What you did to your Tenere today??!!

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A grand to change one wheelbearing?!? The thing must be solid gold than, with my name encrypted! Did you find this on the GS-forum?
No- LOL

After the bearing failed it tore up several other parts that could not be used again. Then he needed to be towed to a dealer two hours away, once there, pay yamaha to ‘fix’ it. All of that was over $1000.
 

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. . . . My suggestion is change that bearing out about every 30-40k miles. It’s easy to do and cost $20. . . .
Do you have a "why" for the failure on one side only. I would assume uneven load, but that seems pretty extreme. What do you think?
 

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Did you figure out a total weight savings? Looks great for 1 up.
I put everything i took off in a box this morning and jumped on the incredibly accurate bathroom scale and it weighed 10 pounds ( rear seat ,passenger pegs,muffler cover) and 2Bros says their muffler weighs 8 pounds less than stock, my new rack and brackets probably weigh a couple of pounds , so I might have saved 16 pounds or so.
 

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What does that come out dollar per pound? :D
$20.63 per pound,the 2 bros muffler cost $330.00 (It is worth a million dollars in grin factor every time I twist the throttle) and all the other aluminum and steel for rack and brackets was stuff I got for free and the machining I did at work for free.Didnt really do it for weight savings , more for looks ,performance and sound.
 

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Do you have a "why" for the failure on one side only. I would assume uneven load, but that seems pretty extreme. What do you think?

Im guessing its a Yamaha "thing", not a rider or owner issue. Ive had probably 5-6 bikes over the years with the same bearing failure. Not just one guy. :) The drive side has larger bearings that are doubled up. Cush / hub, the non drive has a smaller (front) wheel bearing. Would be great if we could run double row on that non drive side.
 

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Thanks for the heads up on the bearing. I will change it with my next rear tire change. Should put me at 28k. Anything else I should look for other than normal clean up ?
 

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PainLander, it looks good the app as Drive Master Mode 1, will be very interesting to see your experience using it! Why the mode 1 and not mode 2? know the differences?
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Drive Mode Dashboard is a great app. Dashboard, trip log, roadbook, map, all wrapped up in one app. Check it out. There is a thread over on ADV Rider forum. Drive Mode Dashboard The developer has been great at listening to users and making updates. There is also DMD2 which is the newer version. I haven't really looked into that one.
 

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I bought in a set of wheel bearings to change for preventive measures. (winter strip down of the whole bike)

Last night had the rear wheel / swing arm off and got to the point of looking at the rear bearings. I have the bearings and moving on to change them out. The non-side drive was crunchy. It has divots (feeling) in that bearing. WOW, not good. The drive seems to be “OK”

Lucky that sucker didn’t blow up. A friend had this same bearing blow up while deep in the woods of Arkansas a few months ago. That ‘ordeal’ cost him about $1000 after it was said and done fixing it.

My suggestion is change that bearing out about every 30-40k miles. It’s easy to do and cost $20

It’s the non-drive side on the rear wheel. (Brake side). If you are stubborn and don’t fix parts unless they are broken, please keep a close eye on this bearing. My good friend that has 115K on his Tenere, is on his third (#3) bearing. First: blew up and turned to dust. Second: was really crunchy and crusty (about to fail). Third: failed a few months ago in Arkansas. They are averaging 38-40K miles on that one bearing.

I’ve checked all other surrounding parts. Everything is in spec.

Just another friendly reminder to please keep an eye on this wheel bearing. Might strand you and cost you over $1000 to fix.

$20 sounds like a good idea. LOL



#3 seems to be the issue.



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What is the deal with wheel bearings these days?! I cant keep a set in either of my HDs also.... Never used to have an issue with bearings. Seems like the only time I replaced wheel bearings in my older bikes was powder coating wheels. Now it seems Im replacing em every other tire change.
 

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What is the deal with wheel bearings these days?! I cant keep a set in either of my HDs also.... Never used to have an issue with bearings. Seems like the only time I replaced wheel bearings in my older bikes was powder coating wheels. Now it seems Im replacing em every other tire change.
Chinese made bullshit is what happened.


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Is it not possible for Yamaha to use the same bearing for both sides? Why are they different?

Im not sure.. They have more than enough on the drive side and then the threw in a front wheel bearing on the non-drive... They should have had the same large drive side on the non drive.......... Probably never have an issue EVER ! But they didn't, so keep your eye on it ! :)
 

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Some folks have probably read before that I suggest changing out the seals along WITH the guides on this Tenere. Do it all at once, anytime you're inside the forks. Ive recently had a little weep out of one of the legs and I ordered ALL the parts for my forks. (im thrashing on the whole bike once-over) So today I dive in deep and guess what I found........ A great example of why I suggest this........ In my case I only had a little fork oil weep, I wonder what I was about to experience ?

The one guide that is all torn up is out of one leg..... The other photos are of the other leg, the material is almost completely worn to the metal ring.

If I didnt know better I might only replace ONE seal and be done.... They needed some TLC !

If this is first time you have read me saying this...... I suggest you always (on the Tenere) change out the guides along with seals and other wear parts anytime you are inside the forks... The Tenere is hard on guides.


Either that, or I'm a Pro- Dakar racer jumping this and racing this beast like no one ever has and the parts just cant keep up with my bad-a$$ ! ! LOL joking- I doubt it- so replace your $hizzt


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Diving in deep. Cleaning the cartridge, compression and rebound valves and giving it a super clean. Also I'm changing out the bottom out springs for a bit stiffer spring. The suck part is I had to spend about five hours building a custom Ohlins tool today to fit there cartridges. Ive built MANY custom tools over the years, but not what I had in mind. You have to tear whole inside of the cartridge apart to replace this little spring. So today was about 14 hour day building a custom tool and rebuilding Ohlins forks... Im pooped. These will be 'new' and ready to take on some hard core off road with this mamba-jamma....


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