Quite a few miles ago I swapped my stock 3.5" rear wheel off of my '96 kat with one off of a '96 rf900 in order to fit a wider tire. I am now riding with a 170/60 and absolutely love it. No longer am I getting to the edge of the tire every time I hit a curve, like I was doing with the stock 140.
I have ran into a problem though with heat coming from my rear axle/bearing assembly. The only reason this bothers me is that over time on long trips, I am going to get increased bearing wear and potentially failure.
When I did the wheel swap, I put on stock kat bearings and made up a new spacer for the center of the wheel. Everything lines up great and spins with almost no resistance.
Does anyone know what I could do to eliminate whatever is causing this heat?
Thanks
I have ran into a problem though with heat coming from my rear axle/bearing assembly. The only reason this bothers me is that over time on long trips, I am going to get increased bearing wear and potentially failure.
When I did the wheel swap, I put on stock kat bearings and made up a new spacer for the center of the wheel. Everything lines up great and spins with almost no resistance.
Does anyone know what I could do to eliminate whatever is causing this heat?
Thanks
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