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- 2013 ST1300 A9
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Which bearings? The 6905's?The last few taps resulted in both bearings tightening up - ie they wouldn't move easily. I guessed that the long spacer was in tight contact with both inner shells. They would turn if I applied pressure to both bearings simultaneously.
Brilliant -well done - you posted this as I was writing my last reply. Yes, that's what it was - except it was the top spring.When you installed the wheel did you have the brakes installed. The thin metal slider that the front tab on the pads likes to shift and rub on the rotor that would make a squealing sound. Just a thought.
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So what was the noise ? Without the brake pads in the calipers and the stopper bolt removed, the disk pad retaining clips were scraping like fingernails on blackboard on the top of the disk
Actually I read your post, hopped in my time machine and jumped back in time 30 minutes so I could tell you the answer. To not be dead on and discovered I said the problem but describing slightly the wrong part.Brilliant -well done - you posted this as I was writing my last reply. Yes, that's what it was - except it was the top spring.
+2 and then some.But it's the sharing of this kind of experience that makes st-owners such a valuable resource. Different people have different ideas and experiences. Often I find, even if the problem isn't solved, the variety of comments made lead me into a different, less blinkered, way of thinking - which helps get the problem solved.
If it's still under warranty, it's worth a try. I did have my 2003 bearings replaced under warranty a few years ago.ya'll got me wondering. If I take the wheel off and take it to a dealer, what will they charge to change the bearings?
So now you want to pay some 16 yr old kid in the back of a shop to take a ballpeen hammer and the wrong size socket and pound them in until the are both seated incorrectly and binding? Get the proper tools and do it yourself, that way you know it was done correctly and with care...02ya'll got me wondering. If I take the wheel off and take it to a dealer, what will they charge to change the bearings?