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i just need that tab welded back on.. hopefully bugging 5 min of his time and some cold beer LOL

ISBB wrote:i just need that tab welded back on.. hopefully bugging 5 min of his time and some cold beer LOL

Get the pair to me (or my dad) and ill get'r done...

Ill letcha know when i can get that way...

ISBB wrote:Ill letcha know when i can get that way...

okilidokily...

spent the last 10 min in the garage doin this

YAAAY Stripped.




Hmmm who thinks these are the original steering stem bearings and grease!








And plenty of scrubbin to do.. man this thing was FILTHY.. that hour i spent with dunefreaks pressure washer before and had nothing on this..

Ok got one question.. The bearing races in the head tube are they pressed in? permanent? can i just take a drift and pound them out or what??? Im assuming they need to be out when this thing gets media blasted as im sure a pitted surface isnt good for bearings.

take a long flathead screw driver and from the opposite side tap out the inner lip evenly and they will come right out. For the new ones, put them in the freezer over night, the take a socket taht is as big as the outer lip (I think a 32mm socket worked for me) and gendly tap in until it bottoms. Done deal, seriously like 5 minutes.

yup

Even better, gimme the outter race when you get ready to put them back in and ill get you the race tool. Its basically the same idea as a big socket, but its made of aluminum (wont mar anything) and has a "lip" to keep it centered.

Looks like this, comes with a handle...

dannygraves wrote:take a long flathead screw driver and from the opposite side tap out the inner lip evenly and they will come right out. For the new ones, put them in the freezer over night, the take a socket taht is as big as the outer lip (I think a 32mm socket worked for me) and gendly tap in until it bottoms. Done deal, seriously like 5 minutes.

I tried with a long drift and it was being stubborn so thats why i got the idea that they were meant to stay.. welp out to the garage to pound harder

If you have access to a welder, weld a bead around the race, where the bearing rides.

It will shrink the race, and it will fall right out...

..no kidding!

A drift and big hammer to get the races out works easy as pie.

The hard one to replace is the roller on the bottom of the tripple clamp. I use an air hammer and completly destroy the bearing to remove it. Then freeze the clamp and heat the new bearing to install it.

AlisoBob wrote:If you have access to a welder, weld a bead around the race, where the bearing rides.

It will shrink the race, and it will fall right out...

..no kidding!

Yep, did that trick to remove a roller cage from a street bike swingarm...

got the races out.. guess i just had to stop being a pussy for a few and really WHALE on it.. lol gonna hit up a self serve car wash then off to the blaster

britincali wrote:A drift and big hammer to get the races out works easy as pie.

The hard one to replace is the roller on the bottom of the tripple clamp. I use an air hammer and completly destroy the bearing to remove it. Then freeze the clamp and heat the new bearing to install it.

Can you say picklefork??

pickle fork is what i was thinkin

Remove the cage and the rollers, cut it with a cutoff wheel, then split it with a chisle.

To install the new one, heat it it the oven @ 350 degrees for 10 minutes, it will drop right one.

i aint got a conventional garage mang.. i got a costco tool kit and a small collection of other odd's and ends... ill find a way to get it off.. i know getting it back on wont be bad.. a little heat and presto.. but ill worry about that next week when its time to re-assemble.

AlisoBob wrote: split it with a chisle.

You aint getting that bearing off with a regualr pickle fork, maybe a big enough one that will slide into an air hammer.

Yea... C H I S E L





( Wear some safety glasses!)

I like 3-4 good BRAAAAAPPPPPs with the air hammer fitted with a chisle method personally, get those greasy rollers flying all over!!!!!!!

britincali wrote:You aint getting that bearing off with a regualr pickle fork, maybe a big enough one that will slide into an air hammer.

Dumbass...

Not these...

Google pulled up this...

http://www.dansmc.com/steering_bearings.htm

can i re-use the races or is it better to buy new ones? the ones i hammered out look fine but am just curious.

when you get steering stem bearings, they come with races (when you buy a kit)
best to replace, as with other bearings, the surfaces mate, and should both be replaced at the same time.