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steering head bearings?
05/02/10 at 05:33:49
 
Does someone know what kind of bearing are in the steering stem? Ball or tapered roller? Thanks.
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Re: steering head bearings?
Reply #1 - 05/02/10 at 09:27:21
 
Go to BikeBandit.com or RonAyers.com and look at the exploded diagram for your year model bike.

If it looks like a pair of ball bearings, it likely is a ball bearing based system.  

Tapered roller bearings will have thrust cap washers and such that a ball bearing system won't have.
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Reply #2 - 05/02/10 at 09:32:00
 
Tapered roller bearings
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Reply #3 - 05/02/10 at 17:20:10
 
tapered roller, better than ball for this application.
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