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3/14/2020 11:25am
3/14/2020 11:25am
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3/25/2020 9:12am
First time ever doing this job.
45 hours of bike.
The upper clamp came out, with the upper body rollers.
The lower clamp came out, but the body of the rollers isn’t coming out.
Is it supponed to come out?
If that can come out, i can could clean it better and easily.
I don’t want to make damage.
So is this supponed to get out of the clamp tube?
45 hours of bike.
The upper clamp came out, with the upper body rollers.
The lower clamp came out, but the body of the rollers isn’t coming out.
Is it supponed to come out?
If that can come out, i can could clean it better and easily.
I don’t want to make damage.
So is this supponed to get out of the clamp tube?
What you're looking at is assembly lube that crap hardens and freezes up bearings if not cleaned off the bearing.
I’m a 18 guy.. firste experiencies with this kind of stuff
The Shop
For future bikes, do this within the first 5 hours of owning the bike. Best to do it before you ride it though. Plus if you do it before riding the bike, you have a completely fresh and clean canvas to work on.
Don’t forget to do the linkage and swing arm beatings too!
I already did the linkage and swing arm (and opened a topic about a question lol).
Fine, i’m using some gasoline fuel to clean them, after i’ll use some contact cleaner and in the end i’ll let them dry and after grease up!
Thank you guys!
Anyway it came dry as the 19-20 450’s.. but i still love kawis
This is NOT an easy job to fix.
By zooming in this is what I see ...... the seal under the bearing is trashed so you will need to replace both bearings, seals and 2 races inside the frame. This is NOT an easy job and it will require having the right tools just to do it. Bearing races in the frame are a PAIN to do and need a special LONG bearing driver. Cutting the bearing off the steering stem can damage the stem if you cut to far. The new bearing has to be pressed on.
I am going to guess You pressure wash your bike a LOT as the grease looks like it’s waterlogged . Don’t replace the seal and its going to be a lot worse very quickly as water will be spraying inside.
In the future solvents will break down the grease and rinse it out. The bearing has to be imbedded with the grease inside and out.
Seal seems okay too.
I just finished the job and now steering seems fine!
Thank you for the tips guys!
Anyway, yeah, i do pressure wash my bike after every ride. I have pressure washed it about 30/35 times in the last 6 months.
I've seen lower clamps that were bent from impropper pressing.
Pit Row
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