Brampton-F2
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Hi in the process of replacing my head bearings. Froze both my inner top and bottom inner races that go onto the frame. When I installed them though they weren't flush with the upper and bottom neck. I would say the top left a 3mm gap and the bottom a 2mm. Any Ideas?
I looked online and got this as a possible reason :
... The problem you have is the top race is not sitting down flush with the top of the steering head in the frame because the machined receiver that accepted the old race is not the same depth as the the new top race. Honda never machined the top of the steering head deep enough because they didn't have to. The manufacturers of the replacement tapered bearings have not allowed this & have made the top outer race too wide & this is why it sits above the top of the frame by 3-4mm (see the picture below) when driven down as far as the receiver recess will allow.
http://www.stephenbottcher.net/Honda/tapered.htm
I looked online and got this as a possible reason :
... The problem you have is the top race is not sitting down flush with the top of the steering head in the frame because the machined receiver that accepted the old race is not the same depth as the the new top race. Honda never machined the top of the steering head deep enough because they didn't have to. The manufacturers of the replacement tapered bearings have not allowed this & have made the top outer race too wide & this is why it sits above the top of the frame by 3-4mm (see the picture below) when driven down as far as the receiver recess will allow.
http://www.stephenbottcher.net/Honda/tapered.htm
