What to look for when buying a rim?

[Redman]

Noreg,

Would be long discussion about the hubs.

But I found this pic I have that shows the wear pattern (on the 1982 version, the "gold colored one") (compared to a current new one).

Note that the end of the spline that doesn't wear is the end that you will see when the hub is installed in the wheel. So if a person did not understand that , they might look at it when installed in the wheel and say it shows no wear, but it could be close to failing.

 

[chris]

HI, I know this might be too late, if you can't possibly get the old fasteners out. Try drilling and tapping new mounting holes between the old ones using the brake rotor as a template. I have never done this on a motorcycle wheel but can't see why it would not work.

 

[Guest]

I am happy to say my new rim arrived. It is the right size, and it had the whatever its called. It seems to be round too, and has the original balancing weights. So I am assuming it hasn't gotten many miles. Only downside is that its filthy.

Should I take out the wheel bearings to look at them? And grease them up. I was thinking of taking off the coupler thing to see its wear. It appears black, but that might just be it being dirty.

I also need to get the shop to move my tyre from the old rim.

I will have my friend try to weld the studs out of the old rim, if that works it would be great because then I can avoid losing valuable riding days waiting for tyres to be mounted. Moving the brake pad over ever tyre change will ensure it won't get stuck (thats like 3-4 times per year). If welding doesn't help I might drill it out.

There seems to be some tabs holding the screws for the thing, do I just bend them? I can post a picture a bit later.

 

[Guest]

Removing the thing seems hard, its hard to bend the tabs. I will just mount it and hope for the best. I am afraid to break the screws. A new thing is like 1000nok witrh shipping and imports. Which is fine if needed.

How do I get the wheel bearings out? I want to see if they are okay and make sure they are adequately fatty.

My wife volunteered to clean the rim for me.

Should I paint the inner parts black and then sand off the parts that should look silvery?

 

[Gorminrider]

Removing the thing seems hard, its hard to bend the tabs. I will just mount it and hope for the best. I am afraid to break the screws. A new thing is like 1000nok witrh shipping and imports. Which is fine if needed.

How do I get the wheel bearings out? I want to see if they are okay and make sure they are adequately fatty.

My wife volunteered to clean the rim for me.

Should I paint the inner parts black and then sand off the parts that should look silvery?

You can't do much with sealed bearings so don't try. Test them as per the manual. Wiggling the wheel is giving you distance and leverage that you don't have inspecting a bearing in your hand.

Wheel bearings usually last a very long time. When I bought a second hand car with 300,000 km, I checked them, but did not automatically replace them. My motorcycles have far fewer km. Still, I check them, but do not automatically replace them. ...

 

[chris]

Hi, like Gorminrider said, wheel bearings last a very long time in a street bike. You can check them by sticking your finger inside the inner race and turning with pressure. If they turn smoothly, they are probably good. If there is any roughness, replace them. Wheel bearing are fairly cheap and easy to replace. Use a long drift to remove them and length of ready rod a little smaller than the bearing I.D to install . You will need a socket slightly smaller than the O.D of the bearing so you can press it in by turning the nuts on the ready rod. This is a more civilized method than hammering them in, which I have seen some people do.