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Installing All Balls Racing Tapered Steering Head Bearings
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<blockquote data-quote="JimLor" data-source="post: 295547" data-attributes="member: 442"><p>Could be...I was concerned about that at first, but I'll tell you I beat the living crap outta that inner race and it gave all indications (bounce back, solild feel) that it was as far as it cared to go. I agree that a better "tool" would be a metal vice PVC pipe. I was real concerned at first, but then I looked at the old inner race and you can see that it lifts the bearings a fair piece (probably close to 3/8") off of dead bottom - so I convinced myself that all was ok. But, yes, you certainly may be right. Maybe increasing the initial torque did seat if farther down - all seems good now.</p><p></p><p>If I had to do it over again I'd also heat the bearing (I stuck the bottom bracket in the freezer); actually, I'd make a concerted effort to find a machine shop or the like who could pull the bearing off and seat the new one with some hydrolic press or the like!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimLor, post: 295547, member: 442"] Could be...I was concerned about that at first, but I'll tell you I beat the living crap outta that inner race and it gave all indications (bounce back, solild feel) that it was as far as it cared to go. I agree that a better "tool" would be a metal vice PVC pipe. I was real concerned at first, but then I looked at the old inner race and you can see that it lifts the bearings a fair piece (probably close to 3/8") off of dead bottom - so I convinced myself that all was ok. But, yes, you certainly may be right. Maybe increasing the initial torque did seat if farther down - all seems good now. If I had to do it over again I'd also heat the bearing (I stuck the bottom bracket in the freezer); actually, I'd make a concerted effort to find a machine shop or the like who could pull the bearing off and seat the new one with some hydrolic press or the like! [/QUOTE]
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