Grease Neck Bearings
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Grease Neck Bearings
A few pics from last Winter.
Verify before disassembly:
Secure the bike and make reference marks:
Not from the dealer:
These make nice mini-parts washers, drain pans, etc.:
A dollop in your palm. Push it in up, down, sideways, forward and upside down. This is the old fashion way. They make tools for this:
Bearings packed:
You can see the lock barrel in there:
Ready to go. A seal on the bottom of the stem, then a bearing before putting it in the neck:
During. Bearing then top seal. Piece of cake:
I used a sheet of 1/4" diamond plate to align the four clamps:
A custom touch on my powdercoated front end. The letters were cut out of the upper triple-clamp cover before powder (all that white stuff is a reflection in the gloss black):
I also added a powdered fork stem nut and a machined washer from a 2010 Sportster to spruce up under the risers:
Follow the manual for bearing preload/fall away procedure. It's pretty easy. Don't try this without a manual and a torque wrench. Watch your torque values. The preload is in INCH pounds.
Verify before disassembly:
Secure the bike and make reference marks:
Not from the dealer:
These make nice mini-parts washers, drain pans, etc.:
A dollop in your palm. Push it in up, down, sideways, forward and upside down. This is the old fashion way. They make tools for this:
Bearings packed:
You can see the lock barrel in there:
Ready to go. A seal on the bottom of the stem, then a bearing before putting it in the neck:
During. Bearing then top seal. Piece of cake:
I used a sheet of 1/4" diamond plate to align the four clamps:
A custom touch on my powdercoated front end. The letters were cut out of the upper triple-clamp cover before powder (all that white stuff is a reflection in the gloss black):
I also added a powdered fork stem nut and a machined washer from a 2010 Sportster to spruce up under the risers:
Follow the manual for bearing preload/fall away procedure. It's pretty easy. Don't try this without a manual and a torque wrench. Watch your torque values. The preload is in INCH pounds.
Last edited by HarleyScuba; Aug 13, 2010 at 09:16 PM. Reason: nunya
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Thanks for the favorable comments. The hardest part of the job is lifting and securing the bike. I was taking it apart anyway, so I threw in the new bearings. The bearing races in the neck looked fine. I'll get another chance to practice the procedure when I put the polished lowers on the OL's bike.
I'm a lucky guy to have so many projects.
I'm a lucky guy to have so many projects.
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