Tue May 13 14:16:06 1997
- Message No. 803
From: Robertson Philip
Subject: Bearing Defect?
Marcello, Hi
With the wheel off the ground - if you grip it at both ends of a
diagonal and try to push and pull it ie in the direction which it's not
supposed to move (if that makes sense) and see if you can feel any
movement.
The other thing to try is driving along white lines in the road and see
if the bike jumps off the lines to the side. I find this more difficult
to judge on a trail bike because of the soft suspension.
One time when I took my FZX for MOT (TÜV) the tester could feel movement
on the back wheel but I hadn't noticed anything. The bike went for a
remarkable 12000km then the bearing collapsed spectacularly. (I
certainly wouldn't recommend try to emulate this distance on a dodgy
bearing)
Regards, Phil
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