[Fot] Cooked Front Wheel Bearing On GT6

[RACER BUD]

have you checked the tightness of the Big nut on the Back side of the axle?
RB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Janzen" <s.janzen at comcast.net>
To: "'Friends of Triumph' Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: [Fot] Cooked Front Wheel Bearing On GT6


> One of the inner wheel bearings was totally dried out - looked like  
> the grease had just been baked black by the heat of the brake rotor,  
> transmitted to the hub. The race had turned that brownish gold color  
> metal gets after being heated a lot.  The outer bearing was ok, though  
> blackened grease had migrated over there, and the bearings on the  
> other front hub are fine.  Last event I ran was an enduro, but still,  
> only about 50 minutes of driving time.
> 
> I had looked at the bearings at the not long ago - smooth and plenty  
> of grease.  There's no evidence of actual bearing disintegration, just  
> too much heat and burned up grease.
> Is it time for air ducts?  I run Hawk HT10s, stock calipers and  
> rotors.  Brakes were pulling straight, rotors are not warped -  
> possible this side was dragging, but there was no evidence of it while  
> driving.  I would have figured the brakes would fade away before this  
> happened.
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