TumacMike
Member
Just had my final drive unit replaced.
The pinion bearing failed causing the pinion gear to wear on the ring gear. At the end of a 10 day ride I noticed there was much more noise coming from the drivetrain. Thankfully there was a complete unit at yamaha. (Only 1 in the US.)
The Facts:
33,000 miles on the bike. '07 AE
The unit was never low on oil and serviced regularly.
No obvious reason for the bearing to fail.
What I learned from this:
1. Y.E.S. is a good thing.
2. Karma can be tough. I regularly ride with two BMW riders. On ocassion, I may have been know to comment about how much they spend on maintainence and joke about where the next BMW dealer is. It is possible that I made reference to the Beemer final problems.
Thanks to the good folks at Desert Valley Motorsports in Prosser, WA for getting me back on the road. :biggrinsmiley:
The pinion bearing failed causing the pinion gear to wear on the ring gear. At the end of a 10 day ride I noticed there was much more noise coming from the drivetrain. Thankfully there was a complete unit at yamaha. (Only 1 in the US.)
The Facts:
33,000 miles on the bike. '07 AE
The unit was never low on oil and serviced regularly.
No obvious reason for the bearing to fail.
What I learned from this:
1. Y.E.S. is a good thing.
2. Karma can be tough. I regularly ride with two BMW riders. On ocassion, I may have been know to comment about how much they spend on maintainence and joke about where the next BMW dealer is. It is possible that I made reference to the Beemer final problems.
Thanks to the good folks at Desert Valley Motorsports in Prosser, WA for getting me back on the road. :biggrinsmiley: