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

[Neil Lindsey <NeilLindsey@xxxxxxx>]

It might not be a bad idea to jack the rear up once in a while and give
the rear wheel as spin while listening for any unusual growling noises

- -- in my mind it's just more justification to have put a centrestand on
my RS (no hinged lift handle yet though ;-)

Coincidentally I was speaking to a Triumph mechanic not more than a few
days ago that mentioned he had seen a few Speed Triples with noisy
bearings in the front wheel -- no seizures to report, thank goodness --
I can't imagine that this issue would be limited to just this model
though.....

Neil


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert Galea" <rupert@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: February 14, 2005 9:42 PM
Subject: RE: [ST] Re: Sprint 2002 Rear Bearing Failure - the story
continues


> > 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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