{"id":67030,"date":"2013-10-10T23:21:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=67030"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:48","slug":"bandit-1200-k6-wheel-bearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131010\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k6-wheel-bearing","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K6 Wheel bearing maintenance, mini maintenance and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9943931_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>When should they be replaced?<br \/>\nI&#8217;d say every 20,000 to 30,000 kilometers or so wouldn&#8217;t be unreasonable.<br \/>\nIf you feel grinding or the wheel feels heavy or stiff, you&#8217;re probably already late.<br \/>\nThe original single-sided seal had completely dried out grease inside it \u2605<br \/>\nWhen problems show up really depends on time and mileage. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9943931_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>It&#8217;s handy to measure the distance collar length beforehand\u2014makes things easier down the road. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9943931_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Oil seal and wheel collar contact<br \/>\nThe collar wears down because the seal is doing its job well.<br \/>\nSome bearings do come with nice oil seals,<br \/>\nbut when you put in new ones, they&#8217;re tight again.<br \/>\nConsidering how the owner uses the bike,<br \/>\nI adjust the seal contact a bit to help it along. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9943931_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>If you slip a new seal onto the collar and spin it, you can feel that resistance. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9943931_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The front still has some grease left in it.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not just about swapping the bearing\u2014adjusting the seal contact, position, and how tight you cinch it all make a difference. I think you&#8217;ll get a really nice result if you pay attention to all that. <br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;When should they be replaced? I&#8217;d say every 20,000 to 30,000 kilometers or so wouldn&#8217;t be unreasonable. If you feel grinding or the wheel feels heavy or stiff, you&#8217;re probably already late. The original single-sided seal had completely dried out grease inside it \u2605 When problems show up really depends on time and mileage. &nbsp; &nbsp;It&#8217;s handy to measure the distance collar length beforehand\u2014makes things easier down the road. &nbsp; &nbsp;Oil seal and wheel collar contact The collar wears down because the seal is doing its job well. Some bearings do come with nice oil seals, but when you put in new ones, they&#8217;re tight again. Considering how the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,55],"class_list":["post-67030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67030","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=67030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}