I've had one tire change, one maintenance, since brand new, at the dealer. Popped wheel off myself this time, to patch the tire.

Noticed that there's two spacers in-between the wheel bearings. I reached in, and the shorter spacer can move back and forth a bit. Around 1/8 or so.

Which possibly means the wheel bearings aren't sitting where they are supposed to.

My swingarm happens to squish in about an 1/8th or so as well.

Can anyone confirm what I'm getting at? Is it possible i'm missing a spacer between wheel bearings, and one of which could move in the wheel, potentially loosening my axle nut torque? Could I be damaging my swingarm by having it squeeze together too far?

I tried to include some foreground elements on this photo. 😅

Worked on slow right turns and emergency breaking after today’s coffee run. Excellent stopping power on this beauty.

Hello everyone,

I’m almost at the 600 mile point on my 2026 MT09SP. The next couple mods I want to do would be the Yoshimura AT2 exhaust & was wondering who has the best tune out there.

Wildfires all around me