put one of the early ids systems on my 07 rg, and based upon the experiences related by others on this forum, i have been keeping an eye on the bearing. put the bike on the life today, raised up the swingarm, and the bearings fell out, rolling across the floor. thanks for the heads up, guys, and to everyone else, keep an eye on that bearing.

 

Many of the failures seem to be from improper bearing installation and I think some of the first ones had bad bearings. Did you install your own bearing and when did you get your IDS?

 

Why not just put it back to stock. Sounds like the home installs aren't working out for people.

 

Had IDS for approx 5,000 miles. "Home installed." No problems. Made an enormous difference in "rocks in a can noises." Wouldn't have kept the bike without it. Now I have no plans to sell it.

 

You really need to plan to change the IDS bearings at every tire change.
It does not matter who installed the bearing.
I would also recommend a higher quality bearing as the IDS does take a lot of abuse.

 

I have 23k on the original IDS bearing and so far no indication of problems--i.e. no noise and no indication of play in the pulley. My IDS was the first kit sold by Zanotti's with the bearing installed prior to shipment in Aug. '07. Thanks to a very long-wearing E3 rear tire I haven't had the rear wheel off the bike in 16k miles, but I'm going to consider replacing the bearing at the next opportunity. I don't have a hydraulic press but this may be a good-enough reason to buy one. Has anyone purchased the HD IDS bearing removal/install tool? How much did it cost and is it necessary?

 

I have about 28k miles on the bike, and installed the sprocket in October of 2007 at 4750 miles. and so no, it wasn't installed wrong. no issues from then until now, and no indication of any problem riding before I discovered the problem. again, just check 'em.

 

I had 16 k on my dealer installed IDS. Just traded the bike without any problems. I did pay attention to the bearings whenever the scoot was on the lift.

 

Wasn't the OE HD bearing a *** bearing? A pretty good quality bearing manufacturer. What would be considered an upgrade?

 

I'm not sure how you check them while the wheel is on the bike, except to listen for noise and watch for a loose pulley. If the bearing is disintegrating I would think the pulley would begin to lose its solidity against the wheel and swingarm. Can anyone substantiate this or otherwise advise on routinely checking the bearing?