wheel bearing retainers. WTF Honda ?

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:28 am

Vent time.

So getting ready to do my wheel bearings as part of the restoration and I find there are wheel bearing retainers on the front wheel, rear wheel and the Cush drive...OK thats fine....BUT, Why does it require 3 different tools to remove them !! What the heck was Honda thinking ?

I bought the tool listed in the manual (said it did all of them), but it only fits the rear wheel (4 holes). Front wheel has 4 slots, so got that one off with a drift/screw driver, now I need a different size tool fo the retainer on the Cush drive FFS because the holes are spaced further apart than the rear wheel.

Pure madness!

Here Endeth My Rant

Hawk Joined: Jul 14, 2012 Posts: 389 Location: New Zealand

I'm with you.
I have used a spanner for removing grinding discs on elect tools.
Not perfect but has been successful and looks better after and not butchered.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:36 pm

Agreed, im not gonna use a drift on the ones with 4 round holes.

MB-5 Joined: Mar 31, 2022 Posts: 27 Location: Australia

have a look on epay for adjustable pin spanner. they look like a divider measuring tool but have pins located 90 degrees on the end of the legs. Most have two pin sizes back to back. Being like a divider you simply spread the legs till the pins fit the pitch circle diameter.