Riding Season's open

 

Locked and loaded for another 10000 mile or so.
This round's on me.

Installed a new D401 rear tire this week and new axle bearings with fresh
grease.
D401F for the front w/bearing replacement on tap over the next day or two,
and new seals for the front forks.

Gawd I love my stock exhaust. 50 miles of pure joy this afternoon at 45(F)
with a mix of 45MPH secondary and 80MPH highway.

No turning back now.
I'll deal with the engine leaks later. Nothing a quart of 20w50 and a quart
of primary in the saddle bags can't keep up with.

Steve Paul
'93 FXRS-C
EKIII, BS #284

 

Steve Paul wrote:

Did you check the end play in those new bearings ?

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

 

Snag wrote:

Do I have to answer? <sfsf>

I'll have to run the wheels over to the local indy for that. Don't have a
dial and mount (yet).
I didn't have to replace the races, they were clean. I just packed the new
bearings, dropped them in, and re-sealed the hub.
The wheel ain't loose, I can tell you that. In fact, it feels like the new
bearings improved things. 'Course, that could be the result of actually
having tread on the rear tire.
Don't know if they're too tight though. Guess I'll have them checked out.

-Steve

 

Steve Paul wrote:

The other thing you need to do is replace those outer races . It don't
matter how clean they are

THEY MUST BE REPLACED IN SETS !!!

  Anything else is courting a catastrophic bearing failure . Probably at 80
MPH on a very crowded freeway . Do I need to tell you what your chances are
of surviving that ? And I'd like to meet you some day ...
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

 


Seconded.