rear wheel bearing completely shot

[McGuiver]

Where do you get the hardened spacers? Mine are shot, and would like to replace with something better.

[stainlesscycle]

checkpoint offroad has spacers. unfortunately they do not work on the early bikes. 03 and up only.

http://checkpointoff-road.com/store.html

anyone know if there are any available for the earlier wheels???

[Cruiser]

If you are going through wheel bearing this fast there is something wrong.. Your either missing something or putting in bad bearings.. The basic design of these havent changed over the years and My 03 had the originals for two seasons.. the second set was good when I sold the bike and are still in it now.. Make sure you have the spacer that goes between the bearings, if this is missing it will sideload and wear out the bearing in just a ride or two..

[stainlesscycle]

i will have to check. it is possible there is a washer missing - don't remember there ever being one there between the bearings since i've owned the bike.. i checked the fiche and sure enough there is a washer. i only use quality name brand bearings. shoulda checked the fiche long ago anyone have a dimension of the washer?

[stainlesscycle]

now wait a minute.. i thought something was fishy.

i double checked - i was looking at 2001 xc200 fiche at gofasters. it shows 2 bearings with washer between them on rear wheel left side.

my 2001 (and 2000) fiche shows no washer. and different bearing sizes. i know my fiche is correct (at least for bearing sizes), i use it for bearing look up. (1 6204 2rs
2 6004 2rs) . so should there be a thrust washer between the bearings on the earlier rear wheel???????????? from memory i don't see how it would fit - i think the bearings sit flush to each other.

here's the 2000 parts book pic. no washer between bearings #36 and #8. but then again it shows only 1 washer on the brake pedal yoke(#4), when i know there are 3.

[stainlesscycle]

blew out a front bearing today. was a nachi. lasted maybe 30 hours. i installed them this year (2nd set this year...)

major water crossings - went through 100 yards + of swingarm deep (and deeper) water... may have contributed to the failure.

gonna try a diffferent waterproof grease, and maybe fag or skf this time. i've had no problems with nachi's in the past. i've never had a fag bearing fail, but i've never tried them in wheels...i have had skf's fail in the rear wheel - then again every bearing i've used in the rear has failed eventually....

[Jakobi]

Yeaaaah man! You should be getting heaps more hours out of your bearings. Somethings not right..

I've done 65hrs on mine now in pretty much shitslop for most of it. Bit tropical wet season with cylones etc.. Water and mud galore. I have spare Nachi's sitting ready but so far the stockers are holding their own.

[Cruiser]

A few years back I ran thru a number of rear bearings on my 97 and it was due to one of the failed bearings wearing the center tube/spacer a few mm .. this then put a side load with the new bearings and the new bearing would only last a long ride or two short ones.. If you had a really bad bearing and your center tube/spacer is aluminum you might want to change it.. might be even a mm short.. can cause a major issue..

[stainlesscycle]

i will inspect front spacers when i re-install later this week. rear is holding up for 6 hours so far. i will inspect when it fails.

[stainlesscycle]

rear bearings failed again. under 20 hours on them. i'm gonna tear into it later this week, and measure the inner spacer. i'm gonna try cheap ass bearings for a while until i get it figured out. putting $40 worth of bearings into a wheel that only last 20 hours is just not cost effective.... i can put $8 worth of cheap bearings in and maybe get the same life...