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Wheel Bearing Life?
Riding back from Galveston today, while pondering my upcoming 36K miles service, I began to wonder about the life span of these wheel bearings. When should wheel bearings be replaced on the 'S?
-Jeff
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04-23-2005, 03:58 PM
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No stoppes.....then 150K is not unheard of. They are a ***** to change however!
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04-23-2005, 04:51 PM
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Hadn't thought about this with the S before. The recommended front wheel bearing change interval on my R11RS was 50k. At least, I'm sure I read that somewhere and I changed them out then. Removing the old ones did take a little work but the new ones pressed right in after heating the wheel hub. May be different bearings on the S but I would think the procedure is the same.
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no set interval I am aware of and we dont get a whole lot of high mileage "S"s coming through to poll. Check them regularly, it only takes 10 seconds if you have a centerstand and you should get a very pronounced effect when they do start to go when you hit on the brakes. With the proper puller removing the bearings is not all that bad and installation is very easy if you follow a couple simple tricks like freezing the bearings and heating up the hub. In some cases they drop in literally.
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04-24-2005, 06:43 AM
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Hi,
My first set of bearings went at about 105,000 miles on the front, It was spotted when I went to get a new set of tyres, the vibration on the tyre balancer was quite noticeable. I did change my front wheel sometime ago due to the discs cutting a new profile on the mounting stalks. Front wheel and brake disc mountings. So that was at ~75,000, without a bearing failure, but the replacement, something straightened from an early off road excursion at about 3000 miles failed at ~105,000, which is about ~33,000. Who knows, I used to do lots of stoppies (@<50,000miles), but after my drive train failures I’m a little reluctant now-a-days. Adrian. |
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> In some cases they drop in literally
I get lucky and see them work that way pretty often too. It's worth waiting a few minutes between the left and right sides, so that whichever bearing is installed 1st gets a chance to absorb some heat and expand. Without that, I've had the 1st bearing fly out while pounding in the 2nd (not a problem of course, if you're lucky enough for the 2nd set to drop right in too.)
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