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Might be just the one bearing? I rode mine for 10k km's, never had a bearing problem.
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Quite possibly you've got the wrong preloading, how do you set it up on that bike. I've done the job twice on my R80, first time they went pretty fast as I basically didn't bother reading up on the job. Second time involved all kinds of tweaking with scales and string.
TweeMeter
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@BrickMan
Anyone have issues with wheel bearings. Replaced both on my 1997 funduro /f650 with the right 6203 2rs jobs. Used Skf deep groove jobs costing avout £4.50 each. (think BMW/aprilia originally species kyoto branded bearings).
Done 3k miles in about 6-8 weeks, no load on it, no pillion, yet fronts are bust already. One feels slight notch, the other is disintegrated allowing about 15mm of movement at the edge of tyre
Installed using a nice bearing press and no heat. Poss just a bad batch of them or more likely Glasgows roads have just been harsh on them. Or I've got the wrong "loading" of bearing, I..E instead of deep groove I should have got full compliment?
Also I think 6203 is a small size for the weight of bike (185kg wet), anyone else speculate?