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Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 9:52 am
by Scooterdude
Glad you got it sorted. Such a shame there's so much shite out there and people willing to sell it.
I know I probably shouldn't say this as it's tempting fate, but I'm using the original rear hub bearing on mine as it was in such good condition and I've done a good few thousand miles on it now.
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 9:59 am
by garry inglis
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Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 10:02 am
by garry inglis
I've been trying to send a picture through tapatalk but it's not coming onto the forum for some reason
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 10:34 am
by fluff34567
Maybe a solution is the jockeys boxenstop version with a stepped housing and a replacable main bearing?
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:20 am
by garry inglis
I've never seen that can you load a picture and mine have loaded now must be a blip
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Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:39 am
by fluff34567
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When ever I try load a pic in always get a failure message
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 12:08 pm
by garry inglis
It won't upload but I'll have a look haven't heard about it so I wonder if many have tried it
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 12:22 pm
by holty
af rayspeed are working on a new type rear bearing, it a double bearing so much stronger
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 7:48 pm
by ming
I'm currently working on a mate's engine which I originally built 3 years ago with an MB rear hub bearing. Not long after that he complained that he was losing gearbox oil, although intermittently. I started suspecting a bad drive side seal, but upon hearing him also complain of a non-functioning rear brake, we took the hub off and noticed the brake shoes completely soiled with oil. I figured we'd found the culprit--a failed rear hub seal, but upon removal discovered the bearing had lost both its plastic cage and half of the balls. There were bits of plastic all over the xmas tree gear cluster. This, after barely 3 years and 3000 miles. Motto: plastic does not belong in a bearing, let alone such a critical one as the rear hub. Never again. I shudder to think how close he came to disaster and injury. This is why it pays to change the gear oil frequently and always look carefully for any bits that come out....
(Which reminds me, I need a new chain for my DL, because guess what bits fell out when I changed the oil....)
Re: Mb rear bearings
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 8:22 pm
by garry inglis
Done 400 miles on new bearing all good up to now
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