Wheel bearings/drifting

[Visitor Q]

How the fuck...

Are you just meant to wrench the spacer sideways as hard as possible and then hammer like a madman around the breaing edge with a screw driver/long allen key?

Is their any actual skill in it?

And what exactly does a drift look like? As i could probably fashing something just as good.

I also have a spare axle, is that any good for doing it?
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[Visitor Q]

Just did the rear.

Piece of piss (ish).

Simply because the spacer was moving more allowing me to welly the cunt.

The front barely gives me a mm. Is there anyway to force the spacer aside?
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[stinkwheel]

Pretty much. Make sure you remove any dust seals and cipclips first.

It is a LOT easier with a proper drift, you sometimes only have a tiny little lip to hammer on. You'll fuck the threads on your axle if you try to use that.

You need to be a lot more careful putting the new ones in.

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[snapperslappe...]

i'm going to undertake this task on friday, the sprocket carrying bearing is scuppered, so going to attempt to sort it myself.......

do i need to get the wheel rebalanced after changing only the sprocket carrying bearing?

cheers

[stinkwheel]

They don't usually balance them with the sprocket carrier in place, so no.

Although I can't work out why, it seems to me like you should balance the whole wheel and hub assembly. Maybe someone else knows?
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[snapperslappe...]

any tips on installation and/or balancing .....

is it a two man job ( one holding the wheel, the other spinning with a fixed point on one side for callibration ).

pints and ciggies are on offer!!! ( via the paypal alcohol and tobbacco delivery service....)

[snapperslappe...]

top stuff......cheers matey....

hopefully should make the back end feel a bit more planted in the twisties, and stop that fricking squeaking when wheeling the bike out of the garage.......

[Visitor Q]

Bum, wishing i hadnt read this now... making me think ive hashed it up (and i were so proud earlier).

So how critical is it to balance it when new bearings are put in... ?

How critical is this put them in and take them out business. As when mine were in they were staying in.

And i tapped them in with a smaller socket working a criss-cross pattern round the outer rim.

IE covering inside and outside race at 6 oclock, then 10, then 2. Little taps. Fuck loads of grease.

Ive got to the point now were ive fucked up the old bearings too much to stop. So gonna invest most of my time trying to get the spacer moved abit to increase the lip.

Out of curiousity, how bad are little dents in the spacer? Or having a fuck load of rust on the OUTSIDE (ie in the hub side not axle side) of the spacer. Metal was thick and meaty so just filed it abit and covered in oil.
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[Visitor Q]

Thanks for the reply mate

I may go and treat myself to a drift, to go with my absolutely huge half inch drive torque wrench i got for 16 quid

Think i may avoid doing engine bolts with that one lol.

So is a drift meant to be the same diameter as the hole in the inner race of the bearing, or slightly smaller? or very much smaller.

Im off to go sit outside, in the rain, and repeatedly club it with something until it moves enough to get a proper purpose.

The annoying thing is (as i found with the rear), once youve got the 'sweet spot' it comes out in about 6 good hits.
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I use these punchs for removing/fitting bearings+seals.


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