Spoilt my continuous run of MoT passes today. The refurbished SO Morini failed on rough front wheel bearings. I couldn't feel any play in the wheel, but on giving it a spin I had to agree that the speedo drive side rumbled a bit. I thought it might be just the worm gear for the speedo being a bit worn. It is on the original 30 year old Italian bearings TBF. The good news, on extracting them I find they are very common fitment 6203 deep groove ball bearings so no problem sourcing replacements. Not sure whether to go for stainless steel double rubber sealed ones or stick with 'ZZ' metal shielded as fitted originally. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Aprilia Shiver Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
Go with the rubber sealed ones, stick to a decent make like SKF, NTN and don't bother with stainless steel.
Logical. It's not as if it's grinding rice or any other food process. A pity FBC (acquired by Fafnir) aren't still in business. http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_4297/ -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Aprilia Shiver Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
