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Jersey_thunder
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 01:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

LOOKING TO REPLACE WHEEL BEARINGS I MY OTHER SET OF RIMS...WHAT ARE MY WHEEL BEARING OPTIONS?

JT
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Crowley
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 01:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My bearings were shot at 4K miles. I replaced them with SKF.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 02:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There's a new bearing (superseded) for all XB/1125 wheels. E0004.02A8B front; E0005.02A8B rear.
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Jersey_thunder
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 08:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

those buell numbers?
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Jersey_thunder
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

skf?
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Zac4mac
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 08:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Buell p/n
Rear $16.75
Front $15.20
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Hellgate
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

SKF - Perhaps the best bearings one can buy.

http://www.skf.com/portal/skf/home/products?newlin k=first&lang=en
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Hellgate
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 09:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Or you could get trick ceramic ones:

http://www.bocabearings.com/main1.aspx?p=showsubca t&cat=crossref&pg=26

Lighter, stronger, faster, more expensive, but cool.
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Rfischer
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 09:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ceramic bearings.....

More maintenance [must be lubed periodically], an issue with side-loads compared to conventional sealed bearings.

OK for race use; probably not practical for street applications.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes, the numbers I posted are Buell numbers. Zac has the right prices too : )
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Jersey_thunder
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 09:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

CERAMIC BEARINGS...WORTH IT?

JT
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Hellgate
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 09:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is your rider consistently in the top three and needs every tiny edge they can get? if so, perhaps. If they are are an also ran spend your $$$ in coaching and suspension set up.

But they are cool...
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Spectrum
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My bearings were shot at 4K miles. I replaced them with SKF.

Bearings should not fail at 4K miles. Something is causing undue abuse and early failure.
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Dentguy
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wrong grease?
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/441948.html?1237647473
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Hughlysses
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 04:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There are beaucoup threads on rear wheel bearings under Big, Bad, and Dirty (all the XB's use the same wheel bearings). There are lots of different theories for the cause. Buell stated that problem was contamination getting past the seals and into the bearings and the new bearings were supposedly developed to correct this.
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Doctorneon
Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 05:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What company made these wheel-bearings? They should last allot longer than 4,000 miles. They sound like the bearings that Norton put in their transmissions from Portugal.
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