Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 I've never tried using marmite as a bearing grease. Does it work well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Sometimes you don't realise how bad the old head bearings are, until you put new ones in...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted October 20, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted October 20, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbo41 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggs Posted October 20, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbo41 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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