AXLE BEARING RETAINER PLATES For HD TRIKE MODELS



With the DK Axle Bearing Retainer Plates installed, the bearings are held firmly in place, resulting in the axles being held in true.

Go HERE to see photos and details!

 

 

If the bearing outer moves around then clearly the two have not been toleranced correctly..
If the parts do have the correct interference fit then the use of a bearing retaining adhesive will fix that but the images shows that not to be the case.

My trike is using standard BMW hubs and there is no retaining plate on those bearings as I am sure you are aware. HD just made it wrong.

 

There are so many problems that arise from the HD bearing retainer plate being too weak to do its' intended job. A full explanation with many photos can be seen here-

http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/trik...ner-plates.htm

The plate is touching only the outer race. The witness marks on the plate show that the bearing is rocking back and forth against it, when it should be snug/flush against it.

The witness marks on the outer circumference of the bearing show where the bearing is rocking back and forth inside the axle housing.

To fully understand all that is going on, please read the link above.

 

What you have done is produce a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist for which the trike owners will obviously be grateful.

Cars don't have retaining plates to hold the bearings in to repeat myself. The drive shaft goes through the hub and a big nut done up very tightly holds it all together.

HD probably added that plate as they knew they had made the part wrong.

I cannot get pictures to upload but a quick google for "bmw e39 rear wheel hub" will yield the answer to the problem if it could be made to fit. At $100 preside the after market BMW parts will also probably outlast the HD part by a significant margin.

I would expect any rear wheel drive cars have a hub of the same design as BMW so there could well be something more suitable. Mazda MX5 springs to mind.