Tim wrote: Bearings are cheap in the big picture.

Dec 13, Once good an hot the bearing just dropped on all the way home. To get the lower bearing race off the stem I put a deep cut with a Dremel tool than a smack with a chisel. Bearing race will crack and than you can slide it off. To get the race out of the frame I run a weld around the roller face of the bearing.

Once it cools it will shrink. Support the lower triple clamp with one hand and unscrew the steering stem's adjustment collar, using a hook spanner wrench. Pull the bearing off the top of the steering stem. Pull the lower triple clamp out from the bottom of the frame's steering pivot. Oct 27, Your cheapest"correct" way would be the bearing separator tool Cygnus suggested, cool your tree and heat your NEW bearing evenly in a oven, drop it on.

You can hunt down a piece of tubing that has a inside diameter very close to your outside diameter steering stem and obviously taller, hit with a hammer to seat the bearing if it doesn't drop completely on the tree.

I work with this stuff on a bigger scale at work, we use mechanical, hydraulic and cutting for removing components in that order if the latter fails.

Dec 26, Take a piece of paper with three lines on it 1 inch apart. Now put the paper under the weight so the center line is under the weight when the wheel is pointing straight ahead.

The other two lines to each side of the weight. Now with just one finger push one end of the handle bar to turn the wheel left or right.

Apr 09, put the tree in a vise (with something protecting the threads on the stem) upside down, then take a torch (oxy/acct - mapp - propane, whatever you have) and heat the race cherry red it will expand and most just drop off but worst case you have to give it a little help to fall off.

the fork tubes should pull down and out. remove the top of triple trees. remove the cover in middle of triple tree under it you will find a loch nut and a special spannner nut remove both topp triple tree will come of.

unlock triple tree twist lower tree it should slide out. reverse to install. To remove the lower bearing or bearing race, from the steering stem, simply pry the bearing or bearing race off with two screw drivers or a bearing puller or carefully use a chisel to pull the bearing off. The lower bearing/bearing race can be on VERY tight. Some heat with a hot air gun may help. To remove the top and bottom steering races from the frame neck, drive them out with a long drift and a.

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