Maine Riders

[PWRCRZR]

You must be some sort of n00b or something 'cause it would gave taken most of us a whole lot more than one to read this whole thread..

Originally Posted by LostViking

As a potential new resident/rider i have been working my way through this thread. Is it too late for the beer part?



Noble Pils, good stuff when you can get it.

[cjbiker]

So, what's the trick to getting steering bearing races out of the frame? I thought I could just tap them out using a punch (ok, a big screwdriver), but I can't get a purchase on the races. There isn't enough of a "shelf" to tap on.

[Tslapper]

Originally Posted by cjbiker

So, what's the trick to getting steering bearing races out of the frame? I thought I could just tap them out using a punch (ok, a big screwdriver), but I can't get a purchase on the races. There isn't enough of a "shelf" to tap on.

Look for a half moon cut out in the head stock.

[Kaw4Life]

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...g-Race-Remover

Any excuse to buy a tool

[cjbiker]

Originally Posted by Tslapper

Look for a half moon cut out in the head stock.

There doesn't appear to be any on this bike.

Originally Posted by Kaw4Life

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...g-Race-Remover

Any excuse to buy a tool

I might have to do that. A little bending and filing on the screwdriver for a better angle of attack and I got the top race out. Not so fortunate with the bottom. The problem is, if I order that tool, I'm going to want to order wheel bearings and spacers, swingarm bearings, new seat cover... this gets expensive!

[Kaw4Life]

Originally Posted by cjbiker

There doesn't appear to be any on this bike.



I might have to do that. A little bending and filing on the screwdriver for a better angle of attack and I got the top race out. Not so fortunate with the bottom. The problem is, if I order that tool, I'm going to want to order wheel bearings and spacers, swingarm bearings, new seat cover... this gets expensive!

So-k, bearings should never be if'y.

Bent bars, bent rim, maybe, but not bearings.

Just me.

[cjbiker]

Originally Posted by Kaw4Life

So-k, bearings should never be if'y.

Bent bars, bent rim, maybe, but not bearings.

Just me.

The head bearings weren't iffy, they were gone

Tool ordered (along with $80 more worth of parts so I can get free shipping). Yee-ha!

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by Kaw4Life

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...g-Race-Remover

Any excuse to buy a tool

I've seen that thing in action. It was the shit.

I recently had to cut one out with a dremmel. Nothing for a tool to bite on.

Took forever, but I was eventually able to break the race once I had cut deep enough into it.

[TinMan207]

It's been a good x-mas for the DR650 around here. As a result I have a collection of 10% discount coupons - most of them expiring around the end of the year.

The first 4 people to PM can have them.

[stromsurfer]

Originally Posted by Chris W

I've seen that thing in action. It was the shit.

I recently had to cut one out with a dremmel. Nothing for a tool to bite on.

Took forever, but I was eventually able to break the race once I had cut deep enough into it.

Jeez your scaring me. I am just getting ready to try and pull mine in the next few days. Hope I don't have to cut stuff, that will suck. I saw a video over on the F650 site and it shows a guy putting the new bearings in the freezer, and then heating up the head frame with a heat gun. The old bearings and rings popped out, and the new bearings from the fridge dropped right in. I am hoping for this method to work for me.
http://faq.f650.com/dvd/F650_Maintenance_DVD_3_14.m4v

[cjbiker]

Originally Posted by stromsurfer

Jeez your scaring me. I am just getting ready to try and pull mine in the next few days. Hope I don't have to cut stuff, that will suck. I saw a video over on the F650 site and it shows a guy putting the new bearings in the freezer, and then heating up the head frame with a heat gun. The old bearings and rings popped out, and the new bearings from the fridge dropped right in. I am hoping for this method to work for me.
http://faq.f650.com/dvd/F650_Maintenance_DVD_3_14.m4v

I'll have the tool on Tuesday, you're welcome to borrow it after that


In my case there is no space for a punch to get to the head bearing races. I don't think all (most?) bikes are like that. The more I work on this bike, a Honda XR250R, the more I wonder if they designed it to not be serviceable. Sort of a disposable "beginner's bike" or something.

[BKMLWR]

Originally Posted by stromsurfer

Jeez your scaring me. I am just getting ready to try and pull mine in the next few days. Hope I don't have to cut stuff, that will suck. I saw a video over on the F650 site and it shows a guy putting the new bearings in the freezer, and then heating up the head frame with a heat gun. The old bearings and rings popped out, and the new bearings from the fridge dropped right in. I am hoping for this method to work for me.
http://faq.f650.com/dvd/F650_Maintenance_DVD_3_14.m4v

you should be good with the heat/cold solution
heating the steering stem would have been another method for Cj if he had not ordered the puller

[cjbiker]

Originally Posted by BKMLWR

you should be good with the heat/cold solution
heating the steering stem would have been another method for Cj if he had not ordered the puller

I got the race off the steering stem ok, It's the races (cups?) in the head tube. I tried heating the head tube, but no dice.

[EvilClown]

Read somewhere on the interweb, so it must be true, that some guys will run a bead around the inside of the race with a welder. When they're done they pop right out. Heat. Shrinking. Magic. All of those things playing a part.

Of course, if you don't have the welder...

[Kaw4Life]