FYI for anyone else out there with a wining noise coming from the engine braking while it's engaged (namely the bearing on the drive clutch spider)

Nyroc's website indicates some guys are cross referencing the bearing # & just replacing the bearing instead of the entire spider since Kawi does not sell them seperately. Or some guys have apperently just some how removed the bearing seal & greased up the bearing..

I tried both ways, 1st off I really have no idea how one would remove the seal without tearing it up so the next option was to try & cross reference the bering part# wich I successfully did. However the bearing itself was $72 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img] so I just went ahead & found the best price on the spider wich was I think $60.66 from Ron Ayers & then had my dealer match that price so I could get it faster. Anyway anyone with this problem might just consider ordering the part instead the hassle of finding the bearing . Or has anyone else out there had experience with removing the seal without damaging it??

 

uinthas
what was the bearing #, i will double check it.

 

Sorry, the company never gave me the #, just gave me a price... have you matched one up for a reasonable price??

 

Go to the dealer parts counter and ask to see the bearing. Write down all the numbers you see on it and post here. I'll call our bearing supplier and get the company price on it. My guess is it will be no more than $20.00.

 

sorry have never seen one from the clutch, but most bearings a common stock items, metric ball bearings . once one is out for measurement or the numbers can be obtained from them ,their is usually no problem matching them up. very few companies go to a one of a kind proprietary bearing, too much bother and cost having them special made.

 

I cleaned and repacked mine with no problems. The wine went away after I did it. If you are careful when removing the seal it can be reused. Don't remove with a sharp object and you will be OK. The number on the bearing is "6907DDG" NSK and the number on the seal was "6907DG8". I don't think you can see the number untill it is removed because there is a collar covering it that the EBS fork runs on. I only tried to cross the number with the NAPA link and it doesn't csoss there.

 

krabidKVF650 what did you use to get the seal off??

 

An old O-ring pick that the end was worn off so it is very dull.

 

6907 ddg
this is 35mm id x 55mm od x 10 mm thick dd stands for double shields , not sure of the g but it probably is a grease type. this # will get you a bearing at any bearing supplier. nsk list this without shields a 16 .49 us $ . so less then twenty bucks gets you a bearing. Thanks to krabidkvf650 for passing this on , hopefully nyroc will read this post and save the info.