hello how is everyone
i have not posted for a while due to a new edition to my family
i'm now getting back to riding,
I wen't to st.joe the other day in park hills mo. with some friends
i ended up smoking the bearings in my rear end and blowing out a tire on my 04 raptor 660
the bearings finally gave in to the sand/ chat mud and dirt and years of torture
I ended up replacing my axle bearings by myself, boy what a chore
i made a few mistakes and whanted to ask you guys some questions. because i learned how to rejet a carb and do allot of things from you guys, I have allot of respect for you guys on the forum due to you vast knowledge and experience. it shows in allot of your posts
I ended up bending part of my axle where the castle nut goes on by using to much force trying to remove the axle. I had to cut some of it off and this left me know place to install the pin on the castle nut. so this is what I did, I used blue lock tite and tightened the nut back down, lucky there was enoughf meat on the axle for the nut to screw into. So far no problems, I rode it approx nine miles and everything stayed tight so far. has anyone else ever did this to their axel.
Also I used a multipurpose lithium grease on the bearings that they sell at wal-mart. The super tech stuff. Has anyone else used this type of grease. Do you think I made a mistake by using this grade. I just heard that it would be allright but next time use a better grade of grease such as a molly lithium grease or a marine grade grease. What do you guys think about the topic.
Next problem I created was this while working on the bike. I discovered I needed new rear brakes. So I replaced the brakes and while putting them on I had a hard time compressing the rear caliper. I ended up losening a long bolt that caused this. I now need to tighten the rear brakes some way and I don't know how. They are to loose and what I mean by this is. They are not grabbing the disc when I press my rear brake foot lever. The brakes are not grabbing enoughf to be effective. When I tested this I discovered when I started the bike my rev liniter was kicking in and causing my bike to back fire. It sent a blew flame while it was dark out of the rear pipe. This has realy upset me and I realy don't want to take it to the stealer ship if there is something I can do to fix it. Also several years ago I did the by pass rev limiter home remedy method that I got from raptor forums. The home remedy by splicing a resistor between two wires inside the wiring harness. I have not had any probblems with it to now. What do you guys thinks about the problems Im having.

Any imput would be greatly appreciated
04 raptor 660
jet kit, hmf full pipe with quiet core insert
few dress up items