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Tapered Steering Bearings Thread
crazypj:
Heres a pic of spacer washer. you can also see the braided lines I made and the stainless pinch bolts, I taper turned the heads (trained as precision machinist, down to 6 micron total tolerance, single point machining, for those who know what that means) The paint isnt as bad as it looks, had to degrade image to be able to post it.
PJ
Quail "Owner of the comfortable k8":
--- Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on March 28, 2006, 08:20:34 AM ---Dont sweat it quail. They are just in shock that someone tried to modify perfection found in a K8.
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Eldar Without reading 90 days of back post did you install tapers?
tg305:
I recently bought an "All Balls" tpaered steering head bearing kit for my 77 CB550K and was wondering if anyone has installed this kit on their model and if so.... which thickness shim (if any) was best suited to properly seat the bearings in the headset? It apperars to be a one size fits all application with the inclusion of the shims......Thanks Tim
CB500_k2:
I put an All Balls tapered bearing set on my CB500. I suspect the head design is similar to the CB 550. The first time I did it I thought the shim was to be used to assist driving the lower bearing onto the shaft. To my dismay, the lower triple tree contacted the frame in the area of the fork lock. I got a second bearing set ( hard to remover without damage) and used the shim which was about 3mm thick between the lower triple tree and the bearing. All went together well and has worked fine. Really great to get rid of the ball bearing detentes which develop over time with the OEM bearings.
bill440cars:
--- Quote from: CB500_k2 on March 29, 2006, 12:56:57 PM ---I put an All Balls tapered bearing set on my CB500. I suspect the head design is similar to the CB 550. The first time I did it I thought the shim was to be used to assist driving the lower bearing onto the shaft. To my dismay, the lower triple tree contacted the frame in the area of the fork lock. I got a second bearing set ( hard to remover without damage) and used the shim which was about 3mm thick between the lower triple tree and the bearing. All went together well and has worked fine. Really great to get rid of the ball bearing detentes which develop over time with the OEM bearings.
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So, that brand of bearing kit works out pretty well? I've wondered because I've seen them on
ebay a few times. I've been thinking about bearings myself. Later on, Bill
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