{"id":74104,"date":"2011-05-12T23:32:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=74104"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:45","slug":"bandit-1200-k6-wheel-bearing-maintenance-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20110512\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k6-wheel-bearing-maintenance-3","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K6 Wheel Bearing Maintenance and the Wiggly Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-4266456633\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>With all this rain and Golden Week giving us a break, I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s why<br \/>\nthe low pressure system is making me sleepy<br \/>\nbut anyway, I&#8217;m just really tired.<br \/>\nSo <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62420126_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> front bearing. \u2605 You&#8217;re right\u2014when the diameter is bigger, it&#8217;s tougher. There&#8217;s a little play in it, but<br \/>\nafter 120,000 kilometers, this is what we get. Don&#8217;t cheap out! Replacing it makes the rotation so much smoother! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62420126_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The rear bearing still has plenty of grease left. \u2605 As the model year gets newer, these details just keep getting better and better.<br \/>\nThe grease color is still nice and clean. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62420126_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> By the way, I took the seal off one of our old stock bearings to show you.<br \/>\nThis is what a new one looks like inside. Since it spins, you can&#8217;t just cram grease in there\u2014it needs to be just the right amount. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62420126_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> So why do I ask you to clean your bike before bringing it in?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s because I clean the spots you can&#8217;t reach yourself, so you should handle the ones you can!<br \/>\nA clean fender underside just feels great, you know?<br \/>\nWoohoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all this rain and Golden Week giving us a break, I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s why the low pressure system is making me sleepy but anyway, I&#8217;m just really tired. So &nbsp; &nbsp; front bearing. \u2605 You&#8217;re right\u2014when the diameter is bigger, it&#8217;s tougher. There&#8217;s a little play in it, but after 120,000 kilometers, this is what we get. Don&#8217;t cheap out! Replacing it makes the rotation so much smoother! &nbsp; &nbsp; The rear bearing still has plenty of grease left. \u2605 As the model year gets newer, these details just keep getting better and better. The grease color is still nice and clean. &nbsp; &nbsp; By the way, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74103,"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-74104","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\/74104","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=74104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}