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Offline Ronkom

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"plastic" bearings
« on: April 11, 2022, 07:46:15 PM »
What models/years did Guzzi use the transmission output bearings w/plastic cages?
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Offline Rolf Halvorsen

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Re: "plastic" bearings
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2022, 07:06:47 AM »
All from about 1974 and newer.

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Re: "plastic" bearings
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2022, 08:44:54 AM »
All from about 1974 and newer.

Add a decade at least. Still using metal caged bearings in '84.
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Offline Wayne Orwig

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Re: "plastic" bearings
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2022, 09:30:39 AM »
I had always heard mid 80s. Everything I have seen from around 1990 had the plastic cage.
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