Rear wheel bearing failures ?

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With only 45,000 miles on my Tenere I’m broke down in Missoula Montana because the rear wheel bearings are shot, every Yamaha dealer I’ve called says they could order the bearings but have no idea when they might arrive because Yamaha says they are out of stock. Has anyone else here experienced rear wheel bearing failure at such low miles ?
 

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Try Rocky Mountain ATV. I just did a quick check and it looks like they have some in stock...next day air maybe. Or find an industrial supplier and see if they can cross reference the bearings and seals for you. Good luck!
 

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Go to local industrial bearing shop. They will be 1/2 the price of the Yamaha ones.
It shows 3 bearings total.
93306-27212-00 , cross references to 62/22 . bearing measures 22x50x14
93306-07208-00, =. 60/22, measures 22x44x12
93306-00521-00, =. 6005 . measures 25x47x12

I have never bought a wheel bearing at a dealer. Industrial bearing shop will have an equivalent by SKF, FAG, KOYO or other make at just as good quality or better for much less.

ALLBALLS also sells front and rear wheel kits kits that most dealers could order in.
 
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As mentioned after your ADV posting on this, I've found bad wheel bearings on a Honda Nighthawk, KLR, and Ducati ST2. I found the first two during regular maintenance. The Duc started grinding on a ride home from work. The point is that the wheel bearings are vended items not made by Yamaha, and that they need to be regularly checked.

fwiw and like jrusell, I usually get replacements from bearing dealers or car parts stores and try for the name brands he mentioned.
 

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Go to local industrial bearing shop. They will be 1/2 the price of the Yamaha ones.
It shows 3 bearings total.
93306-27212-00 , cross references to 6222 . bearing measures 22x50x14
93306-07208-00, =. 6022, measures 22x44x12
93306-00521-00, =. 6005 . measures 25x47x12

I have never bought a wheel bearing at a dealer. Industrial bearing shop will have an equivalent by SKF, FAG, KOYO or other make at just as good quality or better for much less.

ALLBALLS also sells front and rear wheel kits kits that most dealers could order in.
Jrussel thanks a lot for those numbers I may wind up using them, I ordered 2 sets of All Balls bearings from a seller on eBay Saturday , supposedly they were shipped today and supposedly should arrive Wednesday , hopefully my luck is starting to get better I sure hope so. If I was near home this whole deal would have been pretty simple but I’m 1,400+ miles from home. From now on I will be carrying spare wheel bearings so it will most likely never happen again.
 

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Jrussel thanks a lot for those numbers I may wind up using them, I ordered 2 sets of All Balls bearings from a seller on eBay Saturday , supposedly they were shipped today and supposedly should arrive Wednesday , hopefully my luck is starting to get better I sure hope so. If I was near home this whole deal would have been pretty simple but I’m 1,400+ miles from home. From now on I will be carrying spare wheel bearings so it will most likely never happen again.
FYI, I wish you success with this repair but I have to mention i've never had any success with allballs in the past. They were ok in a bind but on my dirtbikes, they would last half or less the hours a set of SKF/FAG would. This was in a harsh environment(dirt, mud, water and sand) but still.
 

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As mentioned after your ADV posting on this, I've found bad wheel bearings on a Honda Nighthawk, KLR, and Ducati ST2. I found the first two during regular maintenance. The Duc started grinding on a ride home from work. The point is that the wheel bearings are vended items not made by Yamaha, and that they need to be regularly checked.

fwiw and like jrusell, I usually get replacements from bearing dealers or car parts stores and try for the name brands he mentioned.
I did check both front and rear bearings when changing tires for this trip and they seemed great, I kinda suspect the 20 mile one way ride up to Salmon Glacier on a very rough washboard road may have been what caused the bearings to fail
 

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The reason I started this thread was an attempt to find out if rear wheel bearing failures might be a common issue with the Tenere, it sure was a surprise to me that they failed with only 45,000 miles.
 

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Seems like the first time I see a thread here with that topic. Do you like to take a pressure washer to your bike? I only let rain and a gentle garden hose (very infrequently) clean my bike because I firmly believe pressure washers to more harm than good to a motorcycle.
 

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My stockers made it to 94K miles... the AllBalls I replaced them with have given up at 20K. Lesson learned and new Yamaha pieces are in the mail (RMATV). I want to change the fronts just because I feel bad for them but they refuse to fail. YMMV
 

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I washed it with a pressure washer once, that was two years ago at North Pole Alaska after the ride to Prudehoe Bay, I am well aware of the issue of pressure washers and bearings so I kept high pressure away from the bearings. Normally I wash it at home with a garden hose and only a couple times per year, even then I avoid spraying near bearings. This whole deal kinda makes me wonder if the bearings ever had the proper amount of grease in them, I plan to lift the seals on the new bearings and add grease with one of those needle things that fits into the end of a grease gun hose if they look like they should have more grease, I’ve been doing that for years on my 525,000 mile Goldwing.
 

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I put a lot of miles on my ST going into some remote areas. For that reason I carry a full set of OEM bearings for both the front and rear.
So far I have over 80K miles with no problems but that could change in the next mile. Better safe than stuck! -JEP-
 

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There've been a few who've reported that they had to change bearings. Usually they ride rocky roads or overload them regularly.
 
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