touring wheel bearings. wtf
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I have 78,000 on my 09, I pulled the front wheel at 62k to put a new tire on it and when moving the bearings with my fingers one of them felt rough/gritty, not smooth, so I replaced them.
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The 1" ('00-'07) bearing is a double-row sealed ball bearing. The 25mm ('08 up) bearing is a single row sealed ball bearing. The earlier double row bearing has about twice the bearing surface as the newer single row bearing. Supposedly there was an "upgrade" to the 25mm bearing around 2012? But there still seem to be failures? Never really was problems with older ones but seems to a crap-shoot on the newer ones? I'm running 1" bearings on the front of my '09. There is also a double row non-abs 25mm bearing ya can use with custom spacers I'm thinking about on the rear? But I got 40k on the, I'm guessing stock bearing, rear now. Good Luck!
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My '11 Street Glide has 31,000 miles and I haven't had any issues.
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FWIW I thouht the 1"ID bearings were 2 row. Last summer I replaced my front wheel bearings, pulled the seals for S&G's and they are single row, with plastic cages. H-D9247 etched in the inner race and as far as I know the original bearings from the factory.
maybe it's different for the touring 1" bearings
maybe it's different for the touring 1" bearings
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FWIW I thouht the 1"ID bearings were 2 row. Last summer I replaced my front wheel bearings, pulled the seals for S&G's and they are single row, with plastic cages. H-D9247 etched in the inner race and as far as I know the original bearings from the factory.
maybe it's different for the touring 1" bearings
maybe it's different for the touring 1" bearings
Last edited by grbrown; May 14, 2014 at 04:23 AM. Reason: Grammar!
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6? there are 2 bearings each wheel. for non-abs they are the same 4 part #s (9276). for abs, one on each wheel is exchanged for the bearing with encoder (9252).