Wed May 21 10:54:29 1997 - Message No. 863
From: Martin Franz

Subject: re: FW: screens, locks and chains


Hi,
>>> Check the bearings of the front fork. This is a weakness on
>>> the @. 
I think, you mean the stearing head bearings. That one's are definitiv a
mess. But normaly, you can fix that by increasing the tension of the screw
above the bearing. If you regulary check for the correct tension (honda
recommends every 12.000km, I do it now all 6.000km), the bearing should
last for a very  long time. With incorrect tension (too soft, to hard), the
bearing will be gone after some 1.000km's. IMHO:The problem seem's not too
much the bearing by itself, but that there is only one "tension" screw
without a "conter", so it easily can go loose, specialy, if the stearing
hit's the road. You realize the "loose" quite late, as it go's slowly loose
and you adapt to it... :-(((

>>> I've changed 3 times in 44.000 km!
have you used the honda bearings for exchange or a "roll type" ?   The Hein
Gerike catalog states, that the "roll type" should be better. anybody knows
more about that or the "truth" ?

have a nice ride, martin  


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