IDS Bearing failure
Road Warrior
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From: central florida
RE: IDS Bearing failure
ORIGINAL: sparky_mo
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I think probably so. Amazing how fast we conclude that it's going to be a major problem leading to disaster after only one post with a bad bearing shows up.
We probably should be asking some V-Rod guys since they have always had the IDS installed on their bikes. Wonder if any of them have had any problems with the bearing.
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I think probably so. Amazing how fast we conclude that it's going to be a major problem leading to disaster after only one post with a bad bearing shows up.
We probably should be asking some V-Rod guys since they have always had the IDS installed on their bikes. Wonder if any of them have had any problems with the bearing.
Club Member
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Missouri
RE: IDS Bearing failure
ORIGINAL: choochoo
I tried to tell you it was a BANDAID.
But ya all didn't listen.
You reap what you sow!!
eventually that bad bearing will ruin the wheel.
then instead of $20 try $300 -$600 depending on the wheel
Glad so many of you have money to spare and don't have to worry about it!!
I tried to tell you it was a BANDAID.
But ya all didn't listen.
You reap what you sow!!
eventually that bad bearing will ruin the wheel.
then instead of $20 try $300 -$600 depending on the wheel
Glad so many of you have money to spare and don't have to worry about it!!
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Columbus,Indiana/ Arecibo,Puerto Rico
RE: IDS Bearing failure
Just an observation, Is it possible that the spacing between the 2 haves is too thin? Thereby, bottoming out the halves together causing excessive side load on the bearing when torquing the axle nut? Is it possible the spacers are in the wrong location? Thick 1 in and thinner one out or vice versa.
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From: Po-Dunk Looziana
RE: IDS Bearing failure
At no time did the bike exhibit any handling problems. I don't think a rear wheel lockup would have been likely.
I'm not crying the sky is falling, but a bearing that provides the structural integrity of the wheel design/function coming apart at speed has the potential to reek havoc on rider, passenger, and bike I don't care who you are.But again, WTF do I know?
Alot of issues come into play when discussing the cause for this potential disaster and in the beginning alot of people were doing the HOT/COLD installation which may possibly distort the integrity of the bearing and/or sprocket with said method. Some may have developed small hairline cracks while being overly pressed unbeknownst to the person pressing the bearing in and therefore cracking the lip on the sprocket itself that the bearing resides against and/or damaging the integrity of the bearing itself with too much pressure.
There are special tools needed for this job as recommended by HD and for those of US that may have found other modalitiesfor arriving from point A topoint Bmay have to pay even that much more attention to our setup versus one that had it installed by the dealer properly, and even then there is no guarantee since this could be a flaw in design, bearing, and/or both.
Whatever the cause, I just hope the effect doesn't take a valuable life with it. I said VALUABLE so alot of you have nothing to worry about if something does happen.
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Road Master
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Mt Dora Florida
RE: IDS Bearing failure
One failure out of how many installed? I've probably got over 12k or more on mine with no proplems. At this point I will watch out for issues but I'm not going to panic.
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Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Orangevale, Calif.
RE: IDS Bearing failure
Any way you install a bearing, as long as you only apply pressure to the race being fitted and that presure is even, there should be no damage, in this case applying pressure only to the outer race should be OK, don't press it in using the inner race\races at all, IMO
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