Got Traveller on the road again........Blown bearing.

[Strider]

In my ride report from Inzane XV, I had mentioned that everything ran great until the ride home, where in Dallas, I started getting a shimmy when I would slow down and there was a grinding/squeaking noise.  Shimmy would get really bad hitting the brakes.  Right after I left Spearfish, I also had problems with the rear brakes.  Symptoms would come and go and the Lord got me home safe and sound even with the shimmy.  In Dallas, I decided that there was not much I could do but keep pounding on.

Well, Traveller was the filthiest she had ever been, but I had a school at Church I was teaching all week, so I didnt get a chance to have a look at her until this weekend.  So, up on the poor boy jack adapter she went.



The rear rotor was a little off kilter but when I got the rear wheel off - YEP, it was the rear bearing.  The seal from the bearing came out with the dust seal.  The bearings far from round - half were flat.



This was how much debris came out with the bearing.



Of course, when I beat the bearing out, the inner race and bearings came out leaving the outer race in the tire.  Deja Vu!  This was actually the same bearing we put in out in the parking lot in Minnesota.  Went next door and borrowed my neighbors Dremel tool and cut it out.



As long as she was up and had the wheel off........



I went ahead and pulled the rear drive and drive shaft out and had a look and greased them up.




Thanks to Jeff K for the list of generic parts for a Valkyrie.  Was able to find the single row at Autozone and had to go to a bearing house to get the double row.



Got everything back together and took her for about a 20 mile shakedown - nothing fell off - that was a good sign!!!    Everything felt good, so got back to house and washed her down - all that rain coming back from Spearfish - she was FILTHY!



Got her back inside and wiped down.  Clean again!  Whoooo-Hoooooo, Traveller is ready to go back on the road!!!!



Everything was good and glad I was able to get everything checked from behind the U-Joint.  Only thing was - MAN, IT WAS HOT!  Had her overnight on the jack, so I did it in the garage and with 100 deg heat index, IT WAS HOT!!!!!!  But, now, I can cool off in the wind......

[PAVALKER]

Good job.  What do you mean double row??  Double bearings on the one side?  Which side are the doubles on?  I thought that mod was left side?

When my left rear bearing gave out I had balls fall out when the wheel came off.  Yep it was toast.

[Strider]

Double row on the right (5204) - side with the star drive.  Side that has the rear drive on it.

Single row (I have not done the mod yet - but will in the future I think) on the left side (with the brake rotor) - 6204's.  When mine went out in Minnesota - there was one bearing hanging out of the dust seal and the outer race - that was it.  These were just flat and the seal from the bearing came out with the dust seal when I removed it.

[old2soon]

Double row on the right (5204) - side with the star drive.  Side that has the rear drive on it.

Single row (I have not done the mod yet - but will in the future I think) on the left side (with the brake rotor) - 6204's.  When mine went out in Minnesota - there was one bearing hanging out of the dust seal and the outer race - that was it.  These were just flat and the seal from the bearing came out with the dust seal when I removed it.

     U-joint AND bearings couple days before I headed out to I-15.  103000+ miles I GUESS I ought not complain.  Glad we got to meet and talk a bit.  Course afore I leave next year sumpin else will mess up.  ONLY 103 thou on bearings and U-joint.  ONLY 105 thou and gotta rebuild the forks.  IF these cursed things weren't so cursed much FUN!  RIDE SAFE.

[Strider]

It was awesome spending time with you as well, my friend.  This was the third one to go out on me in 110,000 miles.  The original went out right after I got her - she had 20k on her when I got her.  That one was due to original owner over torquing I think - it took a pry bar to get the axle nut off.  Since then, everything was always torqued to spec back there. Then I had one blow out in Minnesota - this is all that came out when we took the wheel off.



We were in a museum parking lot and luckily I was riding with some GREAT folks that threw their noggins together and with a couple of car jacks and some 2x4's got the job done - what a great crew..........



Including Doctor Hotglue - I understand that he was thinking about going into proctology since he had all the tools he needed......  



Same thing happened all 3 times as well - the outer race was left.....what a PAIN to get out - especially in a parking lot.  Honda really should have made some way to get to an outer race without the lip thing.  But, we WERE able to get it out - all 3 times.