Steering head bearing replacement: Difference between revisions
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Put on the old race, turned upside down to give the tubing more lip to bite onto. Only put pressure on the very inner (solid metal) portion of the bearing. Your pipe should only be large enough to slide over the stem tube and contact the inner ring, not the bearing rollers. In the below picture, you can see a thin circle of metal closest to the tube. Press on that. | Put on the old race, turned upside down to give the tubing more lip to bite onto. Only put pressure on the very inner (solid metal) portion of the bearing. Your pipe should only be large enough to slide over the stem tube and contact the inner ring, not the bearing rollers. In the below picture, you can see a thin circle of metal closest to the tube. Press on that. | ||
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====Hydraulic press method==== | ====Hydraulic press method==== | ||