KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: stewart on October 17, 2009, 12:06:34 PM

Title: main bearing and seal issue
Post by: stewart on October 17, 2009, 12:06:34 PM

here is  a picture of one of the most over looked performance  parts ...the hard original  main seals and the rough as can be about to come apart bearings..that came apart   thats the ball and a piece of retainer that fell out with  it

Title: Re: main bearing and seal issue
Post by: tharden on October 17, 2009, 02:47:12 PM

How do you think a cylindrical bearing would do?

Title: Re: main bearing and seal issue
Post by: alward25 on October 17, 2009, 02:50:50 PM

I thought it was making a funny noise :|

Title: Re: main bearing and seal issue
Post by: stewart on October 17, 2009, 03:58:11 PM

the 6206 bearings are fine i think there are better brands than the koyo brand they come with i like skf brand  in c3 class ,,but think that when these bearings and seals get a number of years old they can all fail