Hah, I almost forgot... I had an interesting trip in September, going back from Trondheim through Sweden. It was after I did my front brakes and repacked the bearings. I got a grinding sound, thinking something was up with the bearings I regreased. we stopped and had lunch while I checked both in the front, all good.
And then I suddenly ran out of diesel... Filling the tank only 350km earlier. I normally refuel at every 600 or so, I think max range is about 750 or 800 km.
Well, there we sat, stranded about an hour from the nearest gas station... I started fiddling, could not prime more fuel, just tiny amounts, so I swapped for a new fuel filter, I always carry one. No dice, would only run for 20 seconds on what I could suck from the primer. Huge vacuum on the tank too...
My co pilot hitched a ride to the next town to get fuel, and since there was not much I could do about the fuel issue, I tore into the right rear wheel bearings, as that hub felt a tad hotter than the other ones.
My ears were right, bearings were not good. Lots of shiny dust in the grease. It was cold and rainy, so I just pulled the bearings and cleaned them up good, with brake cleaner and compressed air. I had spares tucked in the cruiser, but I wanted to give the ones on there a go. The hub and bearings were inspected, and greased back up. Seals were cleaned and greased. Traces of water ingress was minor, but visible.
Mounted the tire back up while checking preload, I like doing it that way on full floaters, as you can't feel the slack of bearings if the axle shaft is bolted to the hub.
Me making my co pilot nervous, when he came back with fuel I was doing something like this:
FF rears is a pleasure to work with, here's the simple shop: (with all the tools you need, plus fuel)
Fueled up, primed, bled fuel filter and stared up.
Got to the next town and was excited to fuel up.... I could only add 30 liters. That's really weird!
