SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

Are headstock and front wheel bearings the same as the sv650. Im having the usual k3 dillema. Im trying to buy bearings off ebay and I just cant see the right ones. After overhauling the brakes their perfect and no longer binding but im still getting a woosh woosh noise from the front. Im getting a clunk going over bumps (i overhauled the forks last year so cant be that) and the bike goes left easily but with right handers I seem to be fighting the bike to try to get it to to tip

Re: Sv650s K3 bearings
 

As which SV650?

Anyhoo, until someone tells me they know different, all the chassis bearings of Pointies I've seen are the same.

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

Have you checked you rear wheel alignment ?

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

head stock bearings are the same for all pointy's up till 2009 i think (not sure after that)

wheel bearings are the same for all pointys as well i think

Ive a sv650s can I use sv650 front wheel bearings / head bearings. Its a k3 so I know it could be old type/ new type as we know.

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

I've had my fork springs and oil upgraded and the steering bearing replaced... and it still clunks over bumps, so I wouldn't expect much. Tip the bike up on the stand so the front wheel is in the air and then turn it to feel for a worn bearing, should be completely free moving with no points of increased resistance.

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

head stock will be the same for s/n, and only pointy will fit as the stem on the pointys is bigger than curvy's

wheel bearings that i got and fitted were just for pointy im sure, koyo

PS the stock forks do clunk, u can usually feel if there gone by pushing bike back and forth with front brake on

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

the whooosh whooosh is either your discs or your chain.

if your going to replace the steering bearings then get taper ones

bottom:
http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p43...duct_info.html

top:
http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p43...duct_info.html

front wheel bearings:
http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p10...duct_info.html

and the seals to go with them:
http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p26...duct_info.html

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

Yes, to the best i can but on the nut side of the axle the brackets loose before you tighten it. bad suzuki cheapy metal. So it makes it difficult. Bibio gave me a pointer on how to fix it. He said that the new ones dont do it so i might go and order a new one.

Re: SV650SK3 wheel and steering bearings?
 

Ive checked and never noticed any runout bud, after the brake overhaul its still grinding at the front & it's weird how it only affects right turning which points to my first stop on the fault find being the rhs bearing on the wheel when its under load turning. So ive ordered a set. Fancy giving me a hand replacing them?. I've got a couple of garages near me so it's no biggy as the weather is about to turn at the end of this week i can drop it into one of them. I dont fancy trying to knock out the old ones after reading the hassle that can be involved when a garage could probably do it quickly.