Spring has sprung the I hear scooters rumbling all up and down the highway in ever-increasing numbers. This is just a reminder for those early Lehman kitted owners. I had a wheel bearing failure out in the middle of nowhere last year and managed to replace it in small town USA.....got real lucky. Lehman used a standard Ford rear wheel bearing. Problem is....nobody uses that wheel bearing any longer and they can be hard to find. It's a sealed RW207CCRA and when I got mine home and changed all the rear bearings, they were all leaking grease and were getting dry. If an outer one fails, the rear end will have to be removed and gutted to replace the inner bearing it damaged. I never leave home on a long trip without a spare RW207 in the toolbox.
If you have some age on your kitted Lehman and over 20K-25K miles on it...you need to either have them looked at, or at least jack the rear end up and see if you can detect any slack. The belt-driven models have the same inner and outer bearing. The inners on shaft drive models are sealed inside the axle-tube, but could still be damaged if an outer fails and you would be surprised what type differentials Lehman used....as in small foreign car of some kind that most mechanics can't identify.
Just a friendly reminder.
If you have some age on your kitted Lehman and over 20K-25K miles on it...you need to either have them looked at, or at least jack the rear end up and see if you can detect any slack. The belt-driven models have the same inner and outer bearing. The inners on shaft drive models are sealed inside the axle-tube, but could still be damaged if an outer fails and you would be surprised what type differentials Lehman used....as in small foreign car of some kind that most mechanics can't identify.
Just a friendly reminder.