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RHYNOXB9R
07-29-2008, 02:30 AM
While on the freeway coming home from work,I felt a odd vibration through my left footpeg[confused]I thought I was picking up an odd feeling from the grooves in the pavement.All of the sudden,I get a harsh rear wheel slap,side to side.I pulled the clutch in,coasted to the schoulder,looked things over.I had lost a rear wheel bearing:(Has this ever happened to any of you?I am going to replace the stock ones,front and rear,with some quality tapered bearings.And I need to get a new pair of boxers[smirk]

06xb9r
07-29-2008, 04:14 AM
Can you replace them with tapered bearings? Aren't the factory ones a sealed bearing?

LeFox
07-29-2008, 07:09 AM
1st time i heard that one :o

good that nothing serious happened ;)

RHYNOXB9R
07-30-2008, 12:57 AM
I'll try to post a pic if the tire hasn't been taken off thr swingarm yet.

RHYNOXB9R
07-30-2008, 01:41 AM
Got to the shop,and Dave had just taken everything off.He said the rear wheel spacer was oblonged and that the wheel bearing inner race was seized onto the wheel spacer.When he cut out the race,bearing puller tool only works when you have a full bearing in tact,the inner hub was full of shavings.He had to heat up the inner race and spacer just to free them from oneanother and pull the axle out.Who knows how or what happened,maybe just a bad bearing.[smirk]

LeFox
07-30-2008, 08:32 AM
hold on...rhyno, you got an '03?

the bearings are not orange?
the older ones, think they were black, were recalled :o

so if the front isn't orange also, better change them.

RHYNOXB9R
08-01-2008, 03:03 AM
LeFox,no they weren't orange, they were black.I replaced them with some good German bearings,SFK,they are supposta be the stuff.I'm German,so I would have to say that's true.:DWill be changing out the front as soon as they come in,thanks.

RHYNOXB9R
08-01-2008, 03:41 AM
My bad LeFox,they are SKF's.[smirk]

LeFox
08-01-2008, 09:09 AM
My bad LeFox,they are SKF's. [smirk]
was going to say that when i read your previous post, but you already corrected it yourself ;)

btw skf is a german/belgian cooperation ;)

so, if it was the balk...they should have been changed to the orange ones by your dealer.
they are known to get stuck.

blackedout
08-01-2008, 06:35 PM
Lefox,
These orange bearings, can I see them without removing the wheel? Mine is 2003 also and I bought it used. I would like to make sure mine are done before I have a problem.

LeFox
08-01-2008, 06:53 PM
yea, you can see it clearly...
just look at the circle between axle & wheel. ;)

blackedout
08-01-2008, 07:10 PM
Thanks Lefox, I'll check it out. I wonder if the dealer would still cover the recall?

LeFox
08-01-2008, 09:11 PM
don't know...but won't hurt trying.

maybe wait till BPG is back and ask his point of view. ;)

blackedout
08-01-2008, 10:26 PM
It appears to have a little orange tinit left on it so I am going to assume it has been replaced. I suppose if I washed it the orange might be more noticeable. Thanks.

RHYNOXB9R
08-01-2008, 11:47 PM
I bought the bike used,have yet to register the vin in my name,and my nearest dealer is about an hour away.That's why I go to my buddies shop,www.motogenex.com I trust them and that's more than I can say for some dealerships I have delt with.Not a recall you want to find out about yourslef,while doing 65 on the freeway,thank's for the info LeFox.Anyone else with a 03 xb9r reading this,check your damn bearings!

RHYNOXB9R
08-04-2008, 04:20 AM
Finally figured out how to post photos,here is what the rear bearing did to my rear wheel spacer and what was left of the rear bearing itself after they cut it out.http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/2009_20080730205524_L.jpg
http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/2009_20080730205624_L.jpg

edit: picture layout

steller
08-05-2008, 02:55 AM
hey guys.
same damn things happened to me this afternoon comin home. felt like a flat tire. pulled over. tires was great, but wobbled from side to side and sat on a bit of an angle. took a look at the side where the bearings are, just behind the belt type thing and i can see lots of shaving. im pretty worried. hope its just a bearing and nothin major. also hope i didnt do any other damage. i have an 06 uly by the way. funny thing is i had just had my bike in to get a tire fixed like 4 days prior. so im wondering if the shop screwed up putting my tire on. whats eveyone think?
thanks all.

