so its time to replace my rear carrier bearings once again... does anyone make bearings that last longer than a year? replacing them once a year seems rediculous seems how i only ride 9 months out of the year. the front wheel bearings have never bothered. i do ride some mud and water. honda should have put some reliability into their rear carrier bearings. any help with this bearing problem would be great.

 

I have a 2000 400ex and have only needed to replace the carrier bearings once.

 

Are you running your chain to tight? I've seen that 400ex's chains seem to get real tight when the rear shock is compressed.

 

In 10 years I have only replaced mine once, and that was my own fault because I rode in a flash flood (lots of very very fine silt). I don't think Honda ever claimed that the 400 was a submarine...so there is probably some blame to share here!

I went with the Lonestar carrier and bearings. It has double rows, so the axle can't torque at all and the load is shared around between the bearings more evenly.

 

if anything my chain is probably a little loose. thank you reconranger for giving me a suggestion on which bearings i should go with.

 

I don't know is Lonestar sells bearing seperately????

My bearings went out on a long deser ride and I had to get back home, so I ruined the carrier as well. Turned out that tha Lonestar wasn't any more expensive than the OEM one, so I went with the aftermarket.....

 

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if anything my chain is probably a little loose. thank you reconranger for giving me a suggestion on which bearings i should go with.</end quote></div>