What are the good quality bearings for a TT?
Timken or SKF are as good as they get? A frame shop told me few years the name of a good one made in Japan but can't remember the name. This is the first time for me to be ordering bearings and se...
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Further to the above... :D Nothing ever seems to be as simple as it should be:
Pulled a drum off today (not on the one that was running too warm) and found two types of grease in there. One a light-ish and clear-ish yellow color and the other a higher viscosity black type that is oozing out of the holes in the axle where grease gets pumped out when using the EZ-lube feature.
Last Nov. the dealer was supposed to have completely overhauled the brakes (including new shoes) and the bearings due to failed seals that allowed grease onto the brakes. Someone pumped too much grease in and it had to have been the dealer during PDI which would explain why the seals failed. Dealer initially wanted to charge us $1,000 to fix it but after I called Alko, it was supposed to have been done under warranty. They obviously did not clean and repack the bearings. As well, the castellated nut was on too tight which probably explains why the one on the other side is running hotter than all other three.
Then I found some dark stains on the brake lining material on both shoes. I'm guessing this is from the black grease that previously got pumped in? Anyone able to confirm the stain is likely grease?
The drum surface where the magnet rides against seems scored more than it should be to me, but maybe it's normal.
Pretty certain I'll find more of the same in the other wheels.
It's looking like the dealer did nothing to fix the contaminated brakes other than maybe use a little brake cleaner and install new seals. Seal is Dexter while axles are Alko.
I need to phone Alko tomorrow to get correct part numbers for the bearings. Not sure if the markings on the bearings are good enough for the local bearing supplier. Don't seem right. Will ask Alko if they can shed any light on the above. Not sure why we should have to pay for a single thing to fix this.
Pulled a drum off today (not on the one that was running too warm) and found two types of grease in there. One a light-ish and clear-ish yellow color and the other a higher viscosity black type that is oozing out of the holes in the axle where grease gets pumped out when using the EZ-lube feature.
Last Nov. the dealer was supposed to have completely overhauled the brakes (including new shoes) and the bearings due to failed seals that allowed grease onto the brakes. Someone pumped too much grease in and it had to have been the dealer during PDI which would explain why the seals failed. Dealer initially wanted to charge us $1,000 to fix it but after I called Alko, it was supposed to have been done under warranty. They obviously did not clean and repack the bearings. As well, the castellated nut was on too tight which probably explains why the one on the other side is running hotter than all other three.
Then I found some dark stains on the brake lining material on both shoes. I'm guessing this is from the black grease that previously got pumped in? Anyone able to confirm the stain is likely grease?
The drum surface where the magnet rides against seems scored more than it should be to me, but maybe it's normal.
Pretty certain I'll find more of the same in the other wheels.
It's looking like the dealer did nothing to fix the contaminated brakes other than maybe use a little brake cleaner and install new seals. Seal is Dexter while axles are Alko.
I need to phone Alko tomorrow to get correct part numbers for the bearings. Not sure if the markings on the bearings are good enough for the local bearing supplier. Don't seem right. Will ask Alko if they can shed any light on the above. Not sure why we should have to pay for a single thing to fix this.
