Changing head bearings?

[SVboy]

no free play in your steering?

As in no travel fore or aft if the forks are rocked. No "notchyness" when the bars are turned. My concern has been my inability to torque the 2 locknuts to factory specs.

[The Pastor]

As in no travel fore or aft if the forks are rocked. No "notchyness" when the bars are turned. My concern has been my inability to torque the 2 locknuts to factory specs.

I dont quite understand what your talking about, but my understanding (which is limited) is that there should be no "freeplay" prob best to get a bike shop to check it.

[SVboy]

I have no concern as to the feel of the bearings-they are fine-all cleaned, greased, seated and moving freely. However, the manual called for the first locking ring to be set to an initial torque of 45 NM and the second locking ring to have a torque of 90NM. I have found this hard to approximate using a drift and hammer to lock them up. Does that make more sense?

[F5 Dave]

well weigh the hammer dummy. 3lb club should be the go. No more than 3 weetbix for breakfast & you're set.


Sheesh, kids these days,.

[imdying]

I have no concern as to the feel of the bearings-they are fine-all cleaned, greased, seated and moving freely. However, the manual called for the first locking ring to be set to an initial torque of 45 NM and the second locking ring to have a torque of 90NM. I have found this hard to approximate using a drift and hammer to lock them up. Does that make more sense?

I think it was Shaun Harris that suggested setting the bars straight (wheel off the ground) and letting them drop. If they 'bounced' off the lock stop, they were too loose.

[gatch]

Old thread yes, but I just read again and you were meaning the race stuck on the stem. Piece of cake. Cut it and split the fuckin thing. Trying to lever/press them off can be bad news if you don't do it right.

I had a jaw type rock crusher at work. The ID of the bearing (double row, cylindrical roller, self aligning, with special brass cages, made specifically for crushers) on the eccentric shaft was 220mm or so ? the new ones only JUST fit onto the heater we hired from skf. After the bearing fit on the shaft was wrong and not rectified, the large and expensive bearing inner shell had rotated on the shaft and welded itself in place. Trying to gas cut that fucker off without nicking the shaft was an exercise in patience. Then there was the welding and re-machining of the taper on the other end of the shaft, where the lock washers hadn't been installed and it had spun up, this time cracking the tapered sleeve into three pieces. Making it a right mess.

Sorry about the rant. Moral of the story is DON'T FUCK UP YOUR BEARING INSTALLATION. Else some other incompetent fool like me is going to have to fix it for you and grumble heaps about doing so.

[F5 Dave]

wow & the interesting thing about that is

[quote Bender]

[actungbaby]

yeah thats why didnt try tighten the steering on my lemon vt 250 mind you as engine is poked not real issue hehe
but before i used same method whay make the bolts that strange shape. i surpose tight is that , as long doesint work loose
and with the locking nut thats reason for it so should be sweet you here it anyway i walked the vt home and chould here click when went of bumps like metalic sound like suspesion was bottoming out but it wasint

I have no concern as to the feel of the bearings-they are fine-all cleaned, greased, seated and moving freely. However, the manual called for the first locking ring to be set to an initial torque of 45 NM and the second locking ring to have a torque of 90NM. I have found this hard to approximate using a drift and hammer to lock them up. Does that make more sense?

[unstuck]

yeah thats why didnt try tighten the steering on my lemon vt 250 mind you as engine is poked not real issue hehe
but before i used same method whay make the bolts that strange shape. i surpose tight is that , as long doesint work loose
and with the locking nut thats reason for it so should be sweet you here it anyway i walked the vt home and chould here click when went of bumps like metalic sound like suspesion was bottoming out but it wasint

Fuck man, I gotta stop smoking weed before reading your posts.