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it's been a while since the rear wheel was off.had the bearings done by the dealer and was wondering if the end play was adjusted properly. how much space should there be between rear wheel and brake bracket?

 

Is there a problem, or do you just need to stop worrying and go for a ride?

 

If you have the spacer in there it will be fine.
If you don't the wheel won't spin.

 

spacer is in there, spins fine, put 140 miles on new tires a ok
guess i just need to stop worrying

thanks

 

Yep...just the short rear spacer on the right. The short and long go on the sprocket side. If the rear was too far over, you probably could not get the caliper bracket and caliper on. I just went through an issue sort of like this and while in the long run, it may not matter, because the bike had been ran this way for thousands of miles. I noticed the axle-nut was on not much more than finger tight and pinned when I removed the wheel to service the bearings. I also noticed the right seal was much deeper in the hub than it should have been. I discovered the inner spacers were on the left side and they are suppose to be on the right side. I do not know if the previous owner had a "bind" and ran the nut that lose on purpose or not, but it was assembled wrong. The bearings were not damaged on either side. I haven't had any problems since I assembled it correctly.

 

I had someone turn up at mine so I could investigate a whirring noise from the rear wheel....he had left that spacer out....not pretty but we salvaged it and got him back on the road.

 

He must have chewed the **** out of his brake bracket and/or wheel.

 

While we're on the subject, you guys read my post #5 and offer-up an opinion as to whether-or-not I may need to pull the guts from my rear wheel and take a closer look.

As I had said...the spacer washer and the spacer shim (not the axle spacers, but the internal pre-load spacer washers) were installed on the sprocket-side of the bike and clearly are suppose to be installed on the rotor side. Now...my problem is trying to visualize and get my head around what this may have/will cause. As far as the "overall" bearing spacing within the wheel...it wouldn't matter. BUT...it seems to me that the bearing race on the sprocket side would be pressed-in a bit deeper than on the rotor side. The rotor side would have to allow enough space to get the spacer washer and shims behind it. I hope I am making sense here.

When I installed all the components in the right place I had un-shirted hell getting the long sprocket-side spacer in between the short spacer and the swing arm. When I finally did and tightened the axle-nut....I heard and saw a distinct "pop", which seated the short sprocket-side spacer deeper into the seal. The wheel spins fine, the bearings seem okay and I have put a 100 miles-or-so on the bike since then, jacked it up and checked the rear wheel again. It's all tight, spins freely and all seems to be okay. Is it possible that when I torqued all this down that the bearings pressed the races where they are suppose to be..."found themselves" and all is well?

I have never had a reason to pull or replace the races, so I don't know how deep they are seated and what stops them on their seat within the hub.

 

Never mind and this may possibly be helpful to somebody else. I finally found a you-tube of some guy that looked and sounded like he knew what he was talking about setting-up an axle and it doesn't matter which side the internal spacers and shims are placed. Of course....just remember the spacer-washer shim-ledge faces out...against the inner race of the bearing.

 

Bracket was a mess as the rotor bolts were eating their way through it.