[Fot] Cooked Front Wheel Bearing On GT6

[Scott Janzen]

yes - it was pretty snug - though I got maybe 1/8 turn on the nut.

On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:20 PM, RACER BUD wrote:

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>
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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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