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Rear wheel play

PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:13 pm
by Nbowe
Got a bit of play in rear wheel,not excessive but if I grab wheel and shake I can feel some movement.should it be solid with no play.its a GP 150.recently had casing off to tighten end plate bolt.seemed to be a bit of play on rear sprocket.dont know if that's related.hub is good and tight so it's not that.
Cheers.Nick

Re: Rear wheel play

PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:01 am
by Jim Rose
You always get some play in the rear hub, more than on a bike etc but if its more than the norm you need to look a bit further. When you say end plate bolt I assume you mean the bolts/nuts (6 from a bad memory) that hold the end plate into the casing behind the clutch. If it's not that you may have to start looking at the bearings

Re: Rear wheel play

PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:13 am
by phil23fair
Does your gearbox need shimming? You will get play in your rear hub if the clearance between your gearbox endplate and first gear is too big. From memory I think the maximum allowable clearance is 0.3mm.

Re: Rear wheel play

PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:56 am
by Nbowe
Cheers fellas.as I say its only minimal.it was one of the bolts holding the end plate which came loose which is now sorted.the solution may well be to shim gearbox
Thanks again