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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?