rear wheel bearings R3 touring

[Hoffa]

I have 38k on my bike and when I went to change out the rear tire, I noticed that the bearing was not spinning. I took the cush drive off and found the inner bearing not spinning as well. Has anyone else have both bearings fail in such a short time? Has anyone pulled these out? I don't have a bearing puller and I'm debating on buying on, the dealer wants $200 to do the removal and install, that's not including the cost of the bearings. I should be able to get the bearings a lot cheaper from a bearing wholesaler there NSK bearings.

Cheers
Hoffa

 

[1olbull]

I have 38k on my bike and when I went to change out the rear tire, I noticed that the bearing was not spinning. I took the cush drive off and found the inner bearing not spinning as well. Has anyone else have both bearings fail in such a short time? Has anyone pulled these out? I don't have a bearing puller and I'm debating on buying on, the dealer wants $200 to do the removal and install, that's not including the cost of the bearings. I should be able to get the bearings a lot cheaper from a bearing wholesaler there NSK bearings.

Cheers
Hoffa

Indeed!
My R3R has been on its third rear bearing set since 40K miles.

 

[Bedifferent]

It's not like a car....expect shorter life on things. I had my HD Fatboy rear bearings go out at 6k. Wrecked the rim as well. Fortunately, I bought the warranty for the tires and rims as well.

 

[Hoffa]

It's not like a car....expect shorter life on things. I had my HD Fatboy rear bearings go out at 6k. Wrecked the rim as well. Fortunately, I bought the warranty for the tires and rims as well.

It seems pretty short life, but I may as well just look for the tool and learn how to do it.

 

[sonny]

This is what I bought and used with great success. All Balls bearings were used as a replacement which was better quality than the stock on the Rocket. Rear bearings on a Fatboy should be good up 20,000 miles. On 2010 and above models the bearing size was reduced for ABS (whether you have ABS or not) this leads to early replacement. 6,000 miles means that the bearings were not installed correctly.

 

[Claviger]

To remove the old bearings you need only two things... a drift and a hammer.

To install you'll need only a hammer and a colette I suggest a motion pro version.

Its really easy.

 

[sonny]

I prefer the blind puller myself. for installation the blue box worked great. A drift and hammer will work but a blind pulling insures no damage to the rim. The blue box is a Motion pro product.

 

[Joesmoe]

Would you please remind us with the links to those please, for those (like me) who would follow in your footsteps ?

 

[rocketjohn]

Yeah, bearings are so easy with right tools, we might as well all have them....links would be boffo!

 

[sonny]

Tusk tools for the red box and motion pro for the blue box. they both have their own websites. Not very expensive. I bought the universal kits so I can do work on both the Harley and Rocket. Made for a easy job on both bikes. Both boxes very good quality tools but not the most expensive.