Slow Monster rebuild

Flip · 19-01-2020, 09:09 PM

Firstly I have to say how much I love this thread and I am sure the bike is going to look fantastic when complete.

However, not wanting to throw the proverbial spanner in the works- I changed my timing belt idler bearings in 2018 and fitted a pair of ExactFit belts which I bought at the same time. The bearings supplied (ExactFit are the UK distributers for California Cycle Works) were indeed spec’d as C3, which made sense to me as they run in a pretty hot place.

They’ve been on without issue (touch wood) for around 8000 miles now but I’ll probably take a look behind the covers in a couple of weeks when I give the bike an oil change etc.

Out of interest (Sorry if I missed it), did you find an alternative source for the double sized fixed bearings or did you bite the bullet and pay Ducati’s price?

In addition from what I gather it is often the clutch pressure plate bearing which wrongly gets spec’d as C3.

19-01-2020, 09:09 PM	#11
Flip Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Beachtown Bike: M900 Posts: 2,188	Firstly I have to say how much I love this thread and I am sure the bike is going to look fantastic when complete. However, not wanting to throw the proverbial spanner in the works- I changed my timing belt idler bearings in 2018 and fitted a pair of ExactFit belts which I bought at the same time. The bearings supplied (ExactFit are the UK distributers for California Cycle Works) were indeed spec’d as C3, which made sense to me as they run in a pretty hot place. They’ve been on without issue (touch wood) for around 8000 miles now but I’ll probably take a look behind the covers in a couple of weeks when I give the bike an oil change etc. Out of interest (Sorry if I missed it), did you find an alternative source for the double sized fixed bearings or did you bite the bullet and pay Ducati’s price? In addition from what I gather it is often the clutch pressure plate bearing which wrongly gets spec’d as C3. __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you! Last edited by Flip; 19-01-2020 at 09:18 PM..