Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Finally got rid of my little steering "divet" totally changed the low speed handling.Old ones (pic) were worn,rusted and wet Quote
Tiggie Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 I've never tried using marmite as a bearing grease. Does it work well? Quote
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 I've never tried using marmite as a bearing grease. Does it work well? You'll either love it or hate it Quote
Tango Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Sometimes you don't realise how bad the old head bearings are, until you put new ones in...... Quote
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 Sometimes you don't realise how bad the old head bearings are, until you put new ones in...... It's totally changed the old girl. Forks next Quote
fastbob Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Sometimes you don't realise how bad the old head bearings are, until you put new ones in...... It's totally changed the old girl. Forks next Did it have a notch or were they just stiff , in other words what prompted you to do it ? Quote
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 Sometimes you don't realise how bad the old head bearings are, until you put new ones in...... It's totally changed the old girl. Forks next Did it have a notch or were they just stiff , in other words what prompted you to do it ? I had a notch,right in the centre, and in slow traffic the front wheel wondered. Was really unsettling. Quote
fastbob Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 It's totally changed the old girl. Forks next Did it have a notch or were they just stiff , in other words what prompted you to do it ? I had a notch,right in the centre, and in slow traffic the front wheel wondered. Was really unsettling.Thanks for that , I'm going to replace my steering head bearings ! Quote
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Posted October 20, 2018 Did it have a notch or were they just stiff , in other words what prompted you to do it ? I had a notch,right in the centre, and in slow traffic the front wheel wondered. Was really unsettling.Thanks for that , I'm going to replace my steering head bearings ! No problem. Good luck with it Quote
Hoggs Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 I had a notch,right in the centre, and in slow traffic the front wheel wondered. Was really unsettling. I had the same thing! my head stock was.... butcheted though Quote
Asbo41 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Posted October 21, 2018 I had a notch,right in the centre, and in slow traffic the front wheel wondered. Was really unsettling. I had the same thing! my head stock was.... butcheted though Ouch. They look like downward hit marks, Is that where they've seated the bottom bearing? Quote
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