Took my MT-03 in for 12,000 mile service. Just had the call back from Infinity and they’re saying I need a load of bearings replaced- rear wheel bearings, rear wheel sprocket bearings, cush drive rubbers, steering bearings and that it will cost me £410 on top of the £260 for the service. This seems a hell of a lot and quite suprised this sort of work is needed at just 12,000 miles but Inifinity are saying the work needs to be done and maybe it’s the going rate so fair enough. Trouble is I can’t really afford that sort of money right now. What do you guys think- is it worth asking an independent mechanic to quote? any recommendations? :pinch:
seems a bit od to me.
did you notice and movement in the wheel, stearing etc?
tell em to f*ck off, get a m8 who knows wot he’s talking about to look at it and if needs doing ask on here for some1.
+1
It does seem a bit wierd as I don’t remember feeling any play in the steering. Has anyone else had to replace all these bearings at just 12,000 miles? Bear in mind as well that I don’t (can’t) wheelie everywhere- I thought that was what destroyed bearings. Looking like I might just get the service done and go elsewhere for a second opinion. Having said that the guy at Infinity was adamant the work is necessary- any other expert opinions out there? Thanks
i just had a 16k service done and all bearings etc where fine… (but its a honda 
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i do really doubt that ALL bearings need changing :ermm:
I would take it somewhere else like FWR to have a look at or get ADZ to have a look 
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Which infinity was it?
Clapham Infinity.
Tell them to leave the bearings alone.
Get it home & do the checks yourself to establish if there is an issue or not. Get it fixed if there is obviously a problem
Or
Wait for MOT time - if it fails it’s MOT on bearings after being tested by someone other than Clapham Infinity then get the work done then.
even better get them to show you why they think they need replacing
Thanks all for good advice. Asked them just to do the service for now. Reality is I can’t find the money to do the rest anyway so it will have to wait a couple of months until it’s (first) MOT is due. I’m the only owner so I know exactly what the bike has and hasn’t been through. If these components really have gone so soon I’d be suprised and a bit disappointed TBH. 
wheels bearings are pi55 easy to do too and only cost about 5 notes per bearing.
get bike home come to a bmm and i bet there will be a few people there to tell ya if need doing or just see yourself.
get bike up on centre stand hold swingarm with 1 hand and use other to move wheel side to side see if you feel play.
with front on centre stand pull front wheel forward/back and again see if theres play.
you done right thing about infinity too.
It’s a Yamaha so anythings possible, but that sounds a bit OTT for that mileage.
Knowing you’re not the greasy fingernails type, I’m guessing it’s dealer serviced from new, so why has all this come up all at once?
Far be it from me that this is the slack season for getting bikes serviced and the workshop needs work, but…
Time to find a decent independent for a second oppinion.
Headraces are notched not bad but still they are notched it may pass the mot time will tell.
The rear wheel bearings are falling apart i quote ‘they are coming out’ this model has been very hard on the back end and rider style doesnt help.
The guy who done the work has 25+ years experience and its not a case of him lining his pockets more of a case of the customer is fully informed to prevent a backlash when the mot comes along.
I don’t believe it!
My XT660X (pretty much same bike, different frame) had double the miles on the clock and bearings where fine, apart from the real wheel bearings that were replaced at around 20k miles. The bike had had a pretty tough life before I owned it (JerryXT on here was first owner and rode it like he stole it), and all I have done to it are:
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Rear wheel bearings: these where done when they replaced chain and sprockets just before 20k miles, and FWR did them as part of the same job for the cost of the bearings (less than £20)
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Chaing and sprockets: see above.
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Fork seals: I had aftermarket (stiffer) springs in, and I think they bust the seals pre-maturely.
The bike sailed through it’s MOT, and was serviced by George White in Shorditch shortly before I sold the bike. They definitly would have let me know if there was something wrong. They were pretty good.
Adz on here did the fork seals before I sold the bike and I’m sure he would have let me know if something was wrong with it.
You could do a lot worse to send Adz a PM and get him to have a look at it, you’ll get an honest opinion and if anything will need doing, it’ll be much cheaper than dealer prices.
Check out the user reviews on MCN.
Two of the reviews mention bearing replacments.
Hi thanks again for all the useful comments.
Shiver thanks for getting on the case yesterday. Thing is the Infinity advisory says it would fail its MOT on steering bearings, rear wheel bearings, sprocket carrier bearing and cush drive rubbers. I hear what you’re saying about the rear bearings but is that the wheel bearings or sprocket carrier bearings or both? ‘Falling out’? sounds worrying but had a look and couldn’t see anything falling out but prob I’m not looking at the right thing? Came in today on it as usual and felt okay. Having said that will need to get sorted as soon as by the sounds of it so will try and get it looked at and done for better price if I can. Driesie I owe FWR some business so will check with them :ermm:. I don’t think I ride the bike hard but there are a lot of speed humps on my commute so maybe that’s had an effect. Also I did lay the bike up for 6 months after my accident last year and according to shiver this can have an effect on bearings?
When you dropped it did it hit anything? I knackerd my headraces when i binned mine.
I havnt got a clue which bearings he said are coming away from the cage but you wont be able to see them unless you get the wheel off.
Go fwr and see what they say
Just seen that link premises put up and there have been issues with bearings and cush drive rubbers so clearly its about the mt03 and not bikes with similar frames!
Ill be interested to hear the verdict of this out come maybe silence afew of the keyboard warriors.
But it won’t really be a victory for anyone as bikes shouldn’t really have lots of components failing after such low miles. If it wasn’t for keyboard warriors no one would know about these issues and there would be no impetus for manufacturers to up their game. 