just giving a maint schedule check. I am changing my bearings as we speak, they were worn and the races had some uneven patches as well as some water intrusion corrosion (mostly from washing I would assume) because we mostly ride dry conditions here. I had a set of the moose racing kit, but realizing that they are made in China plus the seal washers were incorrect ID Im going OEM. @ 40 bucks total (good price). @ 1.5 years @105 hours , with alot of hard use. I consider it normal wear cycle and am in the middle of a TLC-refurb of my 08 to try to keep up with the 2010 jonses and to make er feel like new again
it would be awsome if you could get the bearing and seal numbers. that way we could go to a local bearing dealer and just pick things up from them. thats how ive been getting most of my bearings since i have to order from out of state i get charged for shipping if i go through halls. ive also done the same for head gasket o-rings on my 144 through a local hydralic shop.
I tried doing that at my local bearing distributor and they said that he couldn't match them in the US eventhough they are a SKF bearing. He said he could get them from Europe but I never heard back from them. It would be interesting to see if anyone else has any better luck. I did this mainly b/c I could have ordered them from work saving me some $$.
Changed out the Steering Head Bearings in my '05 TE250 12 months ago. According to the parts manual you require 2 bearings. ID: 29mm OD: 48mm T: 17.4mm Note: These are tapered roller bearings with an integrated seal. If your part manual gives the same specification listed above you can use the following Timken Bearing & Cup Tapered Roller Bearing: Timken L44600LA 902B6 Cup: Timken L44610 NOTE: This is quite a common bearing used in Harley Davidsons & John Deere Tractors... So should be readily available at your local industrial bearing supplier
