a tale of two rear wheel bearings

  • black29d
    black29d
    16 years ago

    I am posting this thread to let people know of the difference between wheel bearings, so you don't repeat my stuff up

    I have been swapping out my sand cast 07 superglide mags and putting in an 08 dyna spoked wheel

    this shouldn't have been a problem, but it is

    The 07 superglide have the 1" bore bearings with an axle measuring 25.2mm in diameter, the bearing is also 21mm thick

    The 08 spoked dyna wheel has the 25mm bearing and is only 15 mm thick ( well the bearings in this wheel is anyway)

    trying to put the 25.2 axle into a 25mm bore is not a good idea, it gets jammed and splits the bearing

    I can fit the 1"inch bearings to the spoked wheel, but will have to cut my spacers down

    I have got the wheel back off and put the old one back on till I can figure out how to proceed

    so any one playing around with wheels needs to make sure if their axle and bearings are 1"inch or 25mm

    Why the hell has Harley Davidson has done this, Just going to cause headaches

  • BACAMICK
    BACAMICK
    16 years ago

    i used sporster bearings , using 07 200 sofy rear wheel going on 07 dyna , measued up all good not that this slack f@#ker has fitted it as yet, might be differant to what ur trying to get working