tgbanshee Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 My bike has been running fine since my rebuild but I just saw a picture of the inside of someone else's clutch cover recently and it showed the impeller bearing as having the plastic piece on the one side of the bearing that covers the balls facing out towards the impeller gear. From what I remember, when I reinstalled my impeller bearing I installed it with the plastic piece toward the inside facing the seal. I had a local shop sandblast the cover and they popped everything out of it so I didn't have a reference for which way it went back in. The Clymer manual said to install it with the manufacturer marks facing out but mine had none or they wore off. I did what I felt was logical at the time and installed it so that oil could get into the bearing the easiest. Like I said the bike runs great, I'm just curious if this is something that will cause a problem down the road or if it doesn't matter at all and I'm being paranoid. Quote
FireHead Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 My bike has been running fine since my rebuild but I just saw a picture of the inside of someone else's clutch cover recently and it showed the impeller bearing as having the plastic piece on the one side of the bearing that covers the balls facing out towards the impeller gear. From what I remember, when I reinstalled my impeller bearing I installed it with the plastic piece toward the inside facing the seal. I had a local shop sandblast the cover and they popped everything out of it so I didn't have a reference for which way it went back in. The Clymer manual said to install it with the manufacturer marks facing out but mine had none or they wore off. I did what I felt was logical at the time and installed it so that oil could get into the bearing the easiest. Like I said the bike runs great, I'm just curious if this is something that will cause a problem down the road or if it doesn't matter at all and I'm being paranoid. You want the plastic cage on the bearing balls facing outward towards the seal. It probably doesn't matter all that much either way though. :geek: Quote
tgbanshee Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Posted February 13, 2008 You want the plastic cage on the bearing balls facing outward towards the seal. It probably doesn't matter all that much either way though. :geek: Gotcha. That is the direction I installed it. I took an educated guess and luckily happened to be right. Quote
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