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Aussie_bueller
| Posted on Thursday, March 02, 2017 - 09:22 pm: |
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Hi Guys Does anyone have the size of the steering head bearings ? I want to buy from my local; bearing shop. Thanks |
651lance
| Posted on Thursday, March 02, 2017 - 09:40 pm: |
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They are not normal bearings. They are flanged with a neck on the top.
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Stevel
| Posted on Friday, March 03, 2017 - 05:07 am: |
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Neither HD nor EBR made these bearings. They were made by a bearing manufacturer. Usually, there will be a number stamped on the bearing. In both cases, take the information you have and the bearing and bring it to a bearing house. There they will try to find a replacement either through the number research, as they have all the reference books or by size. In any case that usually works well. |
Stimbrell
| Posted on Friday, March 03, 2017 - 01:02 pm: |
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Many have tried to source replacements other than from EBR or HD, all have failed including me, my very best wishes for your success and please let us know if you do succeed. On the plus side they can be dismantled so if you can get replacement ball bearings and the surfaces are not damaged you can rebuild them. |
Aussie_bueller
| Posted on Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 11:35 pm: |
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Hi Guys Does anyone have the size marked on the bearings. I need that as I still have my bike together |
Vagelis46
| Posted on Monday, March 06, 2017 - 07:33 am: |
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I have an old set .... I will have a look and send pictures of the actual bearings + measurements. |
Vagelis46
| Posted on Monday, March 06, 2017 - 03:06 pm: |
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It looks very similar to this http://www.rbcbearings.com/ballbearings/detail.asp ?PartNumber=5418 |
Vagelis46
| Posted on Monday, March 06, 2017 - 03:55 pm: |
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NICE 38 is stamped on the bearing... both sides Also 17 on one side, and 40 on the other |
Stevel
| Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 03:55 am: |
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Nice job Vagelis! With this info replacements can be found outside of both HD and EBR. |
Stimbrell
| Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 - 09:22 am: |
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Well done and thank you Vagelis, the OD of our bearings is 1.925" but this is clearly a possible source of replacements. |
Vagelis46
| Posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 03:46 pm: |
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I have just sent a "INQUIRY" to RBC bearings that distribute NICE bearings.... It was this : I own a BUELL 1125 motorcycle, that uses 2 NICE steering head bearings, flange radial type. The bearings on the motorcycle have stamped "NICE 38 17" on one side of the plastic seal and "NICE 38 40" on the other side of the plastic seal. The bearing is very similar to the NICE 5418, but the BORE and O.D. are slightly different. Spare parts for Buell motorcycles are distributed through the Harley-Davidson network. But they will be discontinued in a few months. Since about 10.000 Buell 1125 motorcycles were sold, there will be soon a demand for these bearings. Are you aware of this situation? Will you consider keep manufacturing them and have them available for sale from the RBC network ? I could send you pictures of these particular NICE bearings as sold by the Harley_Davidson dealers, since I have a spare set. Best Regards Vagelis Fragos I hope that my English was OK....and I really hope we get a positive reply soon.... |
Stimbrell
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2017 - 06:59 am: |
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Your English is good, no problem with that at all, thanks for your work on this, it is appreciated. |
Court
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2017 - 07:52 am: |
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Your English is fine. Let us know if there is anything we can be doing in the USA to be of help. This would be wonderful if we could insure an ongoing supply. Thanks for your efforts. |
1313
| Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2017 - 09:16 pm: |
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Pages 18 and 19 any help? There's also contact info on the last page that might be helpful. |
Vagelis46
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 09:51 am: |
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GREAT ! I have ordered a pair of NICE 5418, to see how (and if) they can be modified so that they can fit the 1125 |
Rick_fears
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2017 - 07:19 pm: |
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I went through this before. They are NICE/SKF bearings. The SKF guys I took mine too couldn't find anything close with the flange. Ended up forking out the bucks to get some from HD |