Nipples

[laserracer]

We have just completed fitting a grease nipple into the steering head of my son tims yz 250... WOW what a difference..... easy to do ,and cheap, cost about $20 for a thread tap,grease nipple,and tube of grease,but be warned it takes a shit load of grease to fill up the steering head almost a whole tube

[cheese]

Someone fitted one to my CR. But I thought that it wouldn't be much good anyway?? Someone on here said that it would put pressure on the seal in the opposite direction which is bad????????

[laserracer]

Stink ..oh well lets see what happens.. if it doesnt work hey we just replace them..im sure all the bearing manufacturers will say its not a good thing .. but hey they have to sell bearings to make a living

[crazyxr250rider]

Stink ..oh well lets see what happens.. if it doesnt work hey we just replace them..im sure all the bearing manufacturers will say its not a good thing .. but hey they have to sell bearings to make a living

You shouldn't have a problem, the fact that it needs a grease nipple proves that the seals arent doing their job any way......

[laserracer]

thanx for that crazyxr250rider .. the new grease seals seem to be working fine, just takes a couple of pumps of grease each time we wash the bike seems ok so far, if bike was left for a couple of days steering would feel a bit stiff ... it feels normal now

[theblacksmith]

Very good idea - Im about to do my bearings and i have a tap and heaps of nipples.Id rather see grease coming out of the seals than have water going in to the bearings in the housing/head.The seals arent anything special -just ordinary rubber seals - grease can only help to keep shit out and lubricate the bearings. Cheers laseracer!