Rear wheel wobble

[Ed Miller]

Monte, are you saying the rear wheel bearings are the same part as the steering head bearings?  I knew the swing arm bearings were but I didn't know about the steering head bearings.  I have that clever Cycleworks tool and have used it to remove wheel and swing arm bearings.  I would never have thought of a tool like that.  

[montmil]

Monte, are you saying the rear wheel bearings are the same part as the steering head bearings?  I knew the swing arm bearings were but I didn't know about the steering head bearings.  I have that clever Cycleworks tool and have used it to remove wheel and swing arm bearings. I would never have thought of a tool like that.  

You're right, Ed. I had written down the wrong "forking" bearing size.

Rear axle and swing arm both utilize tapered roller bearings 40x17x14
Steering stem tapered bearings are 28x52x16

I, too, have the Cycleworks stem bearing R&R tool. Nifty bit of kit, as Barry n' Lou would say. I had a bit of trouble with the "sharp-edged" machined washer and after completing the job, contacted Dan to buy a new one. No dice... Dan mailed a new one to me at no charge. The latest catalog view indicates it's now manufactured from brass or (?) as mine is steel.
http://www.cycleworks.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29_33_50&products_id=64

Anyone shopping for Airhead specific tools should look through Dan's offerings. He has added many new products since acquiring the company from the Airhead tool guru, Ed Korn.

[Barry]

I keep this on file which has the bearing  Ref' numbers

[Bob_Roller]

The LS model bikes have a different bearing for the front wheel it's sealed .

It's BMW part # 36 31 242 854,  40x17x12 .

[ddebonis]

UPDATE: I couldn't remove rear wheel so I took it to the shop. This is what they said:

"drained rear drive oil-no appreciable amount of metal on
magnetic drain plug, but significantly overfilled. tightened
axle and confirmed that wheel does become difficult to
rotate when torqued, attempted to remove axle, found
that wheel bearing inner race was siezed to the axle,
was able to remove it by removing the mufflers and
forcing it off of the axle. found that the inner wheel
spacer adjusting shim was missing and wheel bearing's
cage is broken. needs bearings, seals spacers and
shimming. also needs rear tire-tread depth is 0."

I can't believe the inner shim was missing! Happy to be alive.

[montmil]

Right you are! That bald tire could have become a serious problem.

[Matt Chapter]

UPDATE: I couldn't remove rear wheel so I took it to the shop.

Pfft.. I'm surprised you found a shop to take it to.  Sounds like they knew what they were doing, too!

[Bob_Roller]

You probably needed to adjust the rear brake shoes, in with the nut on the threaded rod that goes to the arm on the right side of the final drive, so they wouldn't contact the brake drum inside the wheel .