M900 loose rear wheel bearing

FrankenDesmo · 12-11-2023, 02:14 PM

Long time no post... (Over a year apparently!)
Criminally, my bike has sat in the shed all year as I've been spending all my time and money on my other toy, the Mazda RX-8. Also I discovered a perished fuel hose early in the year so drained the tank, order some hose, and haven't got around to fixing it...

But I digress.

I'm looking to start giving the bike a strip down and refresh, something I'd always intended to do fairly early on, but got sidetracked by the car.

One thing I have noticed is that the right side wheel bearing on the right wheel literally falls out of its seat, and that can't be right, right!?

So, is this repairable or do I need to replace the wheel? I am assuming the latter given the hole the bearing sits in must have been spun out, unless the bearing is suppose to be fixed in place with some super strength loctite or something, rather than just a regular press fit.

12-11-2023, 02:14 PM	#1
FrankenDesmo Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Glasgow Bike: M900 Posts: 108	M900 loose rear wheel bearing Long time no post... (Over a year apparently!) Criminally, my bike has sat in the shed all year as I've been spending all my time and money on my other toy, the Mazda RX-8. Also I discovered a perished fuel hose early in the year so drained the tank, order some hose, and haven't got around to fixing it... But I digress. I'm looking to start giving the bike a strip down and refresh, something I'd always intended to do fairly early on, but got sidetracked by the car. One thing I have noticed is that the right side wheel bearing on the right wheel literally falls out of its seat, and that can't be right, right!? So, is this repairable or do I need to replace the wheel? I am assuming the latter given the hole the bearing sits in must have been spun out, unless the bearing is suppose to be fixed in place with some super strength loctite or something, rather than just a regular press fit.