Mechanic in Mangua?
 

Hey People,

How is it? Desperately seeking good mechanic in Managua to help with collapsed front wheel bearings on 650 Dakar. Any clues? Thanks in advance, Dan Walsh

dan.
for any decent mechanic, changing a wheel bearing on a front wheel is easy. if you know how, you could easily do it yourself...

can't recommend anyone, but if you can't find a bike shop, a good car shop would work. obviously bearings come in different sizes. if you don't know the size, take your front wheel and axel into a bearing shop. they can measure the dimensions with a venir caliper.

HTH
ChrisB

Yeeesss - easy enough, with a lift or stand for the front, with tools to rip out the spindle that's been stripped etc. Which is kinda why I was asking about a mechanic here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/wink.gif

A search of the site on

managua shop

gets 16 hits, listing "yamaha dealer in managua" and "jose's machine shop"

hope that helps...

If you get a good one please list it on the HUBB under "Repair shops around the world"

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Grant Johnson

Seek, and ye shall find.
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grant
couldn't have said it better myself.
cheers
ChrisB

PS. as i clearly know diddly squat, i can only speak from what others have told me: if you have a bike which only has a side stand and you want to get the front wheel off the ground, then put a alli pannier/ wooden log/ pile of bricks or whatever under the engine. magic.

to get old bearings out... heat up the offending area (camping stove/ somebody else's kitchen stove??) take one hammer, and one tyre lever/ screw driver or similar, bang bang bang and hey presto....

in order to get the remains of a bearing off a spline... try an angle grinder or lathe. you're unlikely to have one of these with you, but you'd be (un)surprised as to how many mechanics/ engineering shops have one of these...

sorry i spoke earlier. won't happen again.

Thank you, gentlemen. And yep, I'll post any good finds. Great city, btw.