1100R Rear wheel bearing wear
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:22 pm
Hi All,
Anyone know anything about replacing rear wheel bearings? My 2000 R1100R (31,000 miles) has some detectable play, not much, it's difficult to measure, but I'm guessing a couple of mm. Is it a dealer job to replace them? My Haynes manual says simply that they are part of the final drive housing and 'beyond the scope of this manual'. Hmm... Anyone got any experience of changing them, or bearing failure? Can I expect traumatic failure once a small amount of play is detected. Should I ask my wife to lose more weight and risk another kind of sudden trauma?
All contibutions (to the topic - well come to think of it to the cost of replacement too
) welcome!
Cheers!
Anyone know anything about replacing rear wheel bearings? My 2000 R1100R (31,000 miles) has some detectable play, not much, it's difficult to measure, but I'm guessing a couple of mm. Is it a dealer job to replace them? My Haynes manual says simply that they are part of the final drive housing and 'beyond the scope of this manual'. Hmm... Anyone got any experience of changing them, or bearing failure? Can I expect traumatic failure once a small amount of play is detected. Should I ask my wife to lose more weight and risk another kind of sudden trauma?
All contibutions (to the topic - well come to think of it to the cost of replacement too
) welcome!Cheers!