If I remember correctly they are completely sealed.
''my front wheel is starting to sound like an old wheelbarrow'' Are you sure the front brake is not sticking? Put the bike on its centre stand and get someone to push on the back of the bike to raise the front wheel, and see if the front wheel is hard to turn.
Given, even the very broadest interprestation of "normal" riding and conditions you should be getting a lot more than 1500 for a set of pads.
The stock suzuki bearings are sealed only on the outside. The replacement aftermarket (power transmission stores) ones are availabe in sealed on both or 1 side and also available in metal sheilds or plastic. Get the double sealed with metal sheilds ... much better stuff and not more $$ ... Heck taking the wheel off and knocking out the bearing will make you wish you'd never have to do it ever again ...
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My point exactly but like most of the problems on this bike it's quite a mystery (misery :()
Quote from: seshadri_srinath... Heck taking the wheel off and knocking out the bearing will make you wish you'd never have to do it ever again ...
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Been there done that got the t-shirt
Yea I know ... I have had bearings break off when I try to knock them out leaving the outer race stuck in the wheel, Have had them not ever catch the drift ... painful ... and the frame I knocked the lower steering race out of ... was just plain hell ... we had to make a drift and the thing had to have a bend in it at just the right angle ... after 2-3 hits the drift will bend and be un useable ... off to making another drift punch ... Key is to take it easy and not make a mistake ... cos the race is harder than anyhting else around it ... and the race is expendable ... the rest is not ... We had to resist the temptations to heat it with a torch etc ... try and avoid all that ...
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There is something funny on my wheel. I don't know if it's wrong like that. I was installing the zz bearings but I found that when the bearings are pressed in they touch the sleeve inside the hub (looks like a little piece of pipe). The problem is that the bearings are now connected so that they can't turn separately. Is this wrong because the old one could move separately.
You havent been pressure washing your bike have you? Nothing damages wheel bearings quicker than a pressure washer.
Quote from: gerharddvsThere is something funny on my wheal. I don't know if it's wrong like that. I was installing the zz bearings but I found that when the bearing are pressed in they touch the sleave inside the hub (looks like a little peace of pipe). The problem is that the bearings are now connected so that they can't turn sepparetely. Is this wrong because the old one could move sepperately.
The bearings turn together when installed. The inner races press against the spacer between them so you cannot over tighten the axle and damage the bearings.
And Bearings are tight when they get installed and they are likely to break in a bit, spinning by hand is far too weak. Install them in the axle, then turn the wheel, if that doesn't spin free ... that = problem. Now you sure you dont have some junk in the middle ... Junk like sand is ok to a small extent, dont want metallic scrap ... that be bad.
So Old shitty bearings are loose and spin free, good new = tight ... :mrgreen:
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