Fairing and fork stem

[Iroqouis]

Been experincing some wied handling proublems on my 1999 interstat.. Well narowd it down too fork bearings  they are sjpt.. encounterd some problems on the way.. The screws that hold the inner fairing on are steel the grommets that hod them in the fairing are brass well the screws and inserts became one.. got them out but grommets and screws came out together honda dosent sell the grommets separatly soo anyone have a fix when I go try but everything back together? got triple tree apart bearings shot got top race out fine but bottm race stuck on steem ...How in the world can I get this race off the stem? Any and all help would be really apreciated  DaveM PS. wish this board had spell check!!

[gordonv]

You wanted the brass inserts for the fairing?
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,33587.0.html

Don't forget to use an anti seize on them after you fix them.

Sterring steam, someone else will need to help.

Where are you from? Your spelling makes it a little hard to read and fully understand (not trying to critisis if you're just a bad speller).

[RonW]

*you outta hear my pidgin english.

Anyways, NorthStar Riders has a 4-part video which showed removing the lower steering stem bearing.

http://youtu.be/uOMQzQ-rbXw

[Ricky-D]

Some use a small grinder such as a dremel to remove enough race material where a cold chisel will crack the race and allow it to be removed.

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[HayHauler]

My buddy 5_19 put up some pretty good pictures of what he did to replace these bearings.  It is in this thread about half way down.

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,27955.msg255662.html#msg255662

Hope this helps.

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Iroqouis]

Wow You guys are the best!  Got everything apart bearing races werent bad at all after watching video .. Got all brass fittings out of fairing and lowers gonna  order brass inserts and screws from Honda to reasemble fairing and inner panels. Really apreciate all your help in this project. One goof I have for reasembly.. apearantly pulled to hard on connector for dash speedo ect and broke dohicky holds connecter tight hoping maybe tape it reall good???  Thanks again Dave M

[Ricky-D]

If you look carefully at those brass inserts you will see they are composed of two parts.

They are somewhat like a "redhead" fastener where the inner parts expands the barrel to grasp the hole it sits in more tightly.

On the ones I had trouble with and pulled out of the fairing I cleaned them up and then with a small drift I moved the inside part back to let the barrel reduce in diameter and then glued them back in.

Turning the screw back in then will expand the barrel by the action of the screw pushing the inner part back to the bottom of the barrel.

As with most of the fasteners on the Valkyrie it is important to use an anti-seize on the threads.

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[Iroqouis]

Thanks was only able to save one so have to get new ones and screws are  in bad shape get new screws too.. Anti sieze will be generously used on reinstal lol Dave M