Bearings

[Wideboy]

i use a components shop round the corner from work for all sorts of belts ect but lately i've been going in there for bearings. Recently I've been going in there for bearings for the bike. Last Friday i went in to get some head bearings and was told that they couldn't supply them as they're OEM :confused:

surely he's feeding me bull plop right?!, Suzuki cant patent a size of bearing can they?? :confused: i got my wheel bearings fine

[yorkie_chris]

No they're a normal size. Probably just don't stock them!

Noone can patent a size of bearing AFAIK. What they could do is contract someone to make a wierd size, so noone else could be rsed making any aftermarket ones for such a small market.

But, just go to bikebearings (marksman industrial) for them.

[tigersaw]

No, but are they tapered bearings or something that doesnt come off the shelf?
Or is he saying 'I have some but I'm not letting you have any nerr nerr nerr' ?

[Wideboy]

But, just go to bikebearings (marksman industrial) for them.

yeah i am now but no harm in seeing if i can get them cheaper :p

No, but are they tapered bearings or something that doesnt come off the shelf?
Or is he saying 'I have some but I'm not letting you have any nerr nerr nerr' ?

they are tapered, i went there to see if i could get the top bearing for the GSXR to save me ordering from the us but he said he couldn't bla bla bla, then i asked well have he had the bottom and he said "no i cant do that, that's OEM only suzuki can" :confused:

[yorkie_chris]

Well the top bearing he's telling the truth, they're not a normal size. Zoran at twin works factory turns down an off the shelf bearing to suit. SV raceshop also made one for a time (just copied off zoran), but they made a pigs b0ll*cks of the job and didn't break the sharp edge, so they didn't sit right in the frame.

The bottom bearing is a bog standard one. 32006

[Wideboy]

i thought it was ground out. i just got my brother to swap the stems over and make some sleeves :smile:

[yorkie_chris]

i thought it was ground out. i just got my brother to swap the stems over and make some sleeves :smile:

Far as I can see TWF one is a 99-3506 or similar that's not so tall with 1mm taken off the OD.

But if you have stems swapped all is cool.