Safe to ride, bad bearing
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Safe to ride, bad bearing
so i was applying my rim stripes and i noticed my front wheel has some up and down/forward backward movement in it, not much, maybe 2-3mm. i took off the front wheel and i can barely spin one of the bearings, and the other moved freely, too freely, but had a kind of jerky action and made a weird noise when i spun it, like it was worn badly.
anyways, i ordered an AllBalls kit, and its on it way. but is it safe to drive on for the next couple days?
thanks
anyways, i ordered an AllBalls kit, and its on it way. but is it safe to drive on for the next couple days?
thanks
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Ganzy,
Given that bearings are built to tollerances of +/- 0.0001 mm I think the answer is pretty obvious. If you got 2-3 mm movement then your bearings are probably not really best described as bearings now mate.
There's no way I'd even contemplate riding on front wheel bearings that are that ****ed. You're asking for trouble. BIG trouble if you do.
Not sure where you are in the world but if you had to do a UK MOT test every year your bike would have failed a long time ago. You don't get that much wear over night.
Jesus....... 2-3 mm.......:icon _no:
Given that bearings are built to tollerances of +/- 0.0001 mm I think the answer is pretty obvious. If you got 2-3 mm movement then your bearings are probably not really best described as bearings now mate.
There's no way I'd even contemplate riding on front wheel bearings that are that ****ed. You're asking for trouble. BIG trouble if you do.
Not sure where you are in the world but if you had to do a UK MOT test every year your bike would have failed a long time ago. You don't get that much wear over night.
Jesus....... 2-3 mm.......:icon _no:
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+ 10000
My front wheel bearings where o.k. & tight as but it didn't stop one of them collapsing on me a couple of weeks ago. No warning just an ear splitting squeel then thump, thump, thump.... front end wobbly as hell.
Not something you would like to happen at 100 km/hr, Plse do not ride !
My front wheel bearings where o.k. & tight as but it didn't stop one of them collapsing on me a couple of weeks ago. No warning just an ear splitting squeel then thump, thump, thump.... front end wobbly as hell.
Not something you would like to happen at 100 km/hr, Plse do not ride !
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