On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Bob Fabie wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied so promptly to my question about whether the races
> should be replaced when new bearings were installed. I was unaware that races
> came with new wheel bearing sets and equally unaware that they should be
> replaced as a set. I ordered a complete set from TRF over one month ago.
> They've been on back order, but they promised last week that they were "on the
> way". I'm glad to see you got yours, Bob Lang.
I ordered a month or so ago myself.
I _always_ have at least one spare set of front outer wheel bearings on
hand. THis is because I run mine a little "tighter" than recommended
because I need to do that to get past "tech" when I race.
To be honest, the stock outer wheel bearing is pretty wimpy.
You can get these bearings from any Timken supplier. If you get them from
other sources, BEWARE. I know that Fag brand is okay, I've used a few sets
of those - but cheap bearings can fail and you def. do not want the outer
front wheel bearing to fail - _EVER_. I've been there and it's not pretty.
C ya,
rml
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