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Backwards Rear ABS bearing.. issues?

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Old Oct 14, 2016 | 11:35 PM
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Default Backwards Rear ABS bearing.. issues?
I think I installed my rear ABS bearing, backwards. I'm colorblind/deficient, so I couldn't tellt he green side. I don't think I can remove it without damaging it and it isn't cheap anyways. I've ridden with it for two days, about 110 miles, for my commute to/from work (27 miles one way). Will running it without ABS working, be alright?

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Yeah, you're fine. If the bearing's backward, you've got conventional brakes right now.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2016 | 07:41 AM
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Yeah, you're fine. If the bearing's backward, you've got conventional brakes right now.
Look at me, I'm normal!

Heh, but, anyways will the plastic seal melt, being so close the to wss? I know it does not actually touch the sensor but, will that spinning generate any kind of sciencey heat?
 
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Has anyone used the rawl bolt method to remove the bearings???
 
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Nah, it won't melt. It works through magnetism, not heat.
 
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Originally Posted by devildocjames
Has anyone used the rawl bolt method to remove the bearings???
Go to an autozone / O'Riellys and "rent" a blind hole puller

Rent it parenthesis because you pay a deposit - then get it back upon return

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Well, I bought a new abs bearing. In the process of removing the old/new/1st one and expecting it to be damaged. Still a bitch to get out. Damn...
 
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Cool. Got the abs bearing out. Instead of renting the tool, I just brought the wheel to Autozone. So, I may be just now noticing this but I'm hearing a clicking or knocking noise when I rotate the rear wheel backwards, in neutral, on the lift. Is this the way the belt is tracking differently going in reverse? Here is a quick video of it
 
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Update: I guess there was still a little bit of slack between the two bearings that held the axle sleeve/spacer. I had to take off the wheel again and sinch them together a bit more to snug up the sleeve between the bearings. After I put it back on the knocking sound went away.
 
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Glad you got it sorted. ABS can be worth it...especially when it matters the most.
 
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