| Author | Message | ||
     Tpoppa |
The rear wheel bearing on my xb9s basically ate itself (Front wheel has the orange bearing, the rear was black). I dropped the bike off at my dealer on 6/18, they told me the ordered the replacement part the same day. As of today they say it still hasn't come in. How long should it take to order a part from Buell? I can't imagine the a wheel bearing is backordered. I going to demo a BMW just so I can ride something... | ||
| Spatten1 |
My dealer said Buell had supply problems for the replacement wheel bearings and it took them over a week to get the parts. Court checked into it and the story was not true, Buell had a huge supply of them on hand. That was probably six months ago. | ||
| Spike |
Assuming the part was available and not backordered it would take nearly a full week to actually get a part into my hands when I worked at a dealer. Sometimes we'd get lucky and it would happen quicker, but a week was the average time. The 18th was a Saturday, so that means the order wouldn't actually go through until the following Monday (20th) and the dealer should have had the part by the next Monday (27th). A wheel bearing could most certainly be backordered. Last week drive belts for '04+ XB models were listed with a lead time of nearly a month. Currently the rear wheel bearings are listed as available, but I don't know what the status was when your dealer placed the order. Since they're available now your dealer *may* be able to get a tracking number for your bearings. It might be worthwhile to call someone in the parts department at your dealer to see if they can track them down for you. | ||
| Sleeper_777 |
Not right, I had the bearing upgraded on mine from orange to black. Dealer had them in stock. Three weeks later, front bearing went bad again, dealer fixed with another stock item. This is a common item for Buells. Of course, just one man's point of view. | ||
| Mikethebike72 |
Spike how you getting that info? LOL | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Just an FYI, the wheel bearing information is listed in the Knowledge Vault under the thread title of "Wheels Tires and Brakes" in case you wanted to order the bearings from an outside manufacturer at a much lower cost in the future. | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
Just give me a part # and I'll tell you if the warehouse has some. (I work at the Distribution Center  ) | ||
| Xbduck |
I needed bearings recently and my dealer told me it would take a week. I had plans for the bike the next week so I called around and found some at Rocky Mountain H-D one of the badweb supporters. They overnighted them to me and everything went great until I went back to the local shop to have them pull the old and put in the new.   Daves should have them, he did before but I couldn't find his toll free number (I'm in "negotiations" with a long distance phone carrier right now). | ||
| Fullpower |
front NTN 6005 rear NTN 6006 these are commonly available. look in the yellow pages under "bearings" also may find some at the nearest auto electric rebuilder. some one fixing alternators or electric motors is quite likely to have some in stock. whatever you do, stay away from inferior chinese, korean, bulgarian, turkish, or philipine bearings. i have had the best service from german, japanese, and USA made bearings. NTN are usually good stuff, but had a bad lot of 50 a couple months ago (these had a very unusual blue seal, and all failed within 2 hours, again, very unusual for NTN brand). NSK, fafnir, KOYO, and SKF are also good quality brands. your life literally depends on the smooth operation of your wheel bearings, so take the quality issue very seriously here. | ||
| Roc |
2nd to Fullpower's comment. They have always been in stock, cheaper, and of higher quality from a local bearing shop. | ||
| Court |
>>>How long should it take to order a part from Buell? If it is ordered from Buell, it will ship the same day. ANY DEALER should have one set of bearings in stock. If you need these and can't get them quick enough, drop me a NOTE with NEED WHEEL BEARINGS in the subject and I'll have them to you tomorrow. Court | ||
| Spatten1 |
Court, Your service on this issue has made me, and I'm sure others, realize that Buell has a serious commitment to keeping the product on the road and taking care of the riders. | ||
| Tpoppa |
Thanks for the feedback. Does anyone know who makes OEM bearings? Court, I will call the dealer again today, I may drop you a note. | ||
| Daves |
T I have 6 of the bearings in stock if you need them. Here are the dealers in Ohio that show they have them in stock if you can go to another dealer and pick them up. Toledo Harley-Davidson Toledo P-(419) 843-7892 F-(419) 843-7927 Gover Harley-Davidson, Inc. Piqua P-(937) 773-8733 F-(937) 773-8880 Marietta Cycle Center, Inc. Marietta P-740-374-7070 F-740-374-7012 I hope this helps. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Dave, Can you please open a shop in the Philly suburbs? | ||
| Daves |
Probably be easier for you to move to Wisconsin!  | ||
| Fullpower |
tpoppa: OEM bearings are NTN brand, very well made in Japan. the idler bearings are an NTN 6203, are replaceable, and should be in a box in your spare parts pile. |
