Posted by Paned on March 3, 2009, 9:11 pm
Shirley, set em up on me!
I'm aproaching 50K miles and was wondering how long the sealed bearings
last. On the old style bearings, I used to clean, inspect, repack and
replace the seals with every tire change. Was wondering how some of the high
milage guys are making out with the sealed bearings.
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Posted by Bob Mann on March 8, 2009, 11:59 am
@newsfe11.iad:
> I'm not sure I'd trust myself with that task. I might recognize
> something really obvious, but then again I might miss a bad bearing
> just because I don't know for sure what to look for. My local dealer
> is pretty good. When I asked them to check the bearings, they said
> that they always do. Of course, they could just say that, but I know
> there have been a few times that they have caught stuff that needs
> attention. I do some work on the bike myself, but pulling wheels
> (especially the rear) just isn't my favorite thing to do, so I tend
> to avoid it when I can.
>
My dealer checks the bearings at every tire change.
I trust them - always have. They have yet to let me down.
Now that I work there I trust them even more.
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Posted by Phil Boutros on March 10, 2009, 11:54 am
> I used to be a factory wrench, I've seen some of th' crap those guys
> pull. They don't get paid shit and have to beat flat rate or make
> even less. How many dealers have a wrench who's been there for a
> decade? None that I've ever seen. They don't get to ride 'cause
> they're always workin' on someone elses shit. They burn out and find
> a different career path. I know, got th' T-shirt. It's been said a
> million times, but *nobody* pays closer attention to yer bike than you
> do.
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Posted by TL Mitchell on March 10, 2009, 2:39 pm
> wrote:
>>4ax.com:
> <schnipp>
>>> I used to be a factory wrench, I've seen some of th' crap those guys
>>> pull. They don't get paid shit and have to beat flat rate or make
>>> even less. How many dealers have a wrench who's been there for a
>>> decade? None that I've ever seen. They don't get to ride 'cause
>>> they're always workin' on someone elses shit. They burn out and find
>>> a different career path. I know, got th' T-shirt. It's been said a
>>> million times, but *nobody* pays closer attention to yer bike than you
>>> do.
>>
>>Two of our wrenches have been there longer than that.
>>Long enough to be intimate with Shovels.
>>They get paid by the hour worked, not flat rate.
>>We do a lot of group rides from work too.
>>It's like a family/social club more than a job.
>>We have four highly trained and competent techs plus one apprentice.
>>I would trust them much more than myself.
> I have never been inna Harley dealership like that. Ever. And I've
> been inna few. I have taken some drugs that made stuff seem that way
> tho <g>.
> Seriously, you seem to be a pretty competent feller and I have no
> reason to doubt yer word, but that kinda scenario is mega-rare, at
> best.
My local dealer is like that, 3 techs have been there over 10 years, one of
'em over 20. Most of the other guys including Parts and the gopher have been
there for 5 - 10 years as well. They'll work on whatever you roll in on and
they've got someoneorother that has experience on whatever yer riding.
Until the MoCo insisted on 'em building the booteek it was a small,
family-run hole-in-the-wall. Still the same family and folks but now they
have to sell doo-dads and coffee to support the overhead. I don't get by
there often but everyone always remembers my name and my sleds. I'd like to
do all my bidness there but in over 10 years I've never been able to buy a
bike from 'em for one reason or another.
I agree, this type of dealer is the exception but they're around here n
there.
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Posted by Bob Mann on March 10, 2009, 9:09 pm
> My local dealer is like that, 3 techs have been there over 10 years,
> one of 'em over 20. Most of the other guys including Parts and the
> gopher have been there for 5 - 10 years as well. They'll work on
> whatever you roll in on and they've got someoneorother that has
> experience on whatever yer riding.
>
> Until the MoCo insisted on 'em building the booteek it was a small,
> family-run hole-in-the-wall. Still the same family and folks but now
> they have to sell doo-dads and coffee to support the overhead. I don't
> get by there often but everyone always remembers my name and my sleds.
> I'd like to do all my bidness there but in over 10 years I've never
> been able to buy a bike from 'em for one reason or another.
>
> I agree, this type of dealer is the exception but they're around here
> n there.
>
> 112
>
Ours is a family operation too.
They were a hole in the wall and slowly expanded.
One brother decided he had expanded enough and lost the franchise and the
younger brother took it over.
In one form or another these guys have been at it since the early 70s.
Yeah. now it's a boutique but beneath the shiny surface lies the heart of
a real bike shop.
We work on any age of Harley and many other clone brands too.
We just did up a 47 knuck/pan/shovel and a couple of customs, a Quantum 4
valve job and an FXR with all kinds of perfomance stuff.
I know the boss would like to stick to newer bikes, it's a lot easier and
more profitable after all, but there is a certain pride in keeping the
old stuff alive.
Plus he, his mechanics and the sales manager have all been riding H-D
since the 70s, some of them with many older bikes as well.
So have two of the other parts guys and the part-time service writer.
They are all in it because they love it. It's not a job.
I feel the same way. I was impressed enough as a customer that I applied
for a job some time after I retired.
The owner took a group of us indoor go-kart racing last week.
It's a great place to work.
I wish everyone could find a dealership like this one.
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> something really obvious, but then again I might miss a bad bearing
> just because I don't know for sure what to look for. My local dealer
> is pretty good. When I asked them to check the bearings, they said
> that they always do. Of course, they could just say that, but I know
> there have been a few times that they have caught stuff that needs
> attention. I do some work on the bike myself, but pulling wheels
> (especially the rear) just isn't my favorite thing to do, so I tend
> to avoid it when I can.
>