LeFox
08-05-2008, 07:55 AM
i have an 06 uly by the way. funny thing is i had just had my bike in to get a tire fixed like 4 days prior. so im wondering if the shop screwed up putting my tire on. whats eveyone think?
would think that is the case here, since you would have the good bearings.
it is likely that they hit the spacer and dented the bearing.

steller
08-05-2008, 11:26 AM
thanks lefox, yah im pretty sure its a botch on there end. im sure i will have a fun time convinving them they will have some repairs to pay for now lol.

Jerry C
11-24-2010, 02:04 PM
My girl friend had to replace the rear bearings on her 2008 XBCityX(11000 miles). We were riding some back roads and her bike started making a loud clanking noise. We stopped and then trailered it to Richmond Super Bike,who repaired it. They told us the factory bearings have a tendency to fail and if she had continued to ride, it could have locked up the rear wheel.

mobmechjoe
11-24-2010, 07:48 PM
i have an 08 xb12r mine went out at ten thousand miles think the pressure wash job the day before got mine

Squattybodyjr
11-25-2010, 08:41 AM
ok i just had my bearings replaced on my 09 they put in black bearings am i supposed to have orange.

guinnkyle
06-07-2011, 08:39 AM
Just so everybody knows, the SKF bearing # is
6006-2RS-1-C3. These are the top of the line bearings. The next one down from that is the 6006-LU (orange ones). I know this because I just had mine go out on me this last weekend and I just ordered them up.

guinnkyle
06-07-2011, 08:41 AM
My wheel spacer also looks like that pic Phyno posted and am wanting to know if it is ok to still use and if not, where should I go to get a new one? Thanks in advance.

uly luigi
06-07-2011, 08:53 AM
ASB, American Sport Bike, that's where I got mine, but, as long as the lenght is not changed, is there still a smooth, chamfered end, and just the surface of the spacer scuffed you should be fine to run it, also, I cut 2 notches in the ends of my spacer to make changing the bearings easier next time,

guinnkyle
06-07-2011, 08:59 AM
WORD UP on the ASB page, hadn't looked around at all really but I will be picking one up just ot have on hand. Thanks again Luigi. One question for you though, I'm lost on why you cut the notches...

firebolt020283
06-07-2011, 09:02 AM
I had the same thing happen to me about 6 months or so ago that was one scary ride.

rusko466
06-07-2011, 09:57 AM
are the notches so its easier to get a lip when popping out the bearings? i went and got a brand new punch so i could grab them with a clean edge

uly luigi
06-07-2011, 11:11 AM
Yep, it makes it easier to get on the bearing, as long as you don't change the lenght of the spacer, you can make the notches as big as you need to

nedj10
07-17-2011, 12:02 AM
I know this is an old thread but just thought I would let everyone know this failure just happened to my 03 xb9r and low and behold it has the pre-recall bearings, time to call the dealer tomorrow for the orange bearings

thanks
Ned Williams

NickelZinc13
10-18-2011, 07:25 PM
Question, are the bearings a similar or identical make than that used in the '01 Buell Blast?

BuellerDueller
10-19-2011, 10:01 PM
When should u normally change the bearing...09 xb12r here

uly luigi
10-20-2011, 08:16 AM
depends on "HOW" you ride, my bike is full time transpo for me, '08 Uly bought new in May of '08, and I am on my 3rd set of front and rears, 46+k miles, I change both sets at the same time, I haven't yet worked out a "schedule" to prevent them from going out on a ride

BuellerDueller
10-20-2011, 10:49 AM
i was thinking of having done when i do the 10000 mile service, im at a out 7,000 miles now...

matt87951
04-30-2012, 08:42 AM
Just so everybody knows, the SKF bearing # is
6006-2RS-1-C3. These are the top of the line bearings. The next one down from that is the 6006-LU (orange ones). I know this because I just had mine go out on me this last weekend and I just ordered them up.

What's so different about these bearings, and the factory bearings? Particularly the "new" ones, which I believe are part numbers (For a 2005 XB9R at least):

Rear: E0005.02A8B
Front: E0004.02A8B

I would have to imagine the bearings aren't too much different, as bearings are rather simple pieces, and have been made for a long time. Maybe I'm wrong, but I guess I don't see how one bearing could be so much better than another?

I just replaced my tires over the weekend, and my rear has a slight notch in it. You can't feel it on the bike, but when I was rolling the wheels while they were off with my fingers on the bearings I could feel a slight hitch on the rear. The shop that mounted/balanced my tires for me said that the bearing will be fine until my next tire change - I don't think I want to wait that long for fear of complete failure. What do you think?

