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One of the bearings in the rear wheel of my DR was completely destroyed on my way home the other night.
I was hoping to go to the Shenendoah 500 this weekend. I've ordered some new parts but one of them is going to be delayed "1-4 days". Its possible I might get it by Friday, but doesn't look too likely.
The rear hub and the two bearing inside are okay. It was the bearing inside the sprocket that was toast and in turn fragged up the inside of the sprocket piece. It is that sprocket piece that is probably not going to make it to my house in time. Does anyone have a spare wheelset and have a spare sprocket piece I could borrow?
Sorry if I'm not explaining this well. It isn't the sprocket itself I need, but the drum piece that the rear sprocket attaches to.

If you can find a welder/machinist (talk to Kyler about his frame guy) to fix up the hub, the bearings ought to be standard and readily available through any industrial bearing distributor. IMHO, replace any sealed-1-side bearing with sealed-both-sides (which is the more common variety anyway). You'll give up a tiny fraction of HP to friction, but they'll last a shitload longer.

Just take the bearing to the bearing distributor and they'll be able to match it.

Wish I were there to help a brotha out.

Good luck with that!

Bucho wrote:One of the bearings in the rear wheel of my DR was completely destroyed on my way home the other night.
I was hoping to go to the Shenendoah 500 this weekend. I've ordered some new parts but one of them is going to be delayed "1-4 days". Its possible I might get it by Friday, but doesn't look too likely.
The rear hub and the two bearing inside are okay. It was the bearing inside the sprocket that was toast and in turn fragged up the inside of the sprocket piece. It is that sprocket piece that is probably not going to make it to my house in time. Does anyone have a spare wheelset and have a spare sprocket piece I could borrow?
Sorry if I'm not explaining this well. It isn't the sprocket itself I need, but the drum piece that the rear sprocket attaches to.

Curiously enough I have my DR's rear wheel in pieces changing the tube and cleaning up the innards. Send me a PM and we can arrange something.


Jeff

If it doesn't work out with Jeff, you are more than welcome to borrow my rear wheel.

I appreciate the offers. For a multitude of reasons, I'm going to bail on the DAMN crew this weekend.