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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Lynnmor wrote:
Is that some kind of step on the magnet face? A closeup of that and the drum armature would help.
As you know, I replaced the Al-Ko brakes and drums with Dexter, because of considerable grooves in the armature face.
Grooves
The photo doesn't really show how bad it is. There was only about 7000 miles of light use at this point. No way could I trust to do another 10,000 miles this summer.
Will take some more pics today. What grease is that in yours? Looks similar to what the Alko would have initially used in ours.
The magnet face itself is smooth, but the drum surface isn't. Not sure why the drum would get scored unless it's from road dust/dirt? Maybe the magnet face is harder material?
Calling a dealer scumbag is being too nice. The more I learn about them, the worse it seems to get. A previous dealer was bad enough and with all the issues we've had with our KZ dealer now, I'll never ever trust a dealer again to do something correctly or truthfully.
