Front wheel bearing install
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What is the carrying capacity of those "Timkins?"
Also, who's grease are you using? (I expect it to be EP #2.)
The Harley bearings clearly are not up to the task.
At the 6,000 mile mark, I replaced~
The rear wheel
The axle
All wheel bearings
Brake rotor
Brake caliper stay arm
Brake pads
All covered under warranty.
The tech told me he's done quite a few wheel bearings lately. The dealership uses an upgraded wheel bearing with Shell Darina AX grease.
Also, who's grease are you using? (I expect it to be EP #2.)
The Harley bearings clearly are not up to the task.
At the 6,000 mile mark, I replaced~
The rear wheel
The axle
All wheel bearings
Brake rotor
Brake caliper stay arm
Brake pads
All covered under warranty.
The tech told me he's done quite a few wheel bearings lately. The dealership uses an upgraded wheel bearing with Shell Darina AX grease.
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Road Master
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will check tomorrow need to find my caliper lol
also will be comparing install kits when I receive it along with a new wheel
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That shim in the photo "appears" to be wider than a 41450-08, that's why I'm asking for a measurement.
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Last edited by multihdrdr; Sep 4, 2017 at 10:36 PM.
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It's a 41455-08C kit, but if you want to use other bearings such as those Timken 205pp bearings then buy the 41748-08 spacer sleeve (same one as you measured earlier) and 41450-08 shim separately.
That shim in the photo "appears" to be wider than a 41450-08, that's why I'm asking for a measurement.
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That shim in the photo "appears" to be wider than a 41450-08, that's why I'm asking for a measurement.
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But wouldn't a smaller shim make the axle spacer more loose inside? Is that what I need? Also the timken bearings are a different width than oem bearings?
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No, those 205pp are the same dimensions as the OEM (9276,9276A,9276B). Which is a Bearing industry Std# 6205-2rs.
Even using tape measure on that shim now might be enough for me to know if it's wrong
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After thinking about the whole dilemma I'm considering a dual disc setup would a stock low rider wheel bolt up to my single disc slider setup for now? Thinking of running a dual hub wheel but running a single rotor for now til I finish the project come winter time I'm also guessing I need differ spacers from the ones I currently have
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After thinking about the whole dilemma I'm considering a dual disc setup would a stock low rider wheel bolt up to my single disc slider setup for now? Thinking of running a dual hub wheel but running a single rotor for now til I finish the project come winter time I'm also guessing I need differ spacers from the ones I currently have
Check yours...Left / Right should be the same length...approx .981" (24.9mm). If not, you'll need new ones
Shim is 5 mm
So maybe what happened is that with the wider shim on the Primary side, the Secondary Right-side bearing ran out of bore depth before it could "tightened up" on the sleeve which caused bearing preload when the axle was torqued...effectively like having too short a spacer sleeve
With Bearing Failure imminent
...Over and Over