Topic: wheel bearings

[marko59]

How difficult to change on my own? I have no drivers/pullers. Bike Bike parts bearings ok?

[calj737]

Plenty of info on doing this in the manual plus numerous threads on here about it. It's not hard, it's tricky.

Assuming your wheels are spoked, there's a retainer ring that needs to be drilled to remove the stakes, then unscrew the ring. Other side of front is left threaded if I recall correctly. Consult a manual for proper steps and assembly pattern.

[bjbuchanan]

Go to home depot and get some 3/4" wide flat stock and drill holes for 5mm bolts at the right spacing for the retainer holes. This is a quick, cheap and effective bearing removal tool. It is kinda like the garbage adjustable pin wrench tools they sell

When in doubt how far to drill for the retainer, drill a little extra. If you drill too little of the 4 punch marks it will hang up and be hard to remove. Drilling a little extra isn't a big deal as there is plenty there to work with

[edwardmorris]

How difficult to change on my own? I have no drivers/pullers. Bike Bike parts bearings ok?

I got them out with no pullers just fine

Retainers
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=126735.msg1479609#msg1479609

Bearings
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=126735.msg1482668#msg1482668

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Here is a good tutorial with great pics.

http://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=74

It's for Goldwings, but pretty much the same techniques.

[billingstitan]

Front bearing is much easier than the rear. In my experience, harbor freight has everything you need for under $20.

Get a set of drifts to punch out the bearings -

Get a pin wrench to remove the retaining ring

Get some PB blaster to soak the hub before you get started.

Issue a lot of guys run into is either not drilling out the retaining ring - you don't have to go all the way thru, just through where it's been staked

Other common issue if it's a honda cb is that the rear wheel bearing loosens CLOCKWISE .

Only once did I run into a rear wheel that the pin wrench wouldn't loosen- then I took a drift that fit into that slot and tapped it steadily w a 10lb sledge

Oh yeah - get a 10lb sledge :-)

Other guys' suggestions are all good too - the pin wrench has generally worked for me tho