Pan Head Bearings

What a pain in the bum.

I'm ignoring the HBoL which basically suggests completely disassembling
the bike and then rebuilding it around the head bearings.

It *looks* like I can drop the front wheel out, unbolt the calipers and
ABS gubbins then drop the forks out. Mined ewe, even then I've had to
remove a fair old bit of body work to get at stuff. Ho-hum.

In other news, one of the rear wheel bearings came out suspiciously
easily. What does the panel think, drop of Loctite on reassembly and
hope for the best?

Fucking MOTs...

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Yep. Bearing Fit is yer maun.

 

Change both bearings. They'll not be expensive and when you consider
the mileage on the bike it's worth being able to check the condition
of the bearing seats in the hub.

Are for shite old bikes owned by poor people who can't afford to run
anything decent.

 

If it's suspiciously loose, then one remedy is to use a punch to pop
some indentations in the inside of the bearing housing. The little
"mushrooms" of metal that rise upo around the small indentations will
grip the bearing nicely.

 

*Waves*

 

If it's suspiciously loose, then one remedy is to use a punch to pop
some indentations in the inside of the bearing housing. The little
"mushrooms" of metal that rise upo around the small indentations will
grip the bearing nicely.[/QUOTE]

You should only use that method if you're selling the bike. It's good
for a few hours running but it's on a par with putting sawdust in a
gearbox to quieten it down for being something you don't do to your
own bike.

I'd use loctite on it once I knew how loose the bearings were.
Different grades work better on different clearances but for more than
0.05mm clearance then 638 retainer is the puppy.

 

*Waves*[/QUOTE]

I did consider a nifty little x-post to a certain classic group but
they'll all be too busy fixing their clapped out old rubbish to
respond in a friendly way.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick

I'm changing both.

*Waves*

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
Performance Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Dead friendly they are, curnt.

 

Shove it up your arse, you waste of sputum.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon

Please don't feed the troll, Grimly old chap.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
Performance Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

The race engineer, faced with the problem of a wheel that doesn't fit a bearing,
gets a new wheel. Bodging is quite a different matter.

 

Ah. On reflection, that's exactly what I did....

 

Is this a cross-post from alt.mong or something?

 

Calm down dear, its only a troll.

 

Oh, I dunno. I've heard that Phil The Greek is pretty light on his
feet...

 

Bwahahaha. Wanker.