No symptoms.

[MGvalerio]

How many was that??
Fusion axle with suspension triangle. ( Tetra Lever)

http://youtu.be/yp0kQ-UtYwM




MGvalerio.

[MGvalerio]

This has happened to me has happened since returning home, mileage 460 km round trip made ​​in highway, for a meeting with an old friend former GTRista.

http://youtu.be/2BHAe2Zl1I8


NGvalerio.

[Max Way]

I'm sorry, I just don't understand what you are posting about. I gather it's to do with the rear axle - but what exactly?

Regards

Max.

[tommytool]

Dont worry Max - I havent got a scoobies either !  I thought that the Tetra Lever thingy related to BMW and their quirky steering system - I must be wrong then.

Im always willing to be corrected though 

[Debs]

Dont worry Max - I havent got a scoobies either !  I thought that the Tetra Lever thingy related to BMW and their quirky steering system - I must be wrong then.

Im always willing to be corrected though 

[Martin#30]

I think the picture is trying to imply that wheel bearings have failed, the spindle is no longer central in the wheel.

My front wheel bearings were shot at 27k miles, and I think others on here have commented on them not lasting as long as expected.

Martin.

[Kwikasfuki]

Aye, replace the wheel bearing with a decent pair. The OEM ones are crap

[slane]

Good god if the front are crap what are the rear  ......mine went at 15k 

[MGvalerio]

:

http://youtu.be/y9pkDGna-dk



MGvalerio.

[Boomer]

From his two videos, the right rear wheel bearing seized and it has heated the axle so much that the axle has melted it's way through the aluminium of the swing-arm. See the discolouration of the swing-arm where the axle pokes through and the fact that the axle is no longer central in the swingarm (towards the end of the 2nd video).
That's nasty!! 

MG, you will need a new axle, bearings (assuming the wheel is not damaged as well) and a new swing arm.
I would also suggest replacing the brake caliper bracket as that has also been cooked and once heated aluminium loses a lot of it's strength.

I replace my front bearings every 25k miles.
Rears get done at 50k miles.

[MGvalerio]

From his two videos, the right rear wheel bearing seized and it has heated the axle so much that the axle has melted it's way through the aluminium of the swing-arm. See the discolouration of the swing-arm where the axle pokes through and the fact that the axle is no longer central in the swingarm (towards the end of the 2nd video).
That's nasty!! 

MG, you will need a new axle, bearings (assuming the wheel is not damaged as well) and a new swing arm.
I would also suggest replacing the brake caliper bracket as that has also been cooked and once heated aluminium loses a lot of it's strength.

I replace my front bearings every 25k miles.
Rears get done at 50k miles.

Perfect exposition of what my 1400 GTR MY 2007 ... Bravo Boomer 


MGvalerio.

[Max Way]

Sometimes I think that although the GTR is a fabulous bike to ride it's not such a great bike to own. 

Well that was written when dog tired after a night shift - I like Boomers plan af periodically replacing the wheel bearings. I guess if you keep on top of the maintenance you * should * have a troublefree experience but as with all things mechanical sometimes there are going to be random failures.

Re your bearing failure MGvalerio I remember the corrosion you had under the fuel tank - do you by chance live close to the sea where your bike gets exposed to a salt air environment ? Possibly could contribute to a wheel bearing failure ?

[MGvalerio]

Sometimes I think that although the GTR is a fabulous bike to ride it's not such a great bike to own. 

Well that was written when dog tired after a night shift - I like Boomers plan af periodically replacing the wheel bearings. I guess if you keep on top of the maintenance you * should * have a troublefree experience but as with all things mechanical sometimes there are going to be random failures.

Re your bearing failure MGvalerio I remember the corrosion you had under the fuel tank - do you by chance live close to the sea where your bike gets exposed to a salt air environment ? Possibly could contribute to a wheel bearing failure ?

My city Cascina (PI) is 36 km from the sea.

MGvalerio.

[Boomer]

My town (Wickford) is 4km from the sea (Thames estuary) and nowhere in the UK will you get more than 72 miles (115Km) from the sea.
Salt air can have a long term effect on car bodies but you are talking 10+ years these days.
Of course if you park it on the seafront every day then you can reduce that drastically.

The most common killer of wheel bearings are jet washes. The jet blasts the grease out of the bearing and they seize pretty fast after that.
So, just don't clean your bike! 

[Kwikasfuki]

So, just don't clean your bike! 

Nah, they still go. I hardly ever washed my bike.