guzzibob
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guzzlergreg said:Glad to learn that rear wheel bearing failures are a thing of the past. I guess I must have been plain unlucky to have a bike on which the bearing was replaced pre-delivery; then collapsed at 14,500 km & was replaced under warranty only after a long & tedious wrangle with the Austalian importer; then the seal had to be replaced at 26,700. Hence my concern with that end of the bike. Pleased to report the last 33,000 kms have been uneventful.
But I note that a friend who's riding a "new" 2006 Breva in the US at the moment has just gone thru the replacement hassle - so there's still a few of those crappy bearings out there slowly clocking up the miles till judgement day.
Greg, do you know that the bearing was replaced pre-delivery? We do know that a few of the crappy FEIT bearings were outside of the recall range & have in due corse failed-or will likely fail. I presume that is the story with the "new" 2006 Breva you refer to-unless the bike in question was actually in the recall range but never actually had the work done. From what I have read here any of the old bearings that have turned up in a failed CARC have ultimately been warranteed whether or not the bike was officially still under warranty or officially the subject of recall, albeit in some cases after a hassle.
Pete, your customer's bike did have the old crappy bearing, right? Do you have easy access to the actual recall range? Seems to me it was published here at some point. Also Pete, all the CARC bearing failures you have seen were the FEIT bearing, right-or not?