How to adjust steering head bearings the cheater way?
This High Class Loser cuts a couple corners and shows you an easier way to adjust the steering head bearings on your Harley Davidson Motorcycle. The process is quite simple and it involves a little feel, if you feel drag…. You’re to tight!
What’s the best way to adjust the steering?
Install the extension and tap it lightly with the hammer to break the adjusting stud loose. Have someone sit in the car and rock the steering wheel back and forth just through the range of looseness. Start the engine to do this if the vehicle has power steering.
How do you adjust the fall away on a Harley Davidson?
This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. Bob and Mark demonstrate the process for lubricating your Harley’s steering head bearings and adjusting the fall-away.
What are the symptoms of incorrectly adjusted steering?
No much but some. Usually in the neighborhood of .0015″ to .005″. A good example would be boat trailer bearings or front wheel bearings on an old cage that is rear wheel drive. Well we have those same taper bearings in the steering neck but HD wants to run a preload or minus clearance on them.
This High Class Loser cuts a couple corners and shows you an easier way to adjust the steering head bearings on your Harley Davidson Motorcycle. The process is quite simple and it involves a little feel, if you feel drag…. You’re to tight!
How do you adjust a steering stem on a Harley?
In this video, Bob and Mark show you how to adjust the neck bearing, or steering stem, on a Road King or Touring model. They demonstrate basic lubrication maintenance and the technique for removing and cleaning parts of the bearing and carefully reinstalling them. As always, this job is easier with two people.
Install the extension and tap it lightly with the hammer to break the adjusting stud loose. Have someone sit in the car and rock the steering wheel back and forth just through the range of looseness. Start the engine to do this if the vehicle has power steering.
This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. This is a modal window. Bob and Mark demonstrate the process for lubricating your Harley’s steering head bearings and adjusting the fall-away.