Front Wheel Bearings

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Just ordered this "Front Wheel Bearings Kit" off eBay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390119394454) as my mechanic said he felt a little bit of freeplay in the bearings when he had it in the garage.

Just had a look in my Haynes, and it says to prise out the grease seals and discard them as i "should" be fitting new ones.

Are these likely to come in the "kit", or are they something else entirely and i'll have to nip into Honda to purchase?

It then says to use a "metal rod, preferrably a brass drift punch" to get the bearings out. I don't have anything suitable, so where should i be looking to buy this?

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if the bearings are sealed i would give the dust seales a good clean and light grease and refit.

prise out the seal with a screwdriver, (large is best) flat bladed type, not posi/star

turn the wheel over and using a large screwdriver, push the shaft through the spindle hole so it sits on the bearing on the underside. then hammer on the screwdriver, remember to turn alternate your striking as the bearing needs to come out straight, so 1 hit, then turn the wheel a quarter and repeat, and again and again, or get a bearing removal tool from a motor shop (i have used this method for head bearings)

put the new bearings in the freezer they wil be easier to drift in, use a large socket and rubber mallet, lightly grease the bearing cup(hole)

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here you go... i posted a nice little guide for you

http://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=27129

[Guest]

if the bearings are sealed i would give the dust seales a good clean and light grease and refit.

prise out the seal with a screwdriver, (large is best) flat bladed type, not posi/star

turn the wheel over and using a large screwdriver, push the shaft through the spindle hole so it sits on the bearing on the underside. then hammer on the screwdriver, remember to turn alternate your striking as the bearing needs to come out straight, so 1 hit, then turn the wheel a quarter and repeat, and again and again, or get a bearing removal tool from a motor shop (i have used this method for head bearings)

put the new bearings in the freezer they wil be easier to drift in, use a large socket and rubber mallet, lightly grease the bearing cup(hole)

 

Exactly what I did to my Fazer earlier this year