Grease Bearings Street Triple -06

Buy an Abba stand to lift the bike up off the ground. Ask the dealer if they checked the wheel bearings.

 

Hi Jesper, the service schedule for greasing the rear wheel bearings on your bike are 10,000 and 30,000 km, you say it has been dealer serviced until 21,000 km then it is doubtful they have been re greased since the 10,000 km service, the job is straightforward enough, you say you are on a tight budget, if you have a garage with roof supports then you could consider using ratchet straps attached to the rear footrest hangers, if you use this method put a cable tie on the front brake lever to stop forward movement. Do not under any circumstances remove the cage roller bearings as they almost always break up, also there are spacers, shims, seals etc to replace, and it then becomes expensive, hopefully the eccentric adjuster should be free if it has been dealer serviced, although to grease the bearings you do not have to remove it, once the rear wheel is off you can access the bearings and re pack with grease. Personally I have an Abba Stand amongst other things, it makes life easier although they are not cheap especially if you buy the full fitment kit. You can adjust the chain on the side stand, however a dedicated stand is far better and a wise investment in the long term, also when re fitting the securing spring for the wheel retaining nut either use a small cable tie or lock wire the two ends (there have been cases of the spring retaining clip coming off), probably due to it being re used a number of times previously and loosing tension.

 

Hi Jesper, the nut on the drive side is staked and needs replacing, I would not recommend re using it, the opposing nut (wheel side you can re use with no problem)

 

Totally right but you want to lift it on the swingarm pivot if you want to remove the hub assy.
You need an abba stand

 

I would not personally re use it, for the cost it is not worth it, I have seen them re staked and even lock tight used, however when torqued up correctly it would not be that far out from the original point, therefore re staking would be very near to the original stake, if you had been in the UK I would have sent you one FOC. Whilst you are re greasing the rear bearings I would strip and re grease the suspension linkages, they often get neglected and are open to the elements more.