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Old 06-03-2012 | 07:36 PM
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Is it possible to seat the rear wheel bearings too deep? On the sprocket side of the wheel. I notice before I removed them they were flush with the wheel. When I installed the new one I got a little carried away with the hammer and the new ones are a little deeper than the old ones. I dont think I can get them back out to be flush with the wheel without destroying them. Good thing I got extra wheels.
 
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Old 06-03-2012 | 07:57 PM
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I wouldn't think they can seat deeper than the races. So unless you really
did the gonzo and damaged the races, they should seat and that's it.

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Old 06-03-2012 | 08:24 PM
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No, I didnt go GONZO! But I got 4 f2 rear wheels and 1 900 rear wheel. My original rear wheel has not had the bearing change so I know I hammered them in a little deep. None of them are as deep as what I did. Maybe .050 of an inch. Also my Clymer manual says "Make sure you seat the bearings completely". O'well, if you say I'm good to go then I'll go with that. Thanks. Also they are allballs brand for the f2 rear wheel.
 

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Old 06-04-2012 | 09:33 AM
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I thought about this all night at work, in between watching water pumps and reading Sport Rider and Motorcyclist. The only problem I see if they are too deep would be if they push the long spacer in the wheel too far to the brake side of the wheel and not let those bearings seat. Which I would think then that my wheel would be pushed to the sprocket side and throw off my wheel alignment. And the big spacer wouldn't be loose inside the wheel like it supposed to be. Does that make any sense?
 
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Old 06-04-2012 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by coalminer frank
The only problem I see if they are too deep would be if they push the long spacer in the wheel too far to the brake side of the wheel and not let those bearings seat. Which I would think then that my wheel would be pushed to the sprocket side and throw off my wheel alignment. And the big spacer wouldn't be loose inside the wheel like it supposed to be. Does that make any sense?
For sure, when you install the brake-side bearings make sure the inner wheel spacer does have adequate "wiggle room" when your finished - I also make sure my bearings are very well seated, and I have found that the spacer has plenty of room.
The thing I would be more concerned about, if the inner spacer were to be "tight" between the bearing sets, is not the alignment, as I doubt you would notice .010 to .015 of an inch, but rather the danger of side-loading the bearings, and causing them to fail.
I had a bearing set fail at about 120 mph, a few months back, and it was one SCARY FRIGGIN' EXPERIENCE!!! The ***** were mostly destroyed, inside the bearing casings, and allowed the right side of the wheel to move around quite a bit on the axle...I saved it with no issue, but that kind of shimmy at that speed could just make you need a change of pants!! And, of course, it could have lead to MUCH worse, but I'm awesome!!
Just make sure that spacer is loose inside the hub, and you'll be fine - I honestly doubt you'll have any trouble.
 
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