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Originally Posted by philbond07
But so if I understqnd well you just don't torque the top yoke nut to 90Nm, but just stop torqueing when the steering starts "hardening" again?
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pretty much yes.
if the forks move side to side easily and there is no "click" felt/heard when pushing/pulling on the bottom of the forks straight-left-right then the bearings are set.
when there is too much force on the bearings the forks will move side to side as if there is notches.
you want the bearings to be free enough to let the forks move but not so tight as to let them bind (notchyness) and no physical play when pushing/pulling back/forth on the fork bottoms.
yes keep the front wheel off till bearings are done.
remember that the bearings will "ease off" after about 500 miles if new grease was packed properly into the bearings. the torque setting in the manual are for installing brand new bearings to "seat" them into the races and squeeze out excess grease.