Steering head bearing replacement: Difference between revisions

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'''<<<Still can't tell how you would remove the race from the lower triple.>>>'''

~~'''<<<Then what?>>>'''~~

~~Tap it in at first with a hammer. Get a good view of it to make sure it's flat.~~

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Installing the larger (#99-3503) bearing onto the lower triple tree can be fairly difficult. If you have a hydraulic press and some PVC tubing, use that. If not, use a hammer and something hard to hold the clamps against. Place the bottom of the triple clamps so they are completely flat. Any angle in them and you'll bend them - which means you will need a new triple tree.

Shown below is the lower triple with the steering tube attached. This is the fancy way of doing it, with a piece of black PVC over the tube so the press is pushing only on the bearing via the PVC pipe.

~~'''<<< I don't understand this mess at all. >>>'''~~

[[image:IMG_5701-2.jpg|200px]]

~~, noting that the bottom race looks like this: |/ \| and the top like this: |\ /| when installed. Larger side towards the outside of the tube, which is down for the lower one, and up for the upper.~~

[:~~>Bob He's saying the top install is identical to the bottom while adding a caution to~~

~~Hopefully that makes it clearer but I can't imagine anyone needing it clarified....~~. ]

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'''<<<~~Does the steering stem detach from the lower triple, or is it part of it? I can't figure out how it's attached.~~>>>'''

'''<<<Can prob be removed>>>'''

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'''<<<Even after looking at the S Manual and all the diagrams, I can't tell if this is the upper or lower triple he's talking about. >>>''' It doesn't look like there should be a race in the upper triple, but I can't tell how you would remove the race from the lower.

~~[[image:IMG_5701-2.jpg|200px]]~~

Extended diagram from S Manual:

[[image:steering head service manual.jpg|100px]]

Installing the larger (#99-3503) bearing onto the triple tree can be fairly difficult. If you have a hydraulic press and some PVC tubing, use that. If not, use a hammer and something hard to hold the clamps against. Place the bottom of the triple clamps so they are completely flat. Any angle in them and you'll bend them flat - which means you will need a new triple tree.

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+'''<<<Still can't tell how you would remove the race from the lower triple.>>>'''
-'''<<<Then what?>>>'''
-Tap it in at first with a hammer. Get a good view of it to make sure it's flat.
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+Installing the larger (#99-3503) bearing onto the lower triple tree can be fairly difficult. If you have a hydraulic press and some PVC tubing, use that. If not, use a hammer and something hard to hold the clamps against. Place the bottom of the triple clamps so they are completely flat. Any angle in them and you'll bend them - which means you will need a new triple tree.
+Shown below is the lower triple with the steering tube attached. This is the fancy way of doing it, with a piece of black PVC over the tube so the press is pushing only on the bearing via the PVC pipe.
-'''<<< I don't understand this mess at all. >>>'''
+[[image:IMG_5701-2.jpg|200px]]
-, noting that the bottom race looks like this: |/ \| and the top like this: |\ /| when installed. Larger side towards the outside of the tube, which is down for the lower one, and up for the upper.
-[:>Bob He's saying the top install is identical to the bottom while adding a caution to
-Hopefully that makes it clearer but I can't imagine anyone needing it clarified..... ]
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-'''<<<Does the steering stem detach from the lower triple, or is it part of it? I can't figure out how it's attached.>>>'''
+'''<<<Can prob be removed>>>'''
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-'''<<<Even after looking at the S Manual and all the diagrams, I can't tell if this is the upper or lower triple he's talking about. >>>''' It doesn't look like there should be a race in the upper triple, but I can't tell how you would remove the race from the lower.
-[[image:IMG_5701-2.jpg|200px]]
 Extended diagram from S Manual:
 [[image:steering head service manual.jpg|100px]]
-Installing the larger (#99-3503) bearing onto the triple tree can be fairly difficult. If you have a hydraulic press and some PVC tubing, use that. If not, use a hammer and something hard to hold the clamps against. Place the bottom of the triple clamps so they are completely flat. Any angle in them and you'll bend them flat - which means you will need a new triple tree.