Carrier Bearings

fperri302 · Mar 4, 2010

Hey guys and gal.. time to do the dreaded carrier bearings in my warrior b4 they let loose ... just a quick question to anyone whos done them in the past .. do you think it would be easier to do them in the bike or would it be better to just dump the whole carrier and axel out the back and work on it on a bench and use a press? Thanks for any insight..

JonS · Mar 4, 2010

my buddy did it for me, but we set the rear on a stand. i held the bike in place while he took a BFH to it until it let loose.

DeadLastRacing · Mar 4, 2010

I've always done them while its on the bike, just pull the axle and go to town, the swinger holds the whole thing for you. If your putting a new set in, popin the old ones out is easy with a flat head and a mallet. Time yourself to make it fun! hahaha

spdfrk1990 · Mar 4, 2010

I would do whatever you feel comfortable with it wouldnt be any harder to just remove the carrier if you feel its easier that way.

fperri302 · Mar 5, 2010

Alright is this lil guy inside all the warrior carriers? Or is this another one of the lovely 87 surprises I keep running into? It was in the middle between the two bearings... It made it a bitch to knock bearings out cause it blocked me from getting to the edge on the back side of bearings... Just curious cause never remember anyone mentioning it...is it important hah?

91warrior · Mar 5, 2010

yea every warrior has that, unless someone took it out and left it out, pretty much the same as what the front bearings have except the front spacer is a little tapered to go from the bigger inside bearing to the smaller outside bearing.

yamarider · Mar 5, 2010

Yes it's in all warriors, yes it's very important. It's the bearing spacer which seperates the inner bearing races. Without it, when you tightened the axle nuts it would just keep turning until it crushed the bearings.

fperri302 · Mar 6, 2010

Ha well that makes sense.. im used to setting bearing preload by feel on cars n trucks... anyway this job was not as bad as I expected considering all this stuffs been together since 87..