Bottom end failure - 2018 EC300

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Was riding my EC300 the other week and my rear wheel locked up on me!

Immediately I thought oh f$%^ - Managed to start it and she sounded absolutely horrible with a grumbling/rumbling noise from the bottom end. Not good!

It got me to a main road and got my riding buddies to get the car and pick me up for tow home.


Have removed the engine from the bike and started stripping it down, top end looks great (bike has 101 hours), but have realised I need a flywheel puller to continue my inspection of the bottom end.

Does anybody have one?

This flywheel bolt was a right hand thread, I believe its a 27mm x 1mm RH puller I need?

Has anybody had their bottom end fail?

Absolutely shattered its failed on me

From my readings there is one particular bearing on the ignition/flywheel side that has a plastic cage? Known failure point?