Wheel bearing help needed!

Styler said:

Thanks, Jack. I can use a drift/punch on the wheel bearings to remove them, but I’d rather not.
Regarding installation, I have a Motion Pro bearing driver that I use, not an expensive tool and it works well - so far I’ve only used it on the headset.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

Thanks, yeah i saw the motion pro but unfortunately the sizes don’t match up to the ducati wheels, you need a 47 and a 55mm. Attempting the removal and front instal today the old fashioned method, wish me luck. I would have bought pullers and driver sets if I was able to find anything that actually matched up...


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I respect that you are doing this on your own so please continue, but I think this is a pretty cheap job for most motorcycle shops. I’m only telling you this if you decide that you’ve tackled a bigger job than you can handle. Having the correct tools and parts makes a world of difference.

youpaiyou said:

I respect that you are doing this on your own so please continue, but I think this is a pretty cheap job for most motorcycle shops. I’m only telling you this if you decide that you’ve tackled a bigger job than you can handle. Having the correct tools and parts makes a world of difference.

Click to expand...

Ha, I thought of that! Actually called around to get quotes and both places said at least $200 plus parts. Probably looking at a 300$ job all said and done, not that cheap in my book.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I stand corrected. I figured it was 1hr labor and parts

Hey Jack
Any luck finding that rear bearings and seals?
I’m in the same spot now
2014 899 replacing bearings on both rims
Ordered the front from motowheels and the rear I just ordered some from allballs but they are not listed as a part for Ducati
Only same size 30-55-13
Waiting to get them and hoping the seals are the same if not I will order seals from Omaha Ducati
Another note is my bearings say 6006DU
Not 6005

Magoblanco said:

Hey Jack
Any luck finding that rear bearings and seals?
I’m in the same spot now
2014 899 replacing bearings on both rims
Ordered the front from motowheels and the rear I just ordered some from allballs but they are not listed as a part for Ducati
Only same size 30-55-13
Waiting to get them and hoping the seals are the same if not I will order seals from Omaha Ducati
Another note is my bearings say 6006DU
Not 6005

Click to expand...

Hey, you found those on allballs? Damn, I actually found the fronts on allballs packaged as a ducati 899 replacement part and wound up ordering the rears and sprocket hub ones from 123bearing all separately. The seals I ordered separately from them too, OAS-40-55-7-NBR was the part number for the rear seals on 123bearing. Wish I found the rears on allballs because I got those in two days, still waiting on 123 since they ship from France!
So how did you get out your bearings? I just tried knocking them out the old fashioned way and can’t do anything because theres barely a ledge to put the drift onto. Such a deep axel that I cant really put any angle on it either..


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And yea 6005 is the front, 6006 is the rear. Just make sure you get double sealed bearings and not high speed bearings and they should be a match basically to the oem.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Allballs replied to me saying they didn’t have the rear bearings for my motorcycle
But I went ahead and ordered them just matching the size
They were described as for a yamaha
The fronts I had ordered from motowheels because I was ordering a few other things from them and saw they had them for $19.xx
Thanks for the part number on the seals
If the ones I’ll be getting dont match I’ll order those
Also I’m sure someone else in the future can get help from this thread

I was thinking the same, someone can use this in the future. If your allballs bearings and seals work out thats probably the easier/cheaper route. I wrote to them too, figured they’d look into if anything else they had on hand would substitute!
So you didn’t mention, how did you get those bearings out?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

JackAttack said:

I was thinking the same, someone can use this in the future. If your allballs bearings and seals work out thats probably the easier/cheaper route. I wrote to them too, figured they’d look into if anything else they had on hand would substitute!
So you didn’t mention, how did you get those bearings out?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

Sorry
Paid $90 dollars to a former Ducati mechanic who is now self employed and working from home
He used to work at ducati Santa Barbara and I Believe worked at Beverly Hills Ducati for a bit
He removed tires, rotors, bearings and seals.

Magoblanco said:

Sorry
Paid $90 dollars to a former Ducati mechanic who is now self employed and working from home
He used to work at ducati Santa Barbara and I Believe worked at Beverly Hills Ducati for a bit
He removed tires, rotors, bearings and seals.

Click to expand...

Gotcha, guess he’s keeping those trade secrets. I wound up buying pit posse’s bearing remover set which notably doesn’t include the larger 30mm for the rear wheel. But they have that available as an extra bit marketed for the R1. Guessing that may be the bearings you bought from allballs. Will keep you posted on how this works out.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

JackAttack said:

Hey, you found those on allballs? Damn, I actually found the fronts on allballs packaged as a ducati 899 replacement part and wound up ordering the rears and sprocket hub ones from 123bearing all separately. The seals I ordered separately from them too, OAS-40-55-7-NBR was the part number for the rear seals on 123bearing. Wish I found the rears on allballs because I got those in two days, still waiting on 123 since they ship from France!
So how did you get out your bearings? I just tried knocking them out the old fashioned way and can’t do anything because theres barely a ledge to put the drift onto. Such a deep axel that I cant really put any angle on it either..


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

Hey jack could you send me the part number for the sprocket hub Ones please from 123bearings

JackAttack said:

Gotcha, guess he’s keeping those trade secrets. I wound up buying pit posse’s bearing remover set which notably doesn’t include the larger 30mm for the rear wheel. But they have that available as an extra bit marketed for the R1. Guessing that may be the bearings you bought from allballs. Will keep you posted on how this works out.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Click to expand...

jack to get the rear out you need a cheap 3 jaw bearing puller
Pm on the way

Hey, the sprocket hub bearings were 6007-2RS-SKF where 6007 is the size, 2RS means 2 seals, and SKF is the brand. Not OEM but considered premium. Just be careful because there's a little ring sized spacer in between the 2 bearings when you knock them out, don't lose it!

Thanks, I actually got the whole project done already!

For future researchers, the manual method just was not possible from what I could figure out to get the bearings out, the distance between the bearings and the inner spacer of the wheels was almost non-existent to get any place to start the knockout process with a drift.
I wound up buying a pit posse bearing remover kit which had a 25mm large socket for the front wheel and an extra purchase of a 30mm socket sold by the same company off amazon to fit the rear. Using those tools along with a torch for the rear wheel, (That one was really stuck in there), I was able to drive them out. The socket hub ones were cake to do with any kind of pin drift once you remove the circlip.
To install the bearings, I tried the method of using the old bearings but after the first one got stuck on me (and required quite a bit of effort to get out), I didn't want to risk it happening again and especially on the rears. So I found a customizable bearing/bushing remover on amazon for about 68$ It was marketed as Orion Motor Tech 52-in-1, but I saw a few others which all seem to be similar and under different company names. Those worked like a charm to knock in all the bearings, no heating the hub or freezing of the bearings required, just should have used ear plugs, a lot of metal banging! That set also includes a size big enough for the sprocket hub bearings.
All in all, I would recommend anyone that doesn't have the time or patience, to bring to a mechanic. Buying all the tools and researching the parts, ect took way too long and factoring in the cost of the bearings, I probably spent a little over $200. That's how much I was quoted for the labor so maybe saved some cash for the parts but it was a bit of a headache. Definitely enjoyed learning new things though, so if you're into that, and adding some new tools and techniques to your repertoire, I'd recommend! Key piece of info is knowing you can really screw things up if you knock on the wrong part of the bearings or damage the inside of the wheel hub, ect. So you have to be patient and precise!
PS, 2 videos I watched on youtube was a motorcyclist magazine bearing replacement one and a Delboys Garage version.