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Rusty Headstock Bearings?
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Hi,
My bike (2007 K6) lives outside on my driveway or in the work car park so it tends to get rained on quite a bit - I do have a rain cover which doesn't get used often enough if I'm honest. There's quite a bit of rust showing now on what I think (:?:) are the headstock bearings. The bike was in for a service last month and the guys there told me the bike was fine, just a little rough around the edges. How concerned should I be with this - do you think it should be sorted straight away, and would the front of the bike need to come off to sort it? The bike feels fine riding it so I don't think it's having an adverse effect yet, but I wouldn't want to leave it until I do! Thanks in anticipation of any advice.... |
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thats the bearing cover , easy and cheap to replace, no need to disassemble the front end iirc its top yoke off and then 1 nut its a 30 min job but worth doing before it gets into the actual bearings
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That's great Dave, thanks a million. I'll have to invest in a Haynes manual I think!
Sorry to hear about your off btw, hope you're mending well. Thanks again. |
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yes shame on you making us paddies look thick
i use my irishness to prove the protective abilities of motorcycle equipment, you must find a neish like this |
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Where you from Dave? |
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gods country and the mighty belfast
we've taken over you see the thick english just dont know |
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OK, got the manual - anyone know where I can buy the bearing cover on it's own? I only seem to be able to find the complete bearing kits on the 'net.
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