Basically, we don’t accept any work on foreign bikes. The vehicles we work on like this are long-standing customers, so please note that.
We’re planning to replace the super heavy steering bearing.
These days it’s normal to take photos, but back then we used to draw diagrams…
Time really flies—that’s what this old guy thinks.
Do I need a special tool to turn it? Why is the top bridge split and tightened like that? There’s a mystery structure packed in here. I’ll be careful not to break anything. . . . Observing and proceeding carefully.
“Really? It’s okay to tap it from the top?” It’s stuck that tight. (It won’t come out even when tapped—it’s rock solid.)
Of course, I made an aluminum collar with a step that fits the shaft bore before tapping it.
Somehow it came out. . . . I was relieved.
It won’t dissolve in mineral spirits, so I had to wash it with white gas to finally get it clean.
At first I couldn’t read the first two digits—was it 53? 6J?
I managed to decode it. They look the same top and bottom.
When I searched online, it looks like this bearing.
I thought it would be lifted for about two weeks, so in a way we got lucky.
But when I looked, the positioning pin from the handlebar lock was in there, so I gave up.
How did I get it in, you ask? I stood on the bench, put my knee against the stem, and tapped from above—super analog. But since it’s a light press fit, it worked. . . . Phew, I’m glad.
That’s how it went.
We also did an ELF MOTO 4RACE oil change while we were at it.
That wraps up this job.
