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Front Wheel Bearings (2007) - Important!

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macburg
Hey All, I just changed out my wheels bearings on a whim of an idea to do so, and found that they were in really bad shape. My Burgie has 23,000 miles on it and I was noticing a little front wheel shimmy as it decelerated. I read about the poor bearings (only sealed on one side) Suzuki used OEM. I used All-Balls Racing bearings to replace them. When I got the old ones out, the bearing grease was gritty and black. They grinned as I manually rotated them. I was shocked.

My gas mileage has gone up 3-5mpg and the ride is so much better, esp turning.
If you have an 07 and haven't changed them out yet, I highly recommend doing asap. I am pretty sure the bearings were bad way back in the early mileage.

Hope that helps!
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happytech
Need a bit more info - where to find them . . .

I can add this to my list of stuff to do.

However, I went to what I think is their website but they don't list a Burgman at all. What is the part numbers and the correct website of where you got them.

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Bruce
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Got an email back this moring from All Balls - they do not make the front wheel bearing for the 2009 model, so I would suspect that they also don't make it for the 2010 and up either.

No comment from them (I asked them in my inquiry) as to what the difference is.


Bruce
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I did some parts fiche checking and here's what I found out:

2005 - 15 x 35 x 11

2007 - 15 x 35 x 11

2009 - 15 x 35 x 11

So, I wonder why All Balls said they didn't have a part for the 09? If I remember correctly, it should be a 6202.

If they're the same bearings, I wonder if it the ones I have in a sealed package I bought for the 05 back in 07/08 are still good? Just curious.
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macburg said:
Here is the link to All Balls Bearings to contact them. I heard they are quite professional and helpful. I'd be interested if that is the case if someone contacts them to find out about the '09 bearings.
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I did and all they said is that they don't stock them. They didn't bother to answer my other questions. I'll see what my latest question brings. I went to their size PDF and yes, it still shows the 6202-2RS bearings so I asked them what the cost is for a couple of those bearings and seals.


Bruce
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Amazon.com: all balls burgman


Correct link, but they only list 2003 - 2008 for the 400 and 2003 - 2009 for the 650.

I still think it's strange that even though the 2005, 2007 and 2009 have the same bearing size, All Balls doesn't list it for the 2009. Maybe they'll write back today.
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