m_stock10506
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Asking for comment from folks that have actually done this repair themselves.
This is my second big bearing replacement.. Bike is 2001 R1100RT. This one lasted 110k miles and I caught it very early. Once I saw particles on the magnet I really couldn’t bring myself to keep riding even though there was still no perceived movement at the wheel. The FD is off the bike and disassembled and there’s a little bit of play in the big bearing.
Question is this. The videos of the bearing install show the bearing dropped on the crown wheel and falling into place with a click. My first R&R the bearing didn’t bottom out with that click and I wasn’t confident that it was in position, so I bought another bearing and had the local shop install it. I did that one with the bearing heated up and the crown wheel from the freezer. What steps do I need to take to make sure that the bearing gets into the correct position on the crown wheel? If it doesn’t go on all the way, can I use a drift on the inner race to complete the install? Obviously I would rather that it just fall into place without any doubt. Thanks.
This is my second big bearing replacement.. Bike is 2001 R1100RT. This one lasted 110k miles and I caught it very early. Once I saw particles on the magnet I really couldn’t bring myself to keep riding even though there was still no perceived movement at the wheel. The FD is off the bike and disassembled and there’s a little bit of play in the big bearing.
Question is this. The videos of the bearing install show the bearing dropped on the crown wheel and falling into place with a click. My first R&R the bearing didn’t bottom out with that click and I wasn’t confident that it was in position, so I bought another bearing and had the local shop install it. I did that one with the bearing heated up and the crown wheel from the freezer. What steps do I need to take to make sure that the bearing gets into the correct position on the crown wheel? If it doesn’t go on all the way, can I use a drift on the inner race to complete the install? Obviously I would rather that it just fall into place without any doubt. Thanks.