Thanks!
-Matt

uly luigi
04-30-2012, 10:56 AM
Change the bearings, they are cheap and when they go out they can cause a lot of collateral damage, such as drive belt stretch and failure, I use SKF's, some use "All Balls", the few sets of those I have seen are Chinese,

matt87951
04-30-2012, 01:57 PM
Change the bearings, they are cheap and when they go out they can cause a lot of collateral damage, such as drive belt stretch and failure, I use SKF's, some use "All Balls", the few sets of those I have seen are Chinese,

Do you have the part numbers for the SKF front and rear bearings then? Do you order straight from SKF? According to ASB they recommend you replace the bearing spacer also, is that something that is really needed / recommended?

Thanks,
-Matt

uly luigi
04-30-2012, 02:06 PM
the part #'s are here somewhere on the board, search for bearings and I'm sure you will find them, as far as where to get them, I get mine from a local ATV/lawnmower parts house, right at 20 bucks a set for rears and 14 or so for the fronts

redrider
04-30-2012, 04:21 PM
I have a set of rear SKF 6006-2RS-1 new in the box and they were made in Italy PM me if you need them.

xelibri2007
05-08-2012, 10:05 AM
hey guys.

same damn things happened to me

felt like a flat tire. pulled over. tires was great, but wobbled from side to side and sat on a bit of an angle.

i have an 08 uly xb9sx .
thanks all.http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/12781_20120508031127_L.jpg

thebenshow
06-16-2012, 06:10 PM
So this just happened to me too. I was out for a ride with the boys from the Victory Shop. A little embarrassing...

Now that I've read this page, I'll have the mechanic replace the front bearings just to be sure. Thanks for the info, folks.

I just bought this 03 XB9R.

Ben

BaltimoreBRSRK
07-24-2012, 11:01 AM
Same thing happened to me yesterday. 2003 XB9R. Is this something Harley has said they'd pay for, this seems insanely unsafe... It wrecked my rear rim, no bearing will fit in it any more... Anyone got an old rim I can buy?

BaltimoreBRSRK
07-24-2012, 01:15 PM
Some pix...

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/Thrush_Svartehjertet/BrokeDownButAlive.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/Thrush_Svartehjertet/DeadBearing.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/Thrush_Svartehjertet/RearWheelOff.jpg?t=1343135095

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/Thrush_Svartehjertet/BearingSpacerDamage.jpg

Thing broke while passing trucks at over 100 mph... All in all a good day.

uly luigi
07-24-2012, 01:20 PM
eeww, that's nasty, glad you weren't hurt bro, it could've been bad

BaltimoreBRSRK
07-24-2012, 01:40 PM
Thanks! Yeah, if it had decided to do something violent I would have had to test all my gear... No thanks. As it was, the tow dude was not carrying new under shorts... Which would have been useful.

BaltimoreBRSRK
07-24-2012, 02:55 PM
9,221 miles on the XB9R, just fyi...

Thomahawk
08-30-2012, 08:07 PM
SKF 6006-2RS-1-C3

Just made an order for my 08 XB12s, high pressure washer wasnt sure a good idea.

BTW guys SKF are Swedish kulelager (wheelbearing) fabrikk (factory)!!!!!!!!

Really cheap from here.....

http://www.stormhalvorsen.no

uly luigi
08-30-2012, 09:12 PM
Love me some SKF Bearings, all I use, took the one that was still in once piece to the local Farmer/lawnmower/ATV parts house, and he keeps them in stock, rears are ~20 bucks a pair, fronts 14, can't beat that, support your local guys when you can

uly luigi
08-30-2012, 09:18 PM
dam, talk about a double post, LOL

Iamarchangel
08-30-2012, 09:45 PM
Somebody on another thread suggested that the bearing failure is related to over-tightening the axle so, yeah, it might be related to tire changing.

Same with the original recall, it wasn't so much a bearing failure as an install error.

No idea how true all that is.

Thomahawk
08-30-2012, 11:03 PM
Anyone pls,
Is the front wheel bearing the same as the rear? SKF 6006-2RS-1-C3??? , this part number or can anyone tell me what part number i need in front, 08 XB12S?

uly luigi
08-31-2012, 12:39 AM
nope, not the same, they are listed here somewhere, I think I had it posted on my front wheel bearing replacement post

uly luigi
08-31-2012, 12:44 AM
here's a pic of the box, not sure if you can see the number

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/8342_20110819074950_L.jpg

nope, can't see the number

Iamarchangel
08-31-2012, 04:11 AM
You don't have to buy the bearings from a dealership. Save some money and go to a bearing supply store.

SKF and FAG are about the best. NTN are also supposed to be good.

Avoid Chinese bearings, probably don't have to say that. There's a reason they're half the price.

