rear wheel bearing

[warriorkilt]

haveing a bad time with the rear right wheel bearing,i had the wheel done up with new spokes and new rim and new bearings so i put it on the bike and with in 30 miles the break side bearing had gone,so i put another bearing set in and the same again the right one had totally disintegrated ,the other 2 seam to be fine,any ideas its driving me mad

[btbloke]

might sound like silly questions but are you using the correct bearing on the correct side and how and what are you installing with?

[Paul-S]

Have you got all of the spacers in correctly and on the correct sides, including the long tubular one inside the hub

[warriorkilt]

yeah got the right bearings and the spacers on the right sides,the hub side is the bigger spacer,when i try to fit the wheel i do find it a very tight fit to get on that i need a hammer to tap the break caliper mounting to get it on,oh and the hub has been powder coated,do you think that will have anything to do with it?

[warriorkilt]

oh 1 more thing before tightening the spindel the wheel spins very free and on tightening the disc seems to touch lightly on the caliber bracket

[raymo]

oh 1 more thing before tightening the spindel the wheel spins very free and on tightening the disc seems to touch lightly on the caliber bracket

you must have some mis- alignment
has the bearing housing ( the hole where the bearing sits got any powerecoating? it should be bear metal and as powdercoating is thick the outer race will not seat properly, so when you tighten the wheel ( and so the inner race ) you could be side loading the bearing. if the housing is coated remove it dremel with a wire brush ...??

[btbloke]

Might be worth taking a few pics, wheel on etc and wheel off, so we can see if the spacers are seating right or wrongly etc and especially the caliper, should not touch at all.

[Whealie]

The brake disc is the right way round, with the brake disc bolts set in the disc?

[warriorkilt]

thanks guys but i fear its too late,just got the rest of the bearing out and its damaged where the bearing stop is inside the hub,it wore it nearly right through and the inner race some how welded itself to the big spacer that runs between the two bearings,everything was new and now its f*****d,£250 down the pan,am wiping the tears as i write this
anybody selling a rear wheel for a 96@

[anton88]

who built the back wheel for you - one of the well known companies ?

Shouldnt make a difference to the bearings, but if the offset was wrong would that cause any problems ?????????

Just thinking aloud.................