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2k4xb12
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hi all,

Heading out for a long ride this weekend. Lately, I've felt what feels like dry or gunked up bearings in the front when the wheel is off the ground and spun by hand. I didn't feel comfortable chancing it on a 500 mile ride. Dealer can't get stockers for 5-7 days, so I went through Kaman Industrial Technologies http://www.kamandirect.com/ and bought the NSK bearings and will have them installed tomorrow. These have black seals and I was wondering if there is any relation to the original black seal factory bearings. I gave them the part numbers posted here in the KV and this is exactly what they crossed to. I was thinking the orange seals were a special color spec'd by the factory to visually differentiate the new ones from the old ones. What exactly was the problem with the factory black seal bearings?
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Buellfirebolt31
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

is ur bike a uly?
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Jkhawaii
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

something about water intrusion
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2k4xb12
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 08:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nope, not a Uly -- an '04 XB12S. Came original with the orange seals and am replacing the bearings. The new ones are NSKs bought NOT from the dealer. I was simply curious if the orange seal was specified by the factory simply for visual identification.

The NSK part numbers are:

6005VVC3 -- Front
6006VVC3 -- Rear
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