DR 10177 Bearings – Rise Carbon

My Orbea Rise Alloy has a new linkage / shock yoke and its been replaced updated versions from the Rise Carbon. The shock yoke has said bearings but true to form they’ve hardly lasted. Need a drift to press a new one back in but cant find anything.

Its 17x10x6/7 – 1mm extended inner race. All my drifts are for same dimension inner / outer race.

Anyone any clues about where i can get a drift?  Or if it goes by another name / size standard that might make a drift easier to find?

Can’t help but can you post up here when you find out please? I’ve got a linkage sitting on my desk to fit and sometime soon I guess I’ll need to change the bearings…!

Has the new one been better than the original?

@phil5556

Sad to say no improvement at all. If anything its worse as the design is harder to get at the shock yoke bolts to torque up as I found when they came loose on a ride 5mls after coming back from the shop.

50 mls and main pivot bearing creaking like mad and gritty. Had to sort that yesterday. Again. And whilst it was all apart i noticed the shock yoke bearings were also gritty. Its had 2 really nasty weather rides but even so, my Bird AM9 gives me 0 bearing issues at all.

ordered some dentist picks so going to clean and regrease the shock yoke bearings first before they get too bad.  Tis a stupid design putting those bearings in as few places seem to sell them and god knows where to get a press.  The old one was far simpler and lasted longer than these seem to. I’ve emailed one of the companies that sells drifts and loads of bike kits so keeping fingers crossed

It is easier to disassemble the main axle etc being in 2 parts rather than 3 but seriously p’d off with it. Design is poop for the uk as even with the new axle / bearing seals in reality it does naff all to keep the water out.

i think 2 main issues are its designed and built for sunny spanish climate and the back end is so flexy through the linkage area its exposes bearing issues instantly. Burlier less flexy bikes dont expose it as the bearings only moving in one direction.

my mates Gen 1 canyon ebikes goes through same conditions and he’s had to replace 2 shock bushes. I’m on third full set of bearings with main oivot being done 4 times  🤬🤬🤬🤬

At least the creak and click is an early warning sign to say “bearing service required” so in theory can do it before replacement required!

Anyway….hacked of rant over!  Sorry.

The inner race doesn’t need to be pressed does it?  I think I’d get a cheap drift to fit the outer race and drill a little away from the centre so it didn’t contact the inner race.

At some point I may splash out on the cascade link.

I’m not so sure on the cascade. Lot of cash, especially with the preload kit but still no real sealing of the bearings so that main pivot bearing is just as exposed as stock. And I cant see it being enough to stiffen up the back enough to stop flex induced creaks once the bearings get a little rough.

Think i’m just gonna stock up on bearings so they’re always on hand.

@phil5556

Just got a message to say relevant drift now added to their website.

Press for Extended Inner Race Bearings

Oh, this isn’t great news at all!

I had high hopes for the new linkage and thought it would sort the linkage coming loose issue without adding any new problems.

I’ll fit mine (and my wife’s, we’ve both got new ones waiting) and see how it goes.

Great that they’ve added the drift 👍

I discovered last night that the LBS has fitted my bearings the wrong way round which has potentially causes the shock yoke bearing issues. The extended inner race should point outwards not inwards as mine are. Means the yoke bolts wont seal the gap between bolt head and yoke properly which exposes the bearings to grit and water more so than normally.

I referred back to the blue prints and had it been the other way round I wouldnt have needed the specific 10177 drift with the recess as I’ve other drifts that would do and potentially the bearings would have lasted longer. 🤬🤬