ktm rear hubs

[alanMember]

have cracked the rear hub on the kato 530 prably due to obesity and PDS :ohmy: whats the best brand of hub to get and or complete wheel at the cheapest price. had a look on the ballards site looked a bit dear .any other good places to look

[GregMember]

Where is it cracked Rocket?

[alanMember]

between where the bearing goes and the spokes go in all the way around

[Mick PilgrimMember]

I have seen this happen on a few occasions where the chain has been run too tight and as the shock compresses the chain tightens and causes the hub to crack. :S

Mick

[alanMember]

have herd of this but always run the chain looser than recomended by ktm .it actualy needs tightening at the moment and just noticed the crack.

[GregMember]

mickp wrote:

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I have seen this happen on a few occasions where the chain has been run too tight and as the shock compresses the chain tightens and causes the hub to crack. :S

Mick

Thats why I asked where it has cracked as I have seen the same on a KTM and the guy that showed me said it wasn’t the first KTM he had seen because of an overtight chain. Which if I remember right would tie in with the leaking counter-shaft seal dramas you have had Rocket because of an over-tight chain maybe?? :blink: (If it was you :dry: )

TB

[alanMember]

i run it about 5mm of the swing arm underneith the swingarm the sticker said 8 to 10 mm its precently extra loose so i don t think this is the cause .irelevent at the moment its broken have to get another like my weekly rides can get a genuin hub brand new for 220$ privetly but am concerned it will do the same thing thinking of going aftermarket

[alanMember]

can not seem to get any prices of non genuin hubs or a back wheel they all seem to just have wheel sets on the sites i can find 1500$ plus

[GregMember]

white rocket wrote:

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i run it about 5mm of the swing arm underneith the swingarm the sticker said 8 to 10 mm its precently extra loose so i don t think this is the cause

Isn’t 5mm less then 8 to 10mm :huh: The guy that showed me has lots of KTM experience and a vested interest in them :laugh: But like you said doesnt matter at the minute $220 doesnt sound bad for a genuine and there are lots of genuine ones out there (millions it seems like :laugh: ) that dont or aren’t cracked. You only need lace it and away you go or is it a complete wheel? Have you tried the KTM shops they may have hubs from new ones they have blinged / pimped?

Suttos have wheels sets, DNA I think, well they used to have a few of them

TB

[alanMember]

yes 5mm is looser the tighter the chain is the more gap there is .its up against the swingarm at the moment to loose(yes it is on a bike stand to)

[WayneMember]

Try john Titman

Talon is the duck guts and ther are some other brands there too

http://www.jtr.com.au/

[Mick PilgrimMember]

white rocket wrote:

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i run it about 5mm of the swing arm underneith the swingarm the sticker said 8 to 10 mm its precently extra loose so i don t think this is the cause .irelevent at the moment its broken have to get another like my weekly rides can get a genuin hub brand new for 220$ privetly but am concerned it will do the same thing thinking of going aftermarket

$220 for a new genuine sounds like a good price. We had to replace one on my sons KTM 450 when his sprocket bolts cam loose and tore the sprocket and hub mounting bolts to pieces (he was out riding with Lotsa at the time)
I think it cost him about $450 all up then with relacing.

Mick

[GregMember]

$220 is good I reckon, then there is just the relacing which is easy as well

Genuine Honda 650R $295 bare hub

TB

[alanMember]

my back wheel has some majer dints in it buckled to so am thinking should get another wheel and not be so tight will ring around tomorrow

[AlexMember]

Hey bigboy your chain was, has and is too tight as much as you don’t like to agree.
Countershaft seal leaks, wheel bearings flogged, hub cracked…
Sit your arz on the seat and make the swingarm horizontal then grab the chain. Adjust it so it’s not tight as a guitar string. If you get chain chatter when you ride it’s better than the problem you’ve got now eh? Forget the sticker thing, it’s bollocks.

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