Steering bearing removal...

[dwaltz61]

Any tips on how to get the lower bearing out with a bearing puller?

Better yet does anyone have one they want to lend me??

[Degsy]

Bearing or race?

if it's the race inside the steering head, get a big flatblade screwdriver and a hammer. Shine a flashlight down the steering head shaft and you will see little lip cut out of the casting (one on each side) where you can just see the back of the lower race. Hit the lower race from above with a big hammer and a flatblade screwdriver pretty hard on alternating sides and the bastard will come straight out. Hondas come out pretty easily, others can take a few hits.

If it's the bearing race on the Steering head shaft and lower triple assembly, you can cut a groove in it with a cutting wheel at 45 degree angle and again hit it with a big screwdriver and hammer and it will split and come off that way.

[Jim]

i think someone just did a write up on this

[dwaltz61]

i think someone just did a write up on this

link??

[butcher bergs]

To add to Degsy's approach:

I freeze the lower triple and frame races.

I then lightly heat the opposing surfaces just before install...it really helps with ease of installation.

[ZipPhReaK]

good tips, freezing shrinks the races, and heating expands to make a much easier installation. i use this trick for replacing bearings in small 2-stroke nitro engines, works like a charm

[Jim]

link??

not a write up on just the bearings, but Degs and I did them 2 weeks ago in his garage. link

[dwaltz61]

not a write up on just the bearings, but Degs and I did them 2 weeks ago in his garage. link

those lowers were a bitch huh?

[Degsy]

To add to Degsy's approach:

I freeze the lower triple and frame races.

I then lightly heat the opposing surfaces just before install...it really helps with ease of installation.

yeah, we did that, too. It's almost essential.