Steering head bearings

[everydaybiker]

This is the next job to do so that I can get my main bike back on the road.

However for some reason my Haynes manual has gone completely AWOL (bit like my memory). I have the Honda manual but it refers to special puller tools which of course I don't have. I was hoping to compare the Haynes advice before digging in any further.

I did this job on my VFR a few years ago and didn't need special tools then - are they really needed on the NTV bearings?

Can anybody look up the Haynes write-up and let me know? Or better still scan and send me the relevant page(s)?

Cheers.

[Jake]

Hi Derek,

Memory loss? I know the feeling, couldn’t find my
own Haynes Manual at first (panic)….but see below.


Haynes Manual 6.9…..

‘The races are an interference fit and can be tapped
from position with a suitable drift….Alternatively,
the races can be removed using a slide-hammer type
bearing extractor; these can be hired from tool shops….’

‘The new outer races can be pressed into the head
using a drawbolt arrangement (see illustration), or
by using a large diameter tubular drift which bears
only on the outer edge of the race. Alternatively,
have the races installed by a Honda dealer using
bearing race installing tools…’

See also, link below.

www.hawkworks.net/manual/12.html#12-21-bearing-replacement

I won’t have access to a photocopier until Mon., but
if you’re not sorted by then, PM me……

[everydaybiker]

Thanks, that's a great help already.