rear wheel bearings

[boney]

hi guys
my 99 xr 250rx came back from having a new set of rings fitted and a good tune up a couple of weeks ago ,turns out she s a 280 and im well chuffed with the performance couldnt suss out why the back end felt all squirly every time i put the power on anyway she needs some new rear wheel bearings are they much of a job to replace ?
cheers dave

[theoperator]

Simple job, simply take your rear wheel off, stick your new bearings in the freezer for an hour whilst you remove your old ones with a screwdriver and a mallet. Your new ones will drop in perfectly when cold. I would use lots of grease in there.

[boney]

thanks for the reply, chuck em in the freezer well i never ,learn something new every day dont you
what about steering bearings ?

[416cc]

Put the bike on a one step stand, out with the front wheel, forks etc. There are sometimes some notches either side of the top & bottom races, so's to make them easier to knock out. The more difficult thing is to remove the old bottom bearings from the bottom of the steering stem. Then just reinstall the new ones.
Took me 35 mins to do a set once...on a Suzuki GS550E.

[theoperator]

thanks for the reply, chuck em in the freezer well i never ,learn something new every day dont you

It just makes it a bloody lot easier to get them to fit in nicely, basic physics says that metal shrinks in the cold, it saves messing around with mallets and blocks of wood

[jasonbc]

hi guys
my 99 xr 250rx came back from having a new set of rings fitted and a good tune up a couple of weeks ago ,turns out she s a 280 and im well chuffed with the performance couldnt suss out why the back end felt all squirly every time i put the power on anyway she needs some new rear wheel bearings are they much of a job to replace ?
cheers dave

Wheel bearings replacement 10minute job once the wheel is out, remove the dust seals with a large screwdriver put a long drift through the wheel catch the inner race of the opposite bearing and hammer them out turn the wheel over doo the same thing, refitting them use a large socket and bang them in.

I do have the luxury of a slide hammer and bearing/ seal driver kit which does make it a little easier and faster but either way it's an easy job to do. Putting the bearings in a freezer will make very little difference as far as fitting them

[boney]

hi
thanks for the tips guys hopefullly ill get some bearings tommorow and get her sorted i did 90 k today mostly on lanes luv it
cheers dave

[boney]

hi guys
i changed my rear wheel bearings today[ good job the others were well shot] took me a bit longer than 10 mins about half an hour ,i took it easy didnt want to fu@@ it up i bought genuine honda bearings £17 but they are sealed both sides so they should last ,i thought i would have got dust seals with them also the spacers looked like they have seen better days i vaguely recall reading somewhere you can buy stainless replacement spacers where can i get these parts from ?thanks for the info so far its been very helpfull
regards dave

[RacMan]

nice one dave - hopefully not to long now m8

[boney]

hi rac
yeh im gradually getting her sorted cant be much left to replace lol i think the previous owner thought maintenance was a swear word last time i rode it the back end was all over the place, no wonder, dont forget your knee pads on your shopping list