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buster6315
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09/28/17 at 19:03:03
I was riding to the bone orchard today & I realized that I was making a series of 'unsmooth' corrections to keep me going straight. It felt as though the steering head was binding; not operating freely. I lifted the front wheel when I got home and the forks turned from side-to-side freely. Any thoughts? Thank you!
Geo
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Re: steering head binding
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09/29/17 at 04:16:04
Put a couple of sheets of paper on the ground, then put the front tire on the paper, sit on the bike, and turn the wheel side to side (the paper will reduce the friction of the tire on the pavement). See if the forks turn left to right smoothly and don't bind.
Check your tire pressure.
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09/29/17 at 05:08:20
buster6315 wrote
on 09/28/17 at 19:03:03:
I lifted the front wheel when I got home and the front fork turned from side-to-side freely. Any thoughts?
Geo,
Are you saying that one of the fork tubes is loose enough that it freely turns in the triple clamp? Or are you saying that the axle is loose and the slider rocks from side-to-side? Or are you saying that you raised the wheel and everything seems normal. I just want to be clear.
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Re: steering head binding
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09/29/17 at 05:18:15
Could be dry steering head bearings.
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Re: steering head binding
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09/29/17 at 06:55:33
Thanks for the ideas. Fork tubes are tight in the triple clamp. Axel is tight. I shall check tire pressure. I will put paper beneath the front tire and see if'n it operates smoothly. I don't notice any looseness in the steering head bearings. Perhaps it is dry bearings. I'm talking about a 1988 model w/12,800 miles.
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09/29/17 at 07:28:51
With the front end raised off the ground, grab the fork tubes and see if there is any fore/aft motion. If there is, or if you feel any clicking, your head bearings are loose or worn.
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Re: steering head binding
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09/29/17 at 08:02:19
Yep. 22 psi in the front tire was the cause. Thanks again!
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09/29/17 at 15:15:05
Shame on you , air is cheap !
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09/29/17 at 20:11:11
The darn front tire showed no signs of being under inflated. I suppose that is because with its advanced age, petrified, (like myself), the sidewalls did not collapse. No bull.
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09/30/17 at 01:00:12
My bike was getting a bit wobbly on the twisties. I started looking at fork braces ..... ended up, tyre pressure was low
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