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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: bigbluebear on 10 February 2015, 11:14:35 am

Title: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: bigbluebear on 10 February 2015, 11:14:35 am

Does anyone know when the steering head bearings should be changed.....I've done 30k on my mighty 2004 thou and not sure if there is a limit on these things.......thinking about changing them while other work is being carried out.

Title: Re: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: nickodemon on 10 February 2015, 11:29:27 am

They only need replaced if worn. If the bike is being taken apart anyway i would repack the bearings with grease. You can visually check them for wear. Look at the rollers and check the surface for wear marks. Usually the polished surface of the bearings looks darker (The outer shell coating is wearing away) :)

Title: Re: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: bigbluebear on 11 February 2015, 09:10:44 am

Cheers Nick.....just ordered new ones to keep the mighty Fazer Thou in tip top condition.

Title: Re: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: nickodemon on 11 February 2015, 12:44:16 pm

Did you buy original bearings(ball bearings in a cage) or taper roller bearings? If you ordered tapers you will need to drift out the old races in the headstock and fit the ones supplied with the new taper bearings :)

Title: Re: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: bigbluebear on 11 February 2015, 12:53:22 pm

Quote from: nickodemon on 11 February 2015, 12:44:16 pm

Did you buy original bearings(ball bearings in a cage) or taper roller bearings? If you ordered tapers you will need to drift out the old races in the headstock and fit the ones supplied with the new taper bearings :)

originals

Title: Re: Steering Head Bearings
Post by: nickodemon on 11 February 2015, 01:08:09 pm

That will be a nice easy swap :)