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SKF bearings are made in China, so any decent brand will probably be the same item without SKF in front of it, as long as it has a number, once you have the number you can get good bearings anywhere If you go on line there are several companies that offer a quick service where you just enter the OD, ID and depth and up comes a choice, i use Simply Bearings, Double lip sealed is the type you want, the spherical ones I got for my CCM were PTFE lubricated and the price was good

Impact driver, the electric ones work well, did mine yesterday, put the 10mm hex drive in and pressed the switch, they flew out and did back up a treat, no leaks Either pull the fork leg to full extension or put a piece of wood (broom handle) inside and compress fork leg whilst holding wood against top end of damper (easier with wood in vice and pull down on fork leg) otherwise the damper just spins inside the fork leg

Beta manual says 1.5% fully synthetic, 3% mineral oil I run mine at 75ml/5l synthetic and the engine runs perfect ..... plugs look spot on

There should be a reference number somewhere on the bearing if it's a standard one,... usually on one end, just like the one above ^^ Get a lip sealed bearing if you can, keeps all the crap out ..... the one above is lip sealed

Well we established it was Rt hand thread from direction of rotation The plates are all held in by the central bolt as per this photo Locking tool on its way and impact driver ready

I'll take some pics tomorrow and post them up Thanks for the interest

Thanks zero ....I'd guessed it would be but always best to ask ....... I'll try an impact driver on it :icon_salut: It's a 2006 as the title says ..... we've got all the springs and blocking plate off but the plates won't come out .. It looks like the centre (#94 on parts diagram) has to be removed as all the plain steel plates fit into that, which means removing the bolt ..... is there another way? :dunce:

My grandson and I am taking the clutch down on his Beta 80 and got as far as removing the plate and springs, needless to say the clutch is sticking solid We've read the sticky and it sounds exactly like Brit bikes of the 60's and 70's Simple question, is the central retaining bolt left or right hand thread? I don't want to strip the thread/snap bolt I've been after a new fuel filler cap, it seems parts for this year are hard to find, any reason?