Bearing replacement on R1

[Adam80UK]

Just got an MOT and an advisory for rear wheel bearings.

Bike is a 2008 (4C8 model) R1.

Is this a job I can do myself or would I need a bearing press or something? Also can anyone recommend where/what to buy, or do I just shell out for genuine Yamaha parts?

Thanks.
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Previously owned: '08 Yamaha R1, '10 Kawasaki Z1000, '07 Honda SH300i, '04 Suzuki SV1000S, '11 Honda CB1000R, '09 Kawasaki ZX-10R, '08 Aprilia Tuono 1000R, '07 Triumph Daytona 675, '95 Honda CBR600F.

[P.]

Probably an easy job if you've got patience and don't smash the shit out of the bearings

[Copycat73]

remove bearings .. take to a bearings outlet .. buy replacements ..

you will need a raw hide mallet .. google it.. to knock the new ones in ..
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[Pete.]

[Ste]

Fitting the new bearings is much easier than getting the old bearings out.

The old bearings will have a part number / code on them, there's no need to get the new ones from Yamaha.

You'll need a suitable drift for carefully knocking the old bearings out. You need to careful that you're knocking the outer race of the bearing as you don't want the inner race to come out on its own.

There'll be plenty of "how to" videos on youtube.

[Fizzer Thou]

As Pete said,one of the rear wheel bearings is a needle roller one,this being the one on the sprocket carrier/left side.This bearing has no access from the right side and is in a 'blind recess' effectively

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/2013-04-08145050_zps8a29e494.jpg

I thought that there was a slight amount of play in that side,prior to taking the bike for its MoT.So I visited my local bearing outlet shop and bought a better quality one,with slightly longer needle rollers,for better support.
But it is not at all easy to remove the existng one.Installing the new one is easy.

But after I had installed the new one,there was still the same amount of slight wheel movement.
Then I read the Haynes manual,where they state that there is a slight movement from new.
So.Any MoT tester that says the bearing needs replacing because of 'slight movement' needs advising that needle roller bearings do this from new.

My MoT tester has seen enough R1s to know this and has been passing my R1 for the last eight years without needing to enter it as an advisory
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[Adam80UK]

Cheers for the replies guys.

I did some ringing around and in the end a local place did everything, as in supplied and fiitted new Rosso Corsa tire, supplied and fitted new bearings, for £215 all in.

I figured to save any headache I'd just go with that, as the bulk of the amount was the tire anyway.

Cheers.
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Current: '07 Suzuki SV1000 & '07 Honda SH300i (again).
Previously owned: '08 Yamaha R1, '10 Kawasaki Z1000, '07 Honda SH300i, '04 Suzuki SV1000S, '11 Honda CB1000R, '09 Kawasaki ZX-10R, '08 Aprilia Tuono 1000R, '07 Triumph Daytona 675, '95 Honda CBR600F.

[Fizzer Thou]

If you paid over £200 then you paid a lot for the bearings and labour,as a Rosso rear can be bought for £120

https://www.oponeo.co.uk/moto-tyre-details/pirelli-diablo-rosso-iii-190-50zr17-73-w-rear-tl-m-c#118241154
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