siudog
New member
This may seem like a basic, but searching entire forum for "bogey" gave nothing on the subject and the manual says only to "check" the wheels w/o any guidance...
What do you use to determine your wheel brgs are still ok? What preventive maintenance can be done and what do you do? What different wheels/brgs has Yamaha used over the past few generations? Beside chunkage, what else can be used to judge the wheels themselves are ok (diameter??)
For me, the solid black wheels that came on my '99 vmax 600 deluxe and other Yam sleds I've had too seem disposable (can't change brg). Seen some talk on using Cat wheels and avoiding OEM Yam (3x cost). My concern is that since new, with the back end up and free to spin, they'll spin about 4 revs with a good spin with my hand (all of them). I guess after 2,100 miles they are still good since they never degraded, but I'd expect freer spinning on such small wheels and with performance in mind. Comments on these wheels?
I also have a '98 SRX 700 that I THINK have aftermarket wheels. see pics at:
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/showthread.php?t=30726&page=1&pp=10&highlight=ohlins)
Anyone recognize these? These things spin down for 45 seconds with the same kind of hand spinning. Seems like super low friction wheels. These seem to have a more "open" bearing design, and I give them a shot of Royal Purple Max-Film (like WD-40) every so often just to keep them with some lube and to keep from rusting. They don't appear to need to be packed with grease.
I can't imagine the RPMs these things turn... can it be that they use no lube, only snow/water? I know water would not appear to be a good lube, but the bearings in most nuclear reactor coolant pumps use water for their bearing lube and that's a pretty critical/technical application.
Anybody able to share some insight on the different brg types, maintenance, etc.? Thanks!
What do you use to determine your wheel brgs are still ok? What preventive maintenance can be done and what do you do? What different wheels/brgs has Yamaha used over the past few generations? Beside chunkage, what else can be used to judge the wheels themselves are ok (diameter??)
For me, the solid black wheels that came on my '99 vmax 600 deluxe and other Yam sleds I've had too seem disposable (can't change brg). Seen some talk on using Cat wheels and avoiding OEM Yam (3x cost). My concern is that since new, with the back end up and free to spin, they'll spin about 4 revs with a good spin with my hand (all of them). I guess after 2,100 miles they are still good since they never degraded, but I'd expect freer spinning on such small wheels and with performance in mind. Comments on these wheels?
I also have a '98 SRX 700 that I THINK have aftermarket wheels. see pics at:
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/showthread.php?t=30726&page=1&pp=10&highlight=ohlins)
Anyone recognize these? These things spin down for 45 seconds with the same kind of hand spinning. Seems like super low friction wheels. These seem to have a more "open" bearing design, and I give them a shot of Royal Purple Max-Film (like WD-40) every so often just to keep them with some lube and to keep from rusting. They don't appear to need to be packed with grease.
I can't imagine the RPMs these things turn... can it be that they use no lube, only snow/water? I know water would not appear to be a good lube, but the bearings in most nuclear reactor coolant pumps use water for their bearing lube and that's a pretty critical/technical application.
Anybody able to share some insight on the different brg types, maintenance, etc.? Thanks!
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woolyviper
New member
I think they don't free spin because they come packed with grease. I have 3,000 miles on my wheels and you get a little more side to side play, but still no grinding or flatspoting in the bearings. I'm pretty sure when one goes bad you will know. I don't see anything wrong with using cat or polaris wheels - doubtful that any of the mfg are making there own wheels.
daman
New member
Yamaha wheels rarely go bad,,, i wouldn't worry about it, just give
them a pre-season check to see if any are loose when your greasing
the skid and run 'er.
yes you can change bearings,they come out of the wheels
them a pre-season check to see if any are loose when your greasing
the skid and run 'er.
yes you can change bearings,they come out of the wheels