RGS rear wheel bearing spacers

[Paul Marx]

Any bearing puller to remove the wheel bearings is a very bad idea! Just heat the center of the wheel and the bearings will fall out.

Removing the bearing with a puller will remove a little bit of aluminum so eventually the bearings are no longer tight in the wheel. When you press the new bearings back in you are also removing more aluminum.

The next post in years from now will be, I had the wheel off to replace the tyre and the wheel bearings fell out. The fix will be red Loctite.

Put the wheel on the gas cooker so the flame touches where the brake disc mounts. Open a beer and sit down and wait a few minutes until the bearing falls out. Also use the same method to fit the new bearings. You don't need to get the wheel very hot to do this so the paint will be OK.

If you need a puller or a press or any other type of tool to replace the bearings, you are doing it wrong.

I don't have a gas cooker and I don't touch alcohol.
Joking apart, if your bearings fall out of a cast wheel with just a little heat, you have a problem. They need heat and judicial walloping.

Paul

 

[Paul Marx]

Those of you without blind bearing pullers don't need to change the primary cover needle bearings.

Paul

 

[1200ts]

I don't have a gas cooker and I don't touch alcohol.
Joking apart, if your bearings fall out of a cast wheel with just a little heat, you have a problem. They need heat and judicial walloping.

Paul

Paul, I am not talking about a little bit of heat. I get the wheel center up to at least 150c and even on a wheel that has never been touched since it left Breganze, the bearings will fall out.

I have seen some where Laverda did not mask the wheel properly and there is paint in the wheel bearing bore which can glue the bearing in but even they do not require walloping the bearing. If tools are required, the wheel is not hot enough. You would probably need to get the wheel up over 200c to damage the paint.

Bruce

 

[Paul Marx]

Paul, I am not talking about a little bit of heat. I get the wheel center up to at least 150c and even on a wheel that has never been touched since it left Breganze, the bearings will fall out.

I have seen some where Laverda did not mask the wheel properly and there is paint in the wheel bearing bore which can glue the bearing in but even they do not require walloping the bearing. If tools are required, the wheel is not hot enough. You would probably need to get the wheel up over 200c to damage the paint.

Bruce

Call me dubious.

Paul

 

[Legs]

All good to have the proper tools at home in the shed but if you run a bearing out in the middle of Whoop-Whoop and nearest help is a friendly hardware store it pays to adapt, improvise and overcome.

 

[Alzero]

They need heat and judicial walloping.

Paul

I’ll be the judge of that, although I wonder if Mr Leclair has ever been on the receiving end of any?

 

[Paul Marx]

I’ll be the judge of that, although I wonder if Mr Leclair has ever been on the receiving end of any?

Judicious

 

[helicopterjim]

Call me dubious.

Paul

 

[helicopterjim]

Any bearing puller to remove the wheel bearings is a very bad idea!

That has been a very successful idea for decades. Don't recall ever having to use loctite yet but I do agree that if you have the facilities heating up the hub is also a very good method.

I suppose if you were changing the bearings weekly you may find that the bearings start to fit loosely after a while ...... but I suspect that would be the least of your problems.

Jim

 

[helicopterjim]

I’ll be the judge of that, although I wonder if Mr Leclair has ever been on the receiving end of any?

I wonder if he gets any speeding tickets ........ Francesco told me about some of their rides.

Jim