05-30-2017, 07:16 PM
Has anyone replaced bearings in their front wheel on a 2014 CB1100 who could tell me if the left side of the wheel hub has a straight bore for the left bearing (with no bearing shoulder in the hub bore on the left side of the wheel)?
I wrote the thread below titled "Front wheel bearings shifted in hub" with the following explanation of why I need to know.
Assume there is no shoulder in the hub for the left bearing, just a straight bore for the bearing O.D. Now put the wheel on with both brake calipers off and the wheel spacers switched from their correct sides and tighten the axle nut. The wheel is now shifted to the right of where it is supposed to be between the forks. Now slip the left brake caliper over the left disk. There will be a gap between the calipers and the fork since the left disk is also shifted to the right of where it's supposed to be. Now tighten up the caliper bolts until the caliper hits the fork, closing that gap (which is what I did). The only way you could do this is by pulling the wheel back towards the left until it is centered again in the forks by pulling on the left brake disk with the calipers as you tighten the caliper bolts. Since the axle and spacers are held in place in the forks the only way the wheel could move back to the center of the forks is for both bearings and the spacer sleeve between them on the axle to shift to the right in the hub. This can only occur if there is no bearing shoulder on the left side of the wheel hub.
I wrote the thread below titled "Front wheel bearings shifted in hub" with the following explanation of why I need to know.
Assume there is no shoulder in the hub for the left bearing, just a straight bore for the bearing O.D. Now put the wheel on with both brake calipers off and the wheel spacers switched from their correct sides and tighten the axle nut. The wheel is now shifted to the right of where it is supposed to be between the forks. Now slip the left brake caliper over the left disk. There will be a gap between the calipers and the fork since the left disk is also shifted to the right of where it's supposed to be. Now tighten up the caliper bolts until the caliper hits the fork, closing that gap (which is what I did). The only way you could do this is by pulling the wheel back towards the left until it is centered again in the forks by pulling on the left brake disk with the calipers as you tighten the caliper bolts. Since the axle and spacers are held in place in the forks the only way the wheel could move back to the center of the forks is for both bearings and the spacer sleeve between them on the axle to shift to the right in the hub. This can only occur if there is no bearing shoulder on the left side of the wheel hub.