jihem Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 hi all, aaah, the pleasure of owning a delicate exotica when there are no Guzzi shops within 100 miles, your bike can't be moved and your friendly and competent Kawasaki shop is hardly Guzzi knowledgeable (and so am I it seems) ... I have broken some transmission bearings and am now confronted (again) with equivalence problems... As you may know, the Ghezzi STW is made off parts from V11 and parts from the 1100 Sport. From the picture below, would you say it's a 1100 Sport transm' or a V11 trans' ? Yeah, I know, I know, but Bruno Saturno is on holidays and the entire Italian economics is at sleep in august. I have looked here and there are several threads wich mention parts number but as long as I'm not sure which bike donated the parts, I'm stuck I have taken a V11 parts list and here's what i need bearing 26 (92 20 80 14 numbers are from a v11 2002 list parts) needle bearing 25 (92 23 40 55) spacer 04 35 51 02 (i actually need to measure it to be sure if it's 0,8, 0,9, 1 or 1,1mm) Are there equivalence between 1100 parts and V11 parts ? (the parts numbers aren't the same on the parts lists). Would you know any parts that would fit from a different origin (SKF ?). Thanx for any help... (sorry, i know the rear wheel is dirty and all, but that picture was taken in november and it's the best pict for showing the rear wheel ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Jaap Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 AFAIK, G&B weren't allowed to use the V11 drive train and gearbox. So my best guess it's all 1100 sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jihem Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 AFAIK, G&B weren't allowed to use the V11 drive train and gearbox. So my best guess it's all 1100 sport. yes, the answer is 1100 Sportt It's been confirmed to me by another source that it's indeed the ol' dog end. thanx Jaap, I wanted to post it in the quizz area for a moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Minnaert Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 all 1100 sporti parts there, so shouw a picture of what is broken, instead of the other picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jihem Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 all 1100 sporti parts there, so shouw a picture of what is broken, instead of the other picture. bedankt for the concern, Paul. I'll have them parts (2 bearings) tomorrow and will actually bring them to a SFK specialist, not so far from the Kawa shop where the bike is at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jihem Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 Goood, the SKF shop had the main bearing in stock and has been able to identify all needed others so I should get all parts within the next week. But I got a couple of mails wondering "why it happened and so early in the bike's life" ? Well, it's a bike that's being ridden hard. Is it such a rare failure to have the bearings gone by +/- 43.000 kms ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Minnaert Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 You should have serviced them. Although Guzzis look so simple, they still need regular maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jihem Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 You should have serviced them. Although Guzzis look so simple, they still need regular maintenance. they were serviced, Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Minnaert Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 well, I just looked in the sport 1100i workshopmanual, there they say replace each 15000km with sporty use or each 20.000 km with normal use. I know they live longer than that. But anyway it is good to take them of each 10.000km, have them in your hand and feel if they move without play. And while you have them there, it's the perfect moment to grease them. And I'm no saint either, I once had one with melted bearing cages. But that was the sort that didn't have grease nipples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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