Rear Wheel Bearing Failure

I would say check the u joint and drive shaft splines.

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There is some history of early failure of driven spline bearings. There are two 6905 bearings pressed in side-by-side in the driven spline and you can only feel the outboard one with the wheel removed. The spline has to be removed to examine the inner bearing. I had the inboard one go bad and it did cause a clunking sound when the bike was run in gear on the centerstand. Mine lasted a good many thousand miles but some are found bad very early.
 
This is common according to my Honda dealer. Mine was bad last tire change @31000 they charged me $18.00 for the new bearing. Just glad it got noticed before it locked up!
 
dduelin said:
There is some history of early failure of driven spline bearings. There are two 6905 bearings pressed in side-by-side in the driven spline and you can only feel the outboard one with the wheel removed. The spline has to be removed to examine the inner bearing. I had the inboard one go bad and it did cause a clunking sound when the bike was run in gear on the centerstand. Mine lasted a good many thousand miles but some are found bad very early.
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I think the trick will be getting my dealer to accept outside suggestions, but I'm going to try! Hopefully they come up with something and get my ride fixed!

Thanks for the suggestions!
 
NooB said:
I think the trick will be getting my dealer to accept outside suggestions, but I'm going to try! Hopefully they come up with something and get my ride fixed!

Thanks for the suggestions!
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I have a thread here that may help, there's a video w/sound, spin your rear wheel too see if you have the same sound/action that i did. You have a Perry new bike w/low miles so I find it disconcerting it would fail but sometimes things just happen.

www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?94962-U-Joint-Pre-Failure-Indicator
 
Found that video, not the same noise as mine.

In my case, the noise is much less "predictable" as when you spin the wheel the clunk isnt always in the same place or at the same time. Started out like a tick, got louder and louder till what you see in the attached video @ the dealer.

Or a link to one since I cant figure out how to embed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nutTHSI7Pfw
 
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It almost sounds like the bearing is too big for the axle since it happens anywhere during the rotation, or someone slipped an object in the tire when mounting!
 
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