[Fot] Cooked Front Wheel Bearing On GT6

[RACER BUD]

Hi Scott....It's loose!.The stub axle bolt is 55-60 lbs torque on a
Spitfire..Must be about the same for a GT6..
RB
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Scott Janzen
  To: RACER BUD
  Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph
  Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] Cooked Front Wheel Bearing On GT6


  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>
  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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