New bike…bad bearings

FL-KPM · 04-04-2023, 07:10 PM

So just got a little under 200 miles on the new kpm. Riding home from work tonight I start hearing a scraping noise. Thought maybe caliper was dragging a little. So I got home and put it up on a stand and sun the rear wheel and I could clearly see the pads were not rubbing on the rotor. My guess is that that rear bearings are going out already. I’ve replaced bearings before on shaft driven bikes but not on sprocket driven bikes. Anything to look out for? Advice? And does anyone happen to have a couple of bearing numbers? Tried the search function but no luck on the kpm or the kpr as far as info.
Thanks

04-04-2023, 07:10 PM	#1
FL-KPM Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 19	New bike…bad bearings So just got a little under 200 miles on the new kpm. Riding home from work tonight I start hearing a scraping noise. Thought maybe caliper was dragging a little. So I got home and put it up on a stand and sun the rear wheel and I could clearly see the pads were not rubbing on the rotor. My guess is that that rear bearings are going out already. I’ve replaced bearings before on shaft driven bikes but not on sprocket driven bikes. Anything to look out for? Advice? And does anyone happen to have a couple of bearing numbers? Tried the search function but no luck on the kpm or the kpr as far as info. Thanks
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