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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006062904 | Incident Date: Apr, 14 2006 |
| Consumer's City: KELLER | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: VTX1800 | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:rear |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1HFSC49042A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 17 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 17 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 2 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have a 2002 honda vtx1800r motorcycle. while removing rear wheel and tire for a tire replacement i found one of the flange bearings damaged. the inner cage of the bearing was completely torn apart and the balls while still in the race of the bearing housing were worn. i had been battling a vibration on this motorcycle for nearly 8000 miles. i was not able to detect this while turning the wheel with the motorcycle on jack. i had thought it was tire related but i know now that this was not the problem. although i had reported my vibration problem to my local honda dealer several times they never developed this information to me even though i know there have been many vtx's with this problem. i am angry that a dealer and manufacturer would put people in danger to save a buck. i have at my own cost replaced both bearings and had the flange machined to prevent the binding of the inner bearing which i believe is the reason for the bearing failure. i had a machinist measure the flange bearing sleeve and discovered that the inner surface of the sleeve is smaller in diameter by .0015 of an inch making the bearing too tight when installed. this causes what many have reported as a bearing that feels like it grabs or is rough while turning yet when it is removed from the flange it spins freely. *nm |
