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« on: March 20, 2014, 05:23:24 PM » |
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Finally decided to install new steering bearings. The 2000 IS would wobble around at speeds under 30. I was suspicious of the bearings for awhile. I have attempted to adjust the bearings a couple of times. When I got the wheel and faring off, down to the bracket that holds the forks, I was shocked, moving this fork bracket back and forth, the bracket would hang in the straight forward position. Could not feel this with the weight of wheel, fender, forks, etc. Felt like a spring and ball detent. The bottom race did have bearing marks, but not as bad as I expected. I have read and researched for a while how to do this job, quite a bit of time (for me) as its my first time. I was cussing when I was trying to adjust by the book, what a pain to do. Torqued to 9 pounds and put forks, wheel, brakes, fender,etc back together as my Clymer instructed. Had to research as my Clymer had the pinch bolt torque wrong, ( don,t know what I did when I replace the front tire twice already) Used a scale to check for the 2 pound pull to turn the steering, and mine came out to 7 pounds! Ahh! Anyway I put the handlebars back on and plugged in enough wires to start the engine. Rode the bike, without faring and a bunch of stuff tied out of the way. Seems to be fixed, rode fast and slow, no speedo, so not sure how fast, but I think my problems went away. Hope I don't have to take apart to readjust to soon. Now I have to repair some of the plastic screw holes in the faring and chrome windshield accent, (ones with the brass thread insert) and route a lot of wiring, as I have stuffed a lot of neat things under the fairing. Hope to be riding again soon. Firefighter
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