Please won't someone help me? New Bearings?

[Ramblin Man]

I've got the relay arm off the bike. You know what that means, exhaust and center stand is off.

I'm trying to figure out if I need new bearings or not. I don't want to order new bearings just to find out that ones I have are as good as they get. I may just be anal and the play I felt could be normal.

All I need is for some of you to lean over the back of the bike while its on the center stand, grab the top of the rear wheel and lift. Just let me know if you have a little up-down play or not.

If there is anyone with no play I'll order the bearings, but if eveyone has some up down play then I can start putting it back together.

Won't someone help me out? Please?

P.S.

The bearings look and feel great off the bike, but I can twist the sleeve(inner race?) running through center of the needle bearings along its long axis and get what I personally think is too much angular movement. When I push and pull in the same motion that it would naturally make while in use there is no play. And these are the end bearnings with the single cage I'm talking about not the center ones the dog bones connect to.

One last bit of refference. My bearings were all clean, shiny, and had absolutely no grease at all. Just what little assembly lube they used at athe factory.

 

[Toecutter]

Stuck at work, bike at home. Sorry.

 

[radman]

Did it, and yes there is, about 1/8" at the wheel, tops. Just back from PGR run. If the bearings and sleeves look good, thats pretty much a clean, lube, and assemble.

 

[pickax]

Just did it to my new bike. 1/8th inch as Rad said

 

[Ramblin Man]

Thanks. I guess I should have said please before tore the thing apart.

So then Rad, from now on when you say zero we should all assume 1/8th inch, right?

 

[radman]

From your original post on this-

I get a good 1/4 inch of "free" movement. It seems to all be in the forward mounting location. The shock mount has plenty of side to side movement which I plan on eliminationg with some nylon or bronze washers, but up/down its good and the dogbones are good also.

My original reply-

Relay arm. Should be 0 play, as any movement in this piece is magnified in the suspension. It's design tolerance is very close, so it looks like you'll be ordering up some bearings and collars. Not expensive though.

I took this to be 1/4" movement in the relay arm, not at the wheel. I guess I should have the wife and neighbor look over posts before responding in an attempt to help members of this board, in order to assure all of my honorable intentions, as well as to promote accuracy in my responses. Of course, you unecessarily had to take apart an item that needs maintenence on a regular basis based on my response, for this I apologise. I guarantee it won't happen again.

 

[Ramblin Man]

Jee whiz Radman, can't you atke a joke? That's what the what the winky face means isn't it?

Like you said, it requires periodic maintanence, and I took the opportunity to check my exhaust valves for leakage (all dry thank you) and loosen and retorque my engine mounts.

I wasn't complaining and after re-reading my original post I can see that I wasn't very clear.

Bike's all back together and I head out to Denver in the morning so all is well.

That free play is going to drive me insane though. I have to figure out a way to get rid of it.