Sturgis prep: getting a 94 wide glide to go 5k mi in 2 weeks
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 9,524
Likes: 7,861
From: Long Island, New York
Same amount of effort to replace the bearings as to repack, and they are not expensive. Get the wheels off, new seals and bearings and good quality grease, one less thing to worry about.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,723
Likes: 3,063
From: Brighton, MI
Same amount of effort to replace the bearings as to repack, and they are not expensive. Get the wheels off, new seals and bearings and good quality grease, one less thing to worry about.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,539
Likes: 692
From: magnolia tx
I'm with Architect, If I'm going to pull it apart I'm going to replaced the bearings and races, do you know if they were serviced correctly in the past? I just don't trust just visually inspecting a wheel bearing on a motorcycle, Yankee Dog is exactly correct it is a little more work but for me I like to have the extra security, but I maybe a little bearing paranoid! 
Timkens are great bearings, all I try to use at work but I do have my fair share of failures with Timkens not so much on bikes but on vans and especially trailers not really trucks too much any more, most of them have went to hub assemblies which also fail, and yes the trailers most of the failures are probably because of the simpletons at work jackknifing them with a heavy load and putting a extremely high side load on them
Timkens are great bearings, all I try to use at work but I do have my fair share of failures with Timkens not so much on bikes but on vans and especially trailers not really trucks too much any more, most of them have went to hub assemblies which also fail, and yes the trailers most of the failures are probably because of the simpletons at work jackknifing them with a heavy load and putting a extremely high side load on them
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 377
Likes: 313
From: Middle TN
Same amount of effort to replace the bearings as to repack, and they are not expensive. Get the wheels off, new seals and bearings and good quality grease, one less thing to worry about.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Cam change is up to you, but sounds like a lot of work considering your time frame.
Handlebars, don't bother. It is not the 70"s anymore, cops do not care about pulling guys over for high apes anymore, and yours are not even all that high. Last time I heard about someone getting pulled over for apes was about 1991 in NYC. Save the time for more critical projects.
And I agree with others, get it done fast, then try and get a bunch of mile sort the bike close to home to work out any gremlins.
Good luck.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 9,524
Likes: 7,861
From: Long Island, New York
I wouldn't bother changing races unless I saw deterioration, pitting, rust or something else wonky. I would not hesitate to drop new bearings in to the original races if they look solid, just sayin'.
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