEFORE the second brg goes in!!

You could also do your fork oil too

I actually purchased a litre of 15w fork oil today! Not for the Bandit, but my other toys knee action shockers.

Glad it was a  f&%k up that caused it, had me worried for a minute ......................easy enough done mate , at least you found the problem .( handy to know what to keep an eye on as well )

Jimcoleman wrote:You could also do your fork oil too

Hmm, I was only thinking of taking the wheels, not the rest of the bike.  But without the sprocket assembly for the rear I'm a bearing short! The bearing extractor would actually be useful come to think of it as the front has bearings installed.   

NICE E.