rear wheel spacer

[franco6]

allright it is now official the left bearing is acting up .i have a spare double row but need the shaven spacer. does any one have one readilly available ? I d return mine shaven. or does any one have a machine shop that will do it quickly before friday am? (thursday )
thanks .  Fred.

[Jess from VA]

This is not a hard job for an auto machine shop... Houston must have some.  I'd start calling around.

(if no one has one to loan on hand)

Course you have to take yours off or get one from HDL... which is what I did.

[franco6]

This is not a hard job for an auto machine shop... Houston must have some.  I'd start calling around.

(if no one has one to loan on hand)

Course you have to take yours off or get one from HDL... which is what I did.

sure but since there s only 2 days before our mid winter ride and i ride the bike every day to work I was trying to find the fastest resolve .than again the bering can go a little longer before serious deterioration. pinwall should have one.

[Jess from VA]

I understand.  It's just that most do the spacer cut, then use it on their own bike shortly thereafter.

Pinwall would be a good idea, if they'll find one and do an overnight mailing.

[hubcapsc]

I looked when I got home yesterday... I got one...

-Mike

[franco6]

Mike no problem I was just getting worried .there s no rush .last night 2-up did not feel anything amiss. just noticed once in a while that grinding feeling at low speed  and a little more squirreling at high speed  Ill just have to go faster at low speed and slower at high speed! LOL
next week I ll take care of it .17000 miles on the new berings .the dark side must eat them up!
Fred

[RainMaker]

Maybe if I get to a future wrench party I can look into this mod.  So far (fingers crossed) no bearing problems at 63K.

[blotar]

Just my $.02 - the double row bearings that are on one side of the axle assy are angular contact bearings that are designed to work in duplex to prevent axial thrust. I have never seen a double row ball bearing that was 'sealed'. (That doesn't mean that they don't exist) Ok - In an axle assy an engineer can always assume there will be growth axially due to temperature variations. As the assembly heats up it gets longer. The sealed, single row bearing on the other end of the assembly is meant to only hold radial loads and allow movement due to increased length or movement due to the design of the system. if both ends of the assembly are holding the axial thrust then axial movement would be arrested and one or both of the bearing assemblies would become preloaded and cause excessive wear/heat/stress or all of the above. If the new double bearing was allowed to float, (within the outer race) then I guess it would still work as a radial bearing, but this redesign seems to have many structural issues. does any one know the width/length of the bearing housing on the left side of a valkyrie?
blotar

[Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008]

Bruce these bearing are not shrunk on the shaft the shaft floats. You can get a double roller bearing that is sealed and many people are running them. I plan on doing it to mine in the near future. I got an inlaw (outlaw) that runs a machine shop in houston to cut mine down.

[Houdini]

Maybe we should ask resident expert bobbo and he can look it up on wikipedia...   

[RainMaker]

Maybe we should ask resident expert bobbo and he can look it up on wikipedia...   

Be careful what you ask for.....

[Willie]

Blotar,

Can you get Larry the Cable guy to repeat what you said so the rest of us can understand that spill on bearings......

I bet it would be funny, I don't care who you are...

[blotar]

Willie,
Em er berrings are not ment to be fooled with. The metal what holds em' is tight, real tight. Ifin the cleaarance is took away them things heat up and there you go and here you are... all burnt up!
Botar