Hi gonna replace my bearings ..got the new ones thru ..should I grease them up before fitting them ? theyve got sticky grease already on them from BMW ..just wondering ??? cheers 
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Yes,
Use a good quality Moly grease, and pack in as much as possible.
You will need to re-adjust them after a 100 mile or so as they bed in
HTH
Neil
Use a good quality Moly grease, and pack in as much as possible.
You will need to re-adjust them after a 100 mile or so as they bed in
HTH
Neil
As said, OEM needle bearings are fairly expensive and can wear out quite fast when doing hard offroad.
Anyone tried those lubeable pivots?
Their function and idea looks fairly decent I reckon, not sure how good the materials are.
Anyone tried those lubeable pivots?
Their function and idea looks fairly decent I reckon, not sure how good the materials are.
As said, OEM needle bearings are fairly expensive and can wear out quite fast when doing hard offroad.
Anyone tried those lubeable pivots?
Their function and idea looks fairly decent I reckon, not sure how good the materials are.
Yes I fitted them to my airhead. Can't report on there robustness as I sold the bike a few months after fitting them. Seemed like a good idea to me . Got them from motorworks
I fitted these in place of the original taper rollers last August. Like you, they make some sense to me, as does the priceAs said, OEM needle bearings are fairly expensive and can wear out quite fast when doing hard offroad.
Anyone tried those lubeable pivots?
Their function and idea looks fairly decent I reckon, not sure how good the materials are.
. I reckon I've done about 7-8k miles on them so far. But in theory, if they work, they shouldn't need attention for many many miles,10 times what I've done. So no complaints. But too early for a proper 'life time' report. Bit even if they last half the time of the originals, two sets are still cheaper than one beemer set!
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Erm..I don't think you should use Moly (Molybdenum Disulphide) grease as this is grey in colour due to the solids within, this is usually used on the drive shaft splines and such like. You just need some NLG2 Lithium Complex grease, easily available from places like Halfords as bearing grease.
I fitted these in place of the original taper rollers last August. Like you, they make some sense to me, as does the price. I reckon I've done about 7-8k miles on them so far. But in theory, if they work, they shouldn't need attention for many many miles,10 times what I've done.
So no complaints. But too early for a proper 'life time' report. Bit even if they last half the time of the originals, two sets are still cheaper than one beemer set!
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Hmm how many times do you have to pump grease into them ? ..and how do you know when you have to .?
Hmm how many times do you have to pump grease into them ? ..and how do you know when you have to .?
I suppose every time you service the bike, but I think the point is you can grease them without removal
Good question and I wondered about exactly the same detail.Hmm how many times do you have to pump grease into them ? ..and how do you know when you have to .?
I stuffed them well when I fitted them. After a check for play about a week after fitting I left them (there was none). I hit a shed load of rain on the SUMMER trip
. So when I got home I tried to put a little grease in. To be honest, not much went in! And I heeded advice on here about over pressuring them when using the grease gun (apparently it blew of the back face of the bush 
). In the end, there's not much space for the grease to move in. But after all that rain I just thought I'd 'look after' them.
But you can get some grease in there, which is a detail that appeals to me
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It was more like fording for 500 flippin miles, at least twice.Well that's a new one, checking the grease in paralever bearings after rain
But yes, maybe a little ott
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i fitted that same kit from motorworks to my 1150 rockster,one tip dont use a big grease gun and be steady with it ,i put to much grease in and broke the back off,it snapped off like a carrot ,motorworks sent me a new set ,but really i should have known not to over egg the pudding .
I fitted a set of those a while back, and after 25-30.000 km's they still hold.
One thing, though.
The grease nipple may look handy, but actually it is useless.
There's no way out for the old grease when pumping in fresh, because there is no groove in the pin, or bushing to the outside.
And the pin/bushing interference it too tight to let the grease flow there.
Paul.
One thing, though.
The grease nipple may look handy, but actually it is useless.
There's no way out for the old grease when pumping in fresh, because there is no groove in the pin, or bushing to the outside.
And the pin/bushing interference it too tight to let the grease flow there.
Paul.
Are they phosphor bronze or similar 'oilite' type material? If so oil is better although somewhere for the oil to pool and soak into the bush is still required.
Well Ive got the bearing now so mibbe in another 45000 miles (seeing as thats how long these have lasted ) I'll fit that kit .. yeah it does look like they are phosphor bronze .I fitted a set of swing arm bushes to my xs650 yam that Halco tuning had made out of phosphor bronze as a replacement for the standard plastic or whatever they were Yamaha ones and once fitted n greased up I never touched them again ..had no play or wear in them .. 
yeah it does look like they are phosphor bronze .I fitted a set of swing arm bushes to my xs650 yam that Halco tuning had made out of phosphor bronze as a replacement for the standard plastic or whatever they were Yamaha ones and once fitted n greased up I never touched them again ..had no play or wear in them .. 
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