{"id":61187,"date":"2015-03-19T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=61187"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:44","slug":"gs1200ss-oil-cooled-maintenance-wheel-bearing-maintenance-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20150319\/everyday-events\/gs1200ss-oil-cooled-maintenance-wheel-bearing-maintenance-3","title":{"rendered":"GS1200SS Oil-cooled maintenance, wheel bearing maintenance and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9865.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9865.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9865\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9865.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9865-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9865-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> Let&#8217;s replace the wheel bearings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9864.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9864.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9864\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9864.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9864-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC_9864-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThese are single-sided seals. When replacing them, we convert both sides to non-contact seals.<br \/>\nDouble-sided seals better contain the internal grease, so we believe degradation will be slower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07368.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07368.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07368\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07368.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07368-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07368-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> We check the distance collar and note its color so you can tell if there&#8217;s any change next time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07370.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07370.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07370\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07370.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07370-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07370-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> This seal hasn&#8217;t changed since the oil-cooled bikes of the 1990s. In this condition, it&#8217;s even hard to turn by hand.<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t seem necessary to seal this tightly, and modern bikes are designed with gentler seals.<br \/>\nRubber is surprisingly strong and can even wear down the steel collar. It&#8217;s hard to say whether the seal or the collar gets the wear marks, so we do an initial break-in on the seal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07371.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC07371.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07371\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07371.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07371-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/DSC07371-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> The rear pads and disc are getting close too. Please consider replacing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s replace the wheel bearings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[62,1919,146],"class_list":["post-61187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gs1200ss","tag-oil-cooled-maintenance","tag-wheel-bearing-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}