bearings

Hey again, mechanical minds of the MOA. I am happy to report that my sad Oilhead (1997 R850R built in August of 1996) has been running perfectly for a couple months now and I haven't had a single issue. This is me wanting to know about possible problems in the future. When I first got the...

Good Afternoon, This winter, I will be re-building the front end on my '83 R65 (new tire, tube, wheel bearings, brake rotor, brake pads, steering head bearings, fork seals, fork springs, and a caliper rebuild). Is there any bearing grease that is better than all the rest? I live in NW Ohio...

Hey everyone, I am rebuilding a 1991 R100 RT transmission myself this winter and wanted to enlist the help of the form. With 89k miles it developed a skip in first gear. Within 200 miles from the first occurrence that skip deteriorated into the eventual loss of use of first gear entirely. When...

Changing the front tire for the first time since I bought the bike and I am having some reservation about driving out the stack for service. Everything seems good and tight, left race is tight in the wheel and there is no corrosion on the bearing. What are the opinions on cleaning and greasing...

The rear wheel on my 1975 R75 really had a lot of play. As part of an overall reconditioning, I found the "outside" (left) bearing race was a very loose fit in the hub. Is the hub toast? I've read something about loctite 'green'. Is that some sort of epoxy? I would need something that could...