Thanks FC , good stuff - that's exactly the type of feedback I was looking for - steering me away from certain brands.
Interested to see the replies also Grant, have a rear Avon Cobra on order also, 10 day lead-time, and am wanting to do the wheel bearings at the same time.
True Mark,
Was told the same as Bruce mentioned with regards to installation on the front wheel, disc side first, spacer, then final bearing, I also tried to fit an 07 softail front wheel to my 07 wide glide, different depth bearing machining on the hub. Anyway, found the $40 dollar HD bearing part number is the same $ 8.00 skf bearing, Grant I to deal with bearing suppliers on a daily basis, mainly for industrial conveyors, and have found that in the dusty enviroments, it been proven that the cheap chinese brands just don't last. Jap brands are superior, the company I deal with use dodge, but not sure if they do the smaller bearing sizes.
fitted new tyres at 47.000km and put new hd bearings in.the bike is s/h to me at 33,000km and no idea of history regarding the bearings. .the old ones could have done more but for the convenience/safety,didnt hesitate.was going to pack a little extra grease at the time they went in,but as they're double sealed i left them as is.according to the manual for my '07 fxdl , the disc bearing goes in first [ gives the disc the correct aligment with the caliper ]till it seats on the spigot in side the hub,then the spacer,followed by the drive side which bottoms on the spacer.i used a lenght of 3/4" allthread with large flat washers that loaded the bearings across the inner and outer races at the same time,was an easy install,the first bearing was pulled in with a larger washer the held against the boss of the hub on the drive side.lubed the bearing bores with a light smear of engine oil to aid the fitting. same for the front wheel but only single disc,best to check with the recommended procedure for the model you have.hope this helps.cheers
Hey Bruce, thanks for the heads up re-Extract-Install. I'm an SKF man, from way back...Although, any except Chinese.
Went down to my local Indy and grabbed a set of All Balls, they are actually KLM bearings re-packaged, 30 bucks for the set. At that price if they last as long as the rear tyre with no dramas, I'll just change them every time I change the tyre.
Does anyone do ABS wheel bearings aftermarket?
