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Had to deal with a 1300 today, officially only tire change... right...
so some joker used white grease on the splines... seriously?!!
Bearing failure was unavoidable though...
quite some wear...
picking out debris... seal, splinters from the cage...
According to the owner was the last tire change done in a motorcycle workshop... thanks a lot...
They'd also snapped two exhaust clamp bolts, but didn't find the decency to inform the owner...
I'd to remove the clamps, drill out the stubs, re-tap the threads, seek new bolts out my stash, now installed with copper-slip...
The fella wants to leave for Scandinavia this Saturday (hence the short notice tire change), now he has to first chase for those bearings and we'll have to schedule an emergency repair at some evening this week...
Is it really that hard to use the proper lubricants when working on those motorcycles?
so some joker used white grease on the splines... seriously?!!
Bearing failure was unavoidable though...
quite some wear...
picking out debris... seal, splinters from the cage...
According to the owner was the last tire change done in a motorcycle workshop... thanks a lot...
They'd also snapped two exhaust clamp bolts, but didn't find the decency to inform the owner...
I'd to remove the clamps, drill out the stubs, re-tap the threads, seek new bolts out my stash, now installed with copper-slip...
The fella wants to leave for Scandinavia this Saturday (hence the short notice tire change), now he has to first chase for those bearings and we'll have to schedule an emergency repair at some evening this week...
Is it really that hard to use the proper lubricants when working on those motorcycles?
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