{"id":71858,"date":"2012-02-19T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=71858"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:35","slug":"bandit-1200-k5-wiggly-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20120219\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k5-wiggly-chapter-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K5 Wiggly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The steering feel changed quite a bit, so I readjusted it <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> I don&#8217;t apply pad grease myself,<br \/>\nbut the stuff stuck to the caliper piston<br \/>\noften doesn&#8217;t rust. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> I don&#8217;t think we need to disassemble it this time,<br \/>\nso I&#8217;ll clean it and lubricate it with metal rubber, then hold off. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> It&#8217;s tough to judge whether wheel bearings are good or bad \u2605<br \/>\nIf they&#8217;re not really loose or grinding \u21d2 don&#8217;t replace them<br \/>\nAfter about 30,000 miles of use, it&#8217;s worth replacing them.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s surprisingly rewarding.<br \/>\nThe oil seal&#8217;s tight fit and such<br \/>\nimprove the rolling smoothness depending on how the bearing sits.<br \/>\nJust replacing them is fine, but it takes one more step.<br \/>\nThe distance collar can be loose,<br \/>\nor sometimes the bearing is installed too tight and won&#8217;t move at all&#8230;<br \/>\nBearings are amazing! I&#8217;m grateful for industrial products that work even like that. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Change the fluid~ <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> And swap it out~ <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63120000_6.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> All clean~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So &nbsp; &nbsp; The steering feel changed quite a bit, so I readjusted it &nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#8217;t apply pad grease myself, but the stuff stuck to the caliper piston often doesn&#8217;t rust. &nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#8217;t think we need to disassemble it this time, so I&#8217;ll clean it and lubricate it with metal rubber, then hold off. &nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s tough to judge whether wheel bearings are good or bad \u2605 If they&#8217;re not really loose or grinding \u21d2 don&#8217;t replace them After about 30,000 miles of use, it&#8217;s worth replacing them. It&#8217;s surprisingly rewarding. The oil seal&#8217;s tight fit and such improve the rolling smoothness depending on how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71857,"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-71858","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\/71858","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=71858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}