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suzukiman
09-05-2009, 10:15 PM
FYI, my rear bearings wiped out on my LTZ!! The issue is that from the factory there is noooo lubrication on the bearings besides a small amount of grease on the inside. It is deceiving, because the outside of the bearing is sealed but the inside is not!!!! There is no grease fitting to lube/maintain your carrier. Soooo make sure you check your rear!!!! Luckily I caught it before it damaged my axle or my carrier!!!! The replacement bearings are $30 so FYI if you have gone through some water yours are probably rustly like mine were!!!!! Go Suzuki, must have been a grease shortage in Japan!!!!!:wtf:
z400250
09-05-2009, 10:21 PM
were your bearings bad or did you find out from doing preventive maint?
slam1
09-06-2009, 08:56 AM
FYI, my rear bearings wiped out on my LTZ!! The issue is that from the factory there is noooo lubrication on the bearings besides a small amount of grease on the inside. It is deceiving, because the outside of the bearing is sealed but the inside is not!!!! There is no grease fitting to lube/maintain your carrier. Soooo make sure you check your rear!!!! Luckily I caught it before it damaged my axle or my carrier!!!! The replacement bearings are $30 so FYI if you have gone through some water yours are probably rustly like mine were!!!!! Go Suzuki, must have been a grease shortage in Japan!!!!!:wtf:

Every set of axle bearings i've ever seen are the same, its not just Suzi. You better check your swinger bearings while your at it. Its the same deal.
suzukiman
09-07-2009, 08:45 PM
were your bearings bad or did you find out from doing preventive maint?

I was doing mant. and my axle moved a little more than it should so I took it apart. I found that the factory seals don't keep out anything, the bearings actually rusted!!!!! The new ones are going to get a ton of grease!!!!
suzukiman
09-12-2009, 10:32 PM
All Balls Bearings seem to be the answer!!!! They are sealed on both sides, so that would be my recommendation!!!! :rock:
slam1
09-14-2009, 06:48 AM
They will still go bad sealed or not. You have to pull the axle every so often and pull the seal off the bearing ,grease and reinstall seal on bearing.