Glad I found this thread before posting a new one. My bike was serviced in June and has done approximately 1000 miles since. I noticed the chain needed adjusting after washing the bike (obviously not done at the service, which is worrying / annoying), when I released the pinch bolts at the back of the swingarm, a significant amount of water poured out onto the garage floor. Now I know why! Tells me that these things were not properly inspected whilst being serviced at the dealer. Independent service next year methinks! Any recommendations? I know of Cornerspeed, who are not far from and SPR Racing, also relatively close. Any other recommendations for independent Ducati service?
I would take it to @nelly at Cornerspeed. I've never visited him in person but he has helped a number of us out remotely with technical advice and parts.
My experiences from recent hub service on my 1260s Multi: 1/ The Sykes Pickavant circlip pliers as linked to by @kartman earlier in this thread work very well for both removing and replacing the large circlip. 2/ Replacing the circlip on reassembly can be tricky. I wasn't sure how well it was seating as the tolerances are close and you're effectively working against the o-rings either side of the rear caliper carrier. In the end I removed it again and fashioned a couple of gauges out of cable ties with notches cut into them with side cutters when measured against the depth of the circlip at a couple of places on it's circumference. This way I could see that it was seating correctly all the way around. It took a little gentle tapping with a drift to achieve this result to tease it back and into it's grove. Tapping from the outside against the resistance of the o-rings and then when it does just drop into the groove a few gentle taps from the side until there's a solid 'clunk'. 3/ I used a light smear of Molybdenum Disulfide grease on the outer friction surface of the hub avoiding the central groove. 4/ Removal and replacement of the axle took some persuasion. In the end I used an old thick IKEA stainless frying pan I conveniently had kicking around the garage to spread the load onto the inverted nut, clouting the surface of the pan with a large nylon faced hammer. Worked a treat. Manual said slide the axel out... not in a month of Sundays. Used this frying pan method, any steel or hardwood flat surface would do, to both remove the axle and also on reassembly. 5/ I filled the void within the swingarm with builders expanding foam. Cured and expanded overnight before trimming and refitting the hub. Test ride this evening and all seems good. Fitted new Michelin Road6 rear at the same time. Will do the front tyre tomorrow and check the torque on the hub and wheel nuts.
I've just serviced my rear hub. I had the wheels off for new tyres so part of the job at the rear was already done. It was straightforward enough once I'd watched a few videos and the service manual. Not much rubbish in the void, maybe half a handful and the drain hole was clear. Of course that big circlip needed a rather large pair of pliers, which I got from ebay. they had a ratchet mechanism and helped a lot getting the circlip back in it's groove. Re greasing the hub on assembly, I took note of a post I saw from someone who did that a little too well; he said he'd adjust the chain, go for a ride and when he got back the chain needed adjusting again, every ride. So he took it apart again and cleaned the grease off, leaving just a little, and that solved his problem. So with that in mind I coated mine with ACF 50, which will prevent any possible corrosion and gave a degree of lubrication.
