Rear wheel bearing problems
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From: Bar harbor, ME
Rear wheel bearing problems
I took the rear tire off to get it changed and I figured I'd check the bearing while I had it apart , sure enough it's getting rough spots where the bearing hangs up a little . So it's time to change it even though 7200 miles should be a little premature. Anyways I got reading around and saw that the stock bearings are junk , so I figured I'd go to napa and get a SKF bearing but the bearing is no longer available . So long story short I was wondering if any one has found a better bearing and if so where too?
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Both my Buell wheels needed new bearings after less than 5k miles, unfortunately your bike is from an era when that was common. If you can remove a bearing, simply take it to any auto store or bearing factor, as they can supply an alternative, as lo-rider suggests. I actually got my Buell bearings from my local Yamaha dealer, they had them on the shelf.
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ah, dammit another junk part, I kind of suspected this as my wheels kind of have a squeak and I only have 2,000 miles on my tires,
can I wait until the next tire changes to change the bearings?
can I wait until the next tire changes to change the bearings?
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no, I don't buy that, if that were the case Harley would have had the hell sued out of them by now for putting defective bearings in,, especially if something like that could cause an accident. i'll let it go until next tire change, if anything happens Harley going to get the hell sued out of them, would teach them a lesson about putting crap parts on their bikes, I'm pretty fed up with it, would never buy another Harley seeing how many things have failed on the sportsters, they're fun bikes but if they can't even put a decent bearing in,, this is the most fundamental part on the bike, the wheel,, Harley can't even make a wheel that is reliable? And they're fooling around putting liquid cooled heads in their Big vtwins, yet they cant even put a decent wheel bearing in, what a joke. what did they save putting cheap bearings in? $15? money junkie thinking. Don't they understand the most important, basic thing about building vehicles is the damn thing to be safe & reliable?
Last edited by 06Sporty75; May 5, 2014 at 09:46 PM.
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Buy it or not, for the price of a set of bearings ($15?) you're a fool to risk serious injury, now that you're aware they are failing.
