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Installing All Balls Racing Tapered Steering Head Bearings
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<blockquote data-quote="Kelvininin" data-source="post: 1360696" data-attributes="member: 89034"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 18px">Zombie Thread Alert! </span></span></p><p></p><p>My bike has had the decel head shakes since I bought it last winter. New tires, tightening the steering nut didn’t help. So I decided it was time to commit to the some new bearings. Did some research, bought the all balls tapered steering bearings kit. Finished the install over the weekend, no more head shake. In fact I feel like the steering response has improved, just feels more stable overall to me.</p><p></p><p>Some notes on the installation. The bearings and races fit really tight. I have changed bearings before. I felt like they were a lot tighter than bearings I have changed in the past. It took some really healthy hammer hits to get everything in. I didn’t have to chisel the old race off. While grinding away at it with the dremmel tool, it cracked on its own. Use a metal pipe to beat on the new bearing. You’re not going to get enough power to it with PVC. The seals the all balls kit came with are ok. I ended up reusing the top OEM seal. It’s a much higher quality seal. If I had to do it over again, I would buy two OEM top seals for both. The tapered bearings are just a tick thicker than the OEM rollers. This gap was soaked up by the seal, both on the upper and lower head (yes the races were set fully). Change the fork oil while you have everything off. My fork oil was pretty dirty for only 12K miles. I ended up using Bel-Ray 10w oil.</p><p></p><p>Rides like new….. or as far as I can tell anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kelvininin, post: 1360696, member: 89034"] [CENTER][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=18px]Zombie Thread Alert! [/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=18px][/SIZE][/CENTER] My bike has had the decel head shakes since I bought it last winter. New tires, tightening the steering nut didn’t help. So I decided it was time to commit to the some new bearings. Did some research, bought the all balls tapered steering bearings kit. Finished the install over the weekend, no more head shake. In fact I feel like the steering response has improved, just feels more stable overall to me. Some notes on the installation. The bearings and races fit really tight. I have changed bearings before. I felt like they were a lot tighter than bearings I have changed in the past. It took some really healthy hammer hits to get everything in. I didn’t have to chisel the old race off. While grinding away at it with the dremmel tool, it cracked on its own. Use a metal pipe to beat on the new bearing. You’re not going to get enough power to it with PVC. The seals the all balls kit came with are ok. I ended up reusing the top OEM seal. It’s a much higher quality seal. If I had to do it over again, I would buy two OEM top seals for both. The tapered bearings are just a tick thicker than the OEM rollers. This gap was soaked up by the seal, both on the upper and lower head (yes the races were set fully). Change the fork oil while you have everything off. My fork oil was pretty dirty for only 12K miles. I ended up using Bel-Ray 10w oil. Rides like new….. or as far as I can tell anyway. [/QUOTE]
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