young scooter
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Same wheel bearing. Brand new on the belt side on the rear. Failed within 30 miles. What is causing this????
Preload issue
One more thing to check is the bearing spacer between the bearings has not been squished by over tightening them EVEN ONCE. That will cause the outer races to bottom in the wheel and the inner races to still be side loaded causing rapid bearing failure, until you replace the spacer. They are cheap and available at HD
Tighten, loosen, then retighten to a lower torque. He said 100 ft lb and then to 65ft lb
Buell Service Manual said:Tighten rear axle (1) to 23-27 ft-lbs back off two full turns and then retighten to 48- 52 ft-lbs.
god this is just so heartbreaking for me. I love this bike so much and to have spent 7 hours total on the side of the road across 2 fridays for the same 10$ part failing has just really shaken my trust in the bike. I think you know what I mean. How do I know the next time I get it back its not gonna be the same scenario all over again, with a third friday spent on the side of an interstate far from home? My trust is broken in this bike, even if they do it 100% correctly next time. I'm going to be paranoid for a very long time and theres no dollar amount that can fix that.
I appreciate your help, this time I'm going to forward him these links, I looked at page 2-31 but it seemed to be really generic instructions. I actually read them to him over the phone last night and I wasn't sure if I was looking at the wrong thing because I was thinking it would be a bit more specific.
The damage may be done, the wheel could be damaged, and this would cost me loads of money I don't want to flush out. I'm wondering if it would be less expensive to just cut my losses and sell him the bike for a loss just to be rid of this financial nightmare that he may have had a hand in creating for me. I'm an hvac guy, I dont make loads of money. I live good enough but to have to make multiple trips to the shop in one month is stressing my budget