| Author | Message | ||
     No_rice |
just curious if anyone has noticed there bike not coasting as well if the bearings were getting bad or something along those lines. my white 03 xb with 9400 miles on it and original wheel bearings (well updated red ones, both bikes are updated) wheel bearings seems to coast way easier when coming up to a stop sign than my other 03 xb with 4400 miles on it. no grinding sounds or anything just doesnt coast as nice. don't really get the impression that the brakes are hanging up or anything like that. it is just a noticable difference. i am wondering if maybe the bearings are getting a little worn. it is from new jersey so thought maybe the salt from running around by the ocean might have worked into them and gummed them up? any bright ideas? not a major problem, just kind of bugging me. | ||
| Opto |
Check your rear brake disc temp straight after a ride to see if it's dragging a bit? | ||
| Surveyor |
I over torqued my front axle nut and as a result the front wheel was binding - I understand that the spacer between the bearings is quite soft/weak and over torqueing the axle nut can cause the bearing races to become distorted and bind - seems incredible that torque is so critical on an element you would expect to be pretty robust. BTW my wheel ran freely when I corrected the torque but it worries me that I may have damaged the bearings. How did I blunder?......my breaker torque wrench doesn't break in the anticlockwise (left hand thread) direction. Hope that's some help. | ||
| Bake |
Can you lift the bike so you can spin the wheels? Might give some clues. | ||
| Xb9 |
check the rear brake, I had a problem a while back with the rear master cylinder hanging up. It had some corrosion in it, and would not return fully when applied. I hardly ever use it, and when I did, that's when I noticed it dragging. | ||
| Mrvvrroomm |
The XB has a rear brake?  | ||
| Japbikeboy |
The XB has a rear brake? That is the best statement I have ever heard!!!  | ||
| Xlcr |
Which begs the question, how well are the bearings on XBs sealed from the weather? A friend that also had an XLCR had his front brake seize solid at a rest stop. When we went to leave it just wouldn't turn. Seems he washed it too often because he had his own power washer, and blew out all of the grease. After that we found a catalog that listed boat trailer bearings in the same size at the auto parts store. They have a built-in seal, because they are backed into the water often, We ordered them and put them on, and now have two seals on each one, counting the rather poor stock seal. I've never had any problems with them. Water just doesn't get in. |
