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shinyribs

Cautionary tale steering head removal

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For all the newbies ,such as myself,please refer to the manual before exploring uncharted waters. I thought i would pop the steering head off and take a look see.I assumed there would be bearings in there...i assumed said bearings would be contained in a bearing cage...i assumed wrong.

They are not in a cage , and they are apparently very free spirited little critters.As i said before,consult the manual. It''s no fun searching all around a dirty shop floor for elusive little steelies that could have been easily contained.May my pain be your gain

If you do release them into the wild as i did...37 is what to search for.Which is about the amount of minutes needed to locate them.Better luck to you all

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I would suggest, you get an Allballz tapered roller bearing kit. tasclassicmotorsports.com is where I get mine.
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shinyribs

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Thanks for the info.My lower setup looks great,uppers not so good.Backwards of what i expected to find

Piute

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THANKS,GUYS,...l.o.l.@shinyribs o.k. just a grin..sorry..Piute..

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shinyribs

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HAHA its all good I know now!!!!!

rusty vango

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lovely isnt it I discovered this while outside,in the grass no less

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When, you put those back in. It helps if, you put the grease in the fridge to stiffen it up.
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shinyribs

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In reply to this post by rusty vango

rusty vango wrote

lovely isnt it I discovered this while outside,in the grass no less

I'm glad im not alone on this.In the grass?!?!Oooh that sux!!

Dw07u

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Haha, thanks, will keep that in mind :D

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