Rear idler wheel FELL OFF!

[tfreake]

On a ride yesterday on my 2009 Venture Multipurpose. A rear idler wheel (drivers side lol) fell off and the person behind me stopped and picked it up.

The retaining nut is still there. How do I fix this? Is the wheel and bearing all one assembly? Is there a ring clip? The collar and washer behind the idler wheel is long gone. Looks like that rear idler wheel is the same used on a bucketload of Yamahas over last 20 years. Advice?

 

[cannondale27]

Pretty sure the bearings are not replaceable on those. I switched to the spoked wheels on mine.

 

[74Nitro]

If you order the accessory part number the bearing is replaceable.

 

[Stubbs]

If the bearing completely fails and disintegrates the wheel, washer and spacer will indeed go for a ride. There’s nothing to stop that from happening. I’ve seen it more than once when skid maintenance has been ignored.

 

[maim]

i would suggest replacing all the rear axle wheel bearings/wheel while you are in there as the other ones are usually close to failure as well.