Installing The Front Wheel Hub Bearings; Installing The Front Wheel Hubs - Yamaha RAPTOR YFM125RA Service Manual

2. Check:
• Wheel bearings
Wheel hub play/wheel turns roughly →
Replace.
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a. Clean wheel hub exterior.
b. Drive bearing out by pushing spacer aside
and tapping around perimeter of bearing
inner race. Use soft metal drift punch and
hammer. The spacer "1" "floats" between
bearings. Remove both bearings as
described.
EWA2PA1401
WARNING
Eye protection is recommended when
using striking tools.
c. To install the wheel bearings, reverse the
above sequence. Use a socket that
matches outside diameter of bearing outer
race to drive in bearing.
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Do not strike the center race or balls of the
bearing. Contact should be made only with
the outer race.
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INSTALLING THE FRONT WHEEL HUB
BEARINGS
1. Install:
• Bearings "1"
TIP
Face the oil seal side of the bearing inward.
a. Bearing press-in surface
b. 0.5 mm (0.02 in)
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INSTALLING THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS

The following procedure applies to both of the
front hubs.
1. Install:
• Front wheel hub
• Washer
• Front axle nut "1"
Front axle nut
70 Nm (7.0 m·kgf, 51 ft·lbf)
• Cotter pin "2"
TIP
• Do not loosen the axle nut after torquing it. If
the axle nut groove is not aligned with the
cotter pin hole, align the groove with the hole
by tightening the axle nut.
• Bend the longer cotter pin up.
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FRONT WHEEL
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