Steering head bearing service
#1
Steering head bearing service
Just a heads up. 13k on the RK now, and decided to do the maintenance while winter's here.
Bought the HD grease and started pumping 'til I could see grease squeezing out, and must have had to fill the neck from near empty. Apparently all they do at the factory is the bearings - they didn't pack the neck on mine anyway.
Would have done it before this, but it's not recommended (I believe) 'til the 10k mark.
Bought the HD grease and started pumping 'til I could see grease squeezing out, and must have had to fill the neck from near empty. Apparently all they do at the factory is the bearings - they didn't pack the neck on mine anyway.
Would have done it before this, but it's not recommended (I believe) 'til the 10k mark.
#2
Old news, Dude.
Ready yourself to forever be wiping greasy drool from your forks, etc. Because all of that unused grease will separate and bleed out of the steering head for quite some time to come.
HD really should put two grease-zerks, one at each bearing. They would only need an occasional pump of grease to satisfy those bearings.
Ready yourself to forever be wiping greasy drool from your forks, etc. Because all of that unused grease will separate and bleed out of the steering head for quite some time to come.
HD really should put two grease-zerks, one at each bearing. They would only need an occasional pump of grease to satisfy those bearings.
#3
#4
Just a heads up. 13k on the RK now, and decided to do the maintenance while winter's here.
Bought the HD grease and started pumping 'til I could see grease squeezing out, and must have had to fill the neck from near empty. Apparently all they do at the factory is the bearings - they didn't pack the neck on mine anyway.
Would have done it before this, but it's not recommended (I believe) 'til the 10k mark.
Bought the HD grease and started pumping 'til I could see grease squeezing out, and must have had to fill the neck from near empty. Apparently all they do at the factory is the bearings - they didn't pack the neck on mine anyway.
Would have done it before this, but it's not recommended (I believe) 'til the 10k mark.
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Weeboy1 (12-24-2022)
#5
I've done everything since then and this is the reason why.
#6
Don't blame you there, that's one of the reason's I bought a service manual and started doing my own service. I know it's done right. Any question's you have can be answered here also. Great bunch of guy's on this forum.
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