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Post by swakk on Mar 6, 2008 18:30:35 GMT -5
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Post by motomech on Mar 6, 2008 23:04:58 GMT -5
By the nature of their design, scooters don't use bearings in the rear wheel.
They do, of course use them in the front wheel. If any of the scooters here are in service long enough to require frt. wheel bearing replacement, I hope they find your contribution helpful.
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Post by sussexscooterhead on Mar 6, 2008 23:05:10 GMT -5
Great post Swakk!
Someone was asking a related question just the other day so your timing is perfect!
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Post by swakk on Mar 7, 2008 18:11:51 GMT -5
hmm momotech, i don't use to be a perturbating person, but some scoot, the heaviest or like the qling pegasus have bearing on the same side of the exhaust... take a look on my picts
and better ! they have bearings in the gear case too... even for the wheel..
but maybe i didn't understood your answer ? (i use to eat frogs and snails more than writing english lol )
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Post by motomech on Mar 7, 2008 20:00:33 GMT -5
hmm momotech, i don't use to be a perturbating person, but some scoot, the heaviest or like the qling pegasus have bearing on the same side of the exhaust... take a look on my picts and better ! they have bearings in the gear case too... even for the wheel.. but maybe i didn't understood your answer ? (i use to eat frogs and snails more than writing english lol ) Ok, a little mis-understanding, perhaps on my part(I am on a dial-up in Latin America and wouldn't live long enough to download the file). In English, the part that has the bearings is called the wheel carrier. For the Hondas I simply drove them out and installed new ones with a bearing driver(but the right size socket would work). I can't remember if they have securing clips. |
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Post by earlwb on Mar 7, 2008 21:18:15 GMT -5
Nice article Swakk.
I liked the idea of using a gear puller if the bearings are stuck on the axle shaft.
Maybe you ought to do a article on how to replace the front wheel bearings. I can see people needing that too.
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Post by swakk on Mar 8, 2008 19:21:58 GMT -5
you'll have to wait for my own to be dead... lol...
but nothing hard
remove the axel
remove the axel gasket (sorry don'y find the right word)
after with a flat screwdriver from the otherside you push out the old bearing
that's all...
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Post by earlwb on Mar 9, 2008 8:52:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I can't post pics until I have to do it myself too. I highly suggest that one should use a bearing puller tool to get the bearings out. Using the screwdriver punch method works well sometimes, but a proper tool is best. Like this one for example: www.pitposse.com/whbereset.htmlWhat really sucks is if the bearings are blind bearings, and you cannot reach them from the other side to tap out. The wheel bearings on my Harley Sportster are sort of like blind bearings as there is a raised inner ledge that prevents one from tapping out a bearing from the other side. So then you are forced to use something like this tool: www.pitposse.com/blbeandbure.htmlor this one: www.pitposse.com/poblbebrpuse.htmlThe PitPosse people have a lot of cool tools for doing things one never thinks about until they have to do it themselves too: www.pitposse.com/pusp.html |
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