My R3 just ate ANOTHER final drive

kcc11 said:
Have the wheel bearings been checked. My bearings started making noise out of no way one day. I checked everything I could think of and get too. Removed wheel and check cked bearings. They seem fine. Replaced with aftermarket that a friend got locally and all was fine for about 500 miles and the noise came back. Removed wheel again to remove driveshaft (which was new from Triumph) and check it. Found I did not press one bearing all the time way in due to a burr I made when removeing the old ones and missed. Ordered new bearings and seal from Baxter's Triumph and reinstalled. No problem so far and about 4000 miles. I may have miss aligned the differential to swing arm and wheel. The differential nuts need to be snug then the wheel put on and axle nut snugged up. Then torque the diff nuts down then the axle nut. A little play here and there addes up and will put something in a bind. Trying to check bearings with a load on them can be hard to due. They may seem fine but are in fact bad. Get a hold of Technicians stethoscope and try checking with that. You will be surprised what you can hear with it.
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It's funny, because wheel bearings were my first guess when the bike started making the noise back in Dec/Jan. Once the shop had a look at it, they said it was definitely a bad final drive. And once I got it back, the noise was gone...for a while.

IMFASTTOO said:
Doesnt make sense What did the dealer tell you they did to repair the bike did they install a new final drive ?
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Yes. Per the invoice I received, they replaced the final drive, the drive shaft and a host of various smaller items...circlips, seals, bearings, etc. It doesn't say which bearings. I think it lists the part numbers also, but I don't have the invoice here at work with me right now. I'll try looking them up later.

Anyway, I called them as soon as they opened this morning and they sent a bike hauler to my house to pick it up a few hours later. It's back at the shop now, so we'll see what they come up with this time.
 
TO rocket said:
Obviously not a fan of the writings of Hunter S Thompson?
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SO explain Im willing to learn ARE you saying your a CAFE RACER that crashed and your all ****ed up from injuries sustained in the crash ?
 
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IMFASTTOO said:
SO explain Im willing to learn ARE you saying your a CAFE RACER that crashed and your all ****ed up from injuries sustained in the crash ?
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No...at least not yet. My previous bike was a Honda 919 that I rode rather...uhhh...exuberantly at times. Had a few close calls, but somehow managed not to crash it.
 

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