6005-2RSH for the front bearing.

wally
08-31-2012, 02:25 PM
I have noticed a wee bit of horizontal play on my 08 uly's rear wheel (about 24 000kms). Maybe it is time to change mine. [confused]

Thomahawk
09-01-2012, 07:52 AM
Thanks Lamarchangel, Thumbsup!!!!!

Thomahawk
09-01-2012, 08:06 AM
SKF part number is,
6006-2RS-1-C3 for the rear wheel bearing,
6005-2RSH for the front bearing.

Thanks guys!!!![cool]

aabikrman
09-22-2012, 08:07 PM
Hey guys, I've got a '10 Ulysses XB12X that I just changed the rear tire on and one of the bearings felt a little rough. Are the above part numbers good for 2010 Uly's ? Look and felt like there are three bearings in the rear wheel. I'll go ahead and change the fronts too and prefer to use SKF's.

stime
12-28-2012, 01:31 PM
2010's have a different wheel, they came with the 3 bearing system which is the stuff, my 1st go around with xb bearing started with a 06 uly, did the recall and less than 6000 miles later blew the rears out again, after researching found out that harley used kbc bearing which are made in korea and they used a softer alloy to make their bearings,after the second time harley replaced the whole wheel with the 3 bearing wheel at no cost to me being that the dealership blew a big chunck out of my wheel, don't think anybody want to spend about 500 bucks to put one of these on,since then i've picked up a 09 uly and it don't have the 3 bearing wheel so im right back at the beginning, Ive been told that if you use a better made bearing such as skf and torque to spec's about every 6000 miles @ 52 ftlbs I think then your good to go but it all depends on your style of riding so the answer to the 2010 uly is no there not the same so ride on aabikrman

TPEHAK
08-21-2014, 03:37 AM
Hello,

I've ordered SKF 6006-2RS1/C3HT instead SKF 6006-2RS1/C3 for my Buell XB12Scg rear wheel. HT means "High Temperature" grease in the bearing. SKF 6006-2RS1/C3HT costs more than SKF 6006-2RS1/C3, so I was thinking that it means better capabilities. The size is absolutely the same. According these pages click (http://www.skf.com/caribbean/industry-solutions/food-and-beverage/processing-stages/processing-by-application-of-heat/index.html) and click (http://www.skf.com/group/products/bearings-units-housings/ball-bearings/angular-contact-ball-bearings/double-row-angular-contact-ball-bearings/supplementary-designations/index.html) the HT bearing uses dry graphite grease with polyurea thickener and has scale for temperature range –40 to +150 °C. Will it work correctly for motorcycle wheel or not? Will it work correctly on high rpm?

11Blastard
04-02-2015, 10:42 PM
Handy thread though now I'm nervous because I have all balls bearings for mine lemme walk out to the car and grab em to get part number

11Blastard
04-02-2015, 10:44 PM
It says "132300" and then "26-1626" underneath

Jerry C
05-17-2015, 02:27 PM
My girlfriend has a 2009 CityX with Hero Blue wheels, the original rear had bad bearings. I bought a spare rear wheel, Hero Blue that also developed bad bearings. None of the other color wheels we have had this issue.

sandman3577
06-14-2015, 08:36 PM
hey can anybody tell me the rear wheel bearing for my 03 xb9s? not the part number E0005.02ab/ somebody wrote 6006-2rs-1-c3 that bearing grade is a c3/ you might want to find a c4 or c5 grade bearing. what did they do in 04 put 3 bearings in that rear rim? them bearings look cheesy and small on e-bay. and made in china junk or south korean i cant do that. let me know if you can help

sandman3577
06-15-2015, 02:59 AM
i have a 03 xb9s the bearings are orange/i am not taking any chances all you guys have had real close calls/most of the bearing companies are selling crap made in china or just is bad the buell oem bearing comes from south korea i cant do that either so i did allitle research and a real safe and super strong bearing is a NTN 6006LL there a c4 grade bearing and for 2 there were $25.00 yea made in japan but they use them in transmissions in honda and toyotas they dont fail.and at 60-70mph and having bearing failure/HELL NO/YOU MIGHT NO SURVIVE

TPEHAK
07-07-2015, 03:16 AM
C3 is clearance. C4 is tighter than C3 and it is for more precision applications. I'm not sure that tighter clearance will work better on high RPM under load because it will take more heat and worst lubrication, in addition thermal expansion with close clearance will load the bearings + any debris in the precision bearing can damage it even worst. They use these C4 bearing in the transmissions because transmissions mechanism needs less bearings freeplay, all transmission bearings immersed in oil, so they have less thermal load and better lubrication environment, and there are no debris in the transmission, plus transmission bearings do not have extra load unlike the wheel bearings.