Hi Folks,

Help please, with my '11 660XTZ Tenere. I have the same symptoms as Kinloo in that after a visit to a 3rd party garage and new front wheel bearings and tyre my calliper is rubbing against my disc on the right hand side.

I have removed the wheel, and found that the right side straight axle collar was pushed right inside the hub against the bearing, and so giving no spacing at all. The collars are correctly sided with the straight collar on the right side and the top hat collar on the left looking forward. I'm wondering if the wheel was rebuilt and fitted back to front but with the spacers on the correct side, and so putting the wheel off centre?

I have taken out the bearing seals and checked that the internal central spacer is there, but can't really see in which direction it's been fitted without removing and thereby knackering the bearings.

So, to help my diagnosis, can anyone please have a look and tell me if the hub side with the writing cast into it ("Grimeca") etc, and the bearing nearest the surface, should be on the left or right of the bike looking fwd? I know the top hat spacer goes on the left - is that where the bearing should be sunk farthest into the hub?


thanks a lot,

PW