Wheel bearings on an 03 YZ250
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I'm guessing you posted this thread for HELP, not insults......sheesh! If you bought the bike used, as I have in the past, owners manuals seem to get lost in the shuffle. Although my wheel bearing techniques are blue-collar, they work.
Be sure to remove cir-clips. I use an old socket extention to tap the old bearings out in a circular motion (inside...out). Make sure to pop seals off new bearings (they're very stingy with grease), I use Bel-Ray waterproof, then replace seals. Tap bearings into place evenly and gently with a socket just a hair smaller than outer diameter of bearing. Coat inside of dust seals with grease, and even some grease on wheel spacers (to help hold them in while installing wheel), and a coat of grease on axle to keep from freezing-up next time. As insurance, every time I change a tire, I pop seals I can get to off, and apply more grease to bearing, dust seals, spacers and axle. If you ride in water, mud, or sand a lot, even more often is good.
Be sure to remove cir-clips. I use an old socket extention to tap the old bearings out in a circular motion (inside...out). Make sure to pop seals off new bearings (they're very stingy with grease), I use Bel-Ray waterproof, then replace seals. Tap bearings into place evenly and gently with a socket just a hair smaller than outer diameter of bearing. Coat inside of dust seals with grease, and even some grease on wheel spacers (to help hold them in while installing wheel), and a coat of grease on axle to keep from freezing-up next time. As insurance, every time I change a tire, I pop seals I can get to off, and apply more grease to bearing, dust seals, spacers and axle. If you ride in water, mud, or sand a lot, even more often is good.
CrookedStick
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426 Pilot said:
I take it you guys have history. None the less, 2 strokes' valuable advice is not in the "F@#%'in manual". How 'bout a little civility. With your advice, we wouldn't know which color wire to clip. Therefore, we'd be riding like
:ride:
instead of like
:aj:
Ya, I was just messing around with him. We used to cruise this site a lot a few years back. I didn't know he was still posting here. I am happy to see that he got his bearings in, he has just promoted himself to 'bearing guy" within our circle of riding buddies....
See ya, I gotta call our "fork seal guy" to see if I can get a hand from him...
See ya, I gotta call our "fork seal guy" to see if I can get a hand from him...
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