RE: [ST] Re: Sprint 2002 Rear Bearing Failure - the story continues

["Rupert Galea" <rupert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Some questions to the many experts on the list.
> Is this recall / rear bearing problem only on the 2002 model - if yes,
> what is different in the other year models ( I want one of those other
> or newer bearings ! )
> Does anyone have any idea why this happens - and what can be done to
> prevent it happening again. Seems the "company" has no idea. I may not
> be so lucky the 3rd time !!!
> I have pics of the rear bearing that looks like it exploded, I can
send
> copies if you have a fast connection - let me know if you want them.
> 
> Without answers to these questions I am still having a serious
> confidence issue with this bike ("company") - as is my girlfriend who
> was injured in the incident.
> 
> FYI - I have been riding for over 30 years, all sorts of bikes, have
> had many track days, etc,  and consider myself a moderate (with
> pillion) to aggressive style rider, (read I'm not a green novice) Up
> till these most recent incidents, I thought the Sprint was the best
all
> rounder bike I had ridden ???
> 
> I now ask that thru your collective wisdom / experience if there is
> some good explanation so I can continue riding the Sprint with
> confidence.

Harry,
I do not know that much about this recall but this 
http://www.sprint-st.org/recalls.html#Rear%20Wheel%20Bearing
suggests one of the suppliers had a bad run of bearings.

What makes no sense is that supposedly your bearing was fitted with a
good bearing at 16,000k. The only possibilities that make sense in my
mind are
A) They put another bad bearing in
B) They did something wrong when installing the bearing

I do know of one other person that had this failure but I have never
asked him about it. Hopefully some others on the list can offer more
insight.

I would also have a serious confidence issue. I have 35K miles on my
99ST. I had the rear bearings lubed at 27.5K miles after noticing that
that it was suggested at 24K miles in the owners manual.

I hope you can get to the bottom of this. Will Triumph tell you the bad
manufacturer so you can try and ascertain if a 'good' or 'bad' bearing
was put in at 16K?

I would like to see the pictures. If you want to email them to me I
could put them on my website so that everyone can see them.

Good luck getting to the bottom of this.
Rupert



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