ABS not working
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It is important to use plenty of Permatex assembly lube during install to minimize pressure on the bearing race. And if you need to pull it out for some reason, the assembly lube serves to reduce forces to a level that, in my opinion, are of no consequence to the bore alignment of the 25mm bearing.
Make sure your puller is a 25mm puller, not a 1" puller. Most bearing puller sets come with three collets. BUT, usually, none of them are 25 mm. I bought a 25mm collet from George's Garage. One inch equals 25.4 mm, not 25mm. That extra .4mm may not sound like much, and it isn't. You can get away with using the 1" collet if you want, but I am a "right tool" guy so I use the proper sized collet to match the bearing bore.
I would never remove and replace a used bearing with any miles on it at all. Sure, you might get away with it, but those bearings can put you on the ground if things go wrong. So to me it's not worth the cost differential to re-use a "used" wheel bearing that has been removed. Too many unknowns.
Of course these are just my personal opinions, based on my experience with wheel bearing installations. YMMV
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Here is the HD ABS bearing. It's about 2mm wider than the non-ABS bearing because it contains the ABS encoder. HD is the only vendor for this bearing. Your parts guy has the part number incorrect. It appears he gave you the non-abs part number:
Here is the non-ABS bearing:
This pic is how the front bearings and the internal spacer look before install. The ABS bearing is on the left in the photo below. It is also oriented as it will be installed in the front wheel with the orange/red seal side facing inward. So once installed, you should see the green/brown seal side of the bearing facing outward.
This is the color that should be facing outward on the ABS bearing:
Here is the non-ABS bearing:
This pic is how the front bearings and the internal spacer look before install. The ABS bearing is on the left in the photo below. It is also oriented as it will be installed in the front wheel with the orange/red seal side facing inward. So once installed, you should see the green/brown seal side of the bearing facing outward.
This is the color that should be facing outward on the ABS bearing:
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08-21-2013 08:17 PM