worn bearings..

[bigredhead]

Ok..

Last night, fired up the o'l furnace in the garage.. cracked open a beer and got to it.

Removed my front wheel to install new shoes ( 30 $.. ouch. :D ) and you all know how this goes.. one thing leads to another.

I checked my bearings and on the right side, solid, on the left side a bit of play but it spins ok.. i removed the black mud cover and the bearing seal and it was FULL of grit, so i wiped as much as i could outa there and re-packed it with waterproof grease, put it all back together and got to thinking.

how much play is too much ? :eek:

Do you guys wait until they crunch and lock up before you replace them or should they be replaced at the slightest give ?

[ClayW]

Depends. If you can feel slack, I change them. However, they can go along time. The problem is if the seize up from getting real hot.

[Dads]

Wait to long and it wears the brakes on a angle.

[a-camp]

Only about $35 If the old ones get loose they get hot throw greese and make a mess. And everything above . Wheel might spin better as well.=more speed=more fun=more money in bike bad circle Just leave it alone lol

[RideRed250R]

eats up the spindle threw vibration and then when u pin it out going trailprotrailpro whole 45 miles a hour the front locks up on u and throws u over the handle bars infront of all the atv guys and tv reports and then once agian they can say atc's are dangerous! ride hard ride safe change the darn bearings
adam

[a-camp]

Front bearings are one of those things you think about when your going 65 down a canal road for 15 minutes.