Steering bearing grease
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Steering bearing grease
I have an 06 Road King Classic. Ever since its first service at the dealership, I have steering bearing grease oozing out and messing up the left side of my bike.
I'm wondering if the seals are ok or if it just melts because it is so hot here at times.
Anyone else have this problem?
Also, does anyone know what type of steering bearing grease to use?
Thanks.
I'm wondering if the seals are ok or if it just melts because it is so hot here at times.
Anyone else have this problem?
Also, does anyone know what type of steering bearing grease to use?
Thanks.
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From: In Wisconsin somewhere south of Wausau.
RE: Steering bearing grease
Sounds like your dealers wrench pulled the trigger on his automatic grease gun and went to lunch. The steering head just needed a squirt or two of grease per year from what I'm told. I would just clean up the mess the best I could and never let them service that part again.
Oh yeah, as far as types of grease to use, I just use a good grease that isn't affected my water or heat. I use a grease manufactured by a company called Schaeffers. Been using this stuff for years and never had any problems.
Happy motoring...
Oh yeah, as far as types of grease to use, I just use a good grease that isn't affected my water or heat. I use a grease manufactured by a company called Schaeffers. Been using this stuff for years and never had any problems.
Happy motoring...
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RE: Steering bearing grease
There are no seals.
The steering bearings come from the factory with about a fingers worth of grease on them. When you do the first service, you have to pump nearly a full tube of grease in the neck before it fills up and starts getting pushed into the bearings. The proper way to grease the neck bearings is to pump the grease in until you see it coming out the top and the bottom.\
The idea is to use a grease that doesn't get hot, melt, and then run all over the bike. I just use the HD grease and don't have a problem.
The steering bearings come from the factory with about a fingers worth of grease on them. When you do the first service, you have to pump nearly a full tube of grease in the neck before it fills up and starts getting pushed into the bearings. The proper way to grease the neck bearings is to pump the grease in until you see it coming out the top and the bottom.\
The idea is to use a grease that doesn't get hot, melt, and then run all over the bike. I just use the HD grease and don't have a problem.
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RE: Steering bearing grease
The grease that was used in my buddys bike serviced at the dealer, runs when it gets hot, looks like a front shock leaking, but is really only the grease.
Like already mentioned the first time, it takes a lot of grease to fill the empty space, once you see it coming out and over the bearings, you can stop. future grease pumps take very little to make it ooze out.
Like already mentioned the first time, it takes a lot of grease to fill the empty space, once you see it coming out and over the bearings, you can stop. future grease pumps take very little to make it ooze out.
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RE: Steering bearing grease
My bike has the same thing, every time I bring it in for the 10,000 mile checkup there more grease.
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RE: Steering bearing grease
Well hell, at least you know they greased it, but then again does'nt solve your problem
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There are no seals.
The steering bearings come from the factory with about a fingers worth of grease on them. When you do the first service, you have to pump nearly a full tube of grease in the neck before it fills up and starts getting pushed into the bearings. The proper way to grease the neck bearings is to pump the grease in until you see it coming out the top and the bottom.\
The idea is to use a grease that doesn't get hot, melt, and then run all over the bike. I just use the HD grease and don't have a problem.
There are no seals.
The steering bearings come from the factory with about a fingers worth of grease on them. When you do the first service, you have to pump nearly a full tube of grease in the neck before it fills up and starts getting pushed into the bearings. The proper way to grease the neck bearings is to pump the grease in until you see it coming out the top and the bottom.\
The idea is to use a grease that doesn't get hot, melt, and then run all over the bike. I just use the HD grease and don't have a problem.
I use rolled up paper towels to get out the bulk of the messafter the first lube. The next time you need to lube it, it only takes a couple of stokes of the grease gun to getgrease coming out the top and bottom.
Everything is great until the first really hot day, thenthere will be lots of HD blue greasepuking out the bottom bearing. Q-tips work fine for cleaning it up.
I expect HD will quit installing the grease fittingfor the steering bearing, like they have deleated all the other grease fittings. Then you will have to take the entire front end apart (BIG BUCKS) to lube those bearing. I had to drill & tap my '91 FXR head bearing area to install a grease fitting because those cheap screws at HD didn't bother to intall one.
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