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Question about rear wheel axle / 2007 XB12SS

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your axle is clearly bent. all the questions in the world and continuation of this thread won't straighten it. do you even realize what an important role it plays? apparently not. it centers the wheel assembly....it pre-loads the left and right inner races to the hub spacer...it acts as a fixture for the hub to rotate around....it centers the caliper in relationship to the rotor.
do as you wish. ride at your own peril.

Of course i understand everything what You wrote :)

Today i bought used axle, which comes from 2005 model - please correct me if i'm wrong but all XB12 had the same axle. I made comparison with my axle before buying and my axle is longer around 2-3mm. Till now i can't believe how i could stretched axle which is made of hard steel in that simple way. Please look what is the difference between stretched and stock axle:

https://youtu.be/K3jHsrJPwMY

Most important thing is that now everything is ok and i can ride :)
Thanks for Your help Guys!
 
all the XB rear axles for the TWO BEARING HUB are the same. and the axle that ends in part #AK will fit both 2 and 3 bearing rear hubs but takes a bit of searching to find one. what you discovered that whether it's a buell, bmw, suzuki vstrom or any other hollow tube axle....they can do some very odd and interesting things when torqued way beyond their design limitations.
 
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You have right! I hope that i will not destroy anything more in my bike in this season ;)
Thx once again :very_drunk:
 
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