Fri May 9 13:46:22 1997
- Message No. 760
From: "rob rowe"
Subject: Re : Failed Wheel Bearings
Guys
I'd be interested to know, how many of those who suffered failures last
weekend did :
1) Regularly power wash ( meaning using a powered spray of water with or
without detergents ) their Bikes
2) Rode for long periods on the Autoroute/bahn/strada ... to get to the
meeting.
The reason I is that the STOC went through this about 18 months ago and
the conclusion was that power washing of bikes caused water to penetrate
beyond the bearing seals and ended up with lubricants being removed. The
bearings corroded in their cages and whilst they could handle mild runs
round town, prolonged runs on high speed roads resulted in overheating
and failure of the bearings.
Just a thought.
Rob
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