I won't go through the easy stuff, you know put the bike on the center stand and lift the frontend with a jack..... cover painted parts ect.
I also removed the fuel tank to make sure it did not get damaged. Start by removing the front wheel and fender. then remove the handle bars and lay to the side. There is a wire holder under the top clamp, back off the 6mm bolt and swing the holder out of the way. This will let the hoses,cables/wiring lay to the sides.
Now remove the front forks. There are 2 lower 6mm allen bolts, loosen them first. Next loosen the top bolt but besure to hole on to the fork. If not it may slide out and hit the ground.
Remove the plastic shield on the lower clamp. Now remove the 36mm center nut, lift the top clamp and lay it to the left side. Remove both spanner nuts and the rubber spacer. The lower clamp will slide out the bottom now.
Time to remove the factory races. This is easy, just use a long punch and go side to side till they fall out. When you look into the frame you will see 2 places where you can see the back side of the race.
Clean all the old grease from the steering head and install the new tapered races. I used a large socket to drive in the new races. The bottom is a little harder because you are working overhead.
The hardest part of this install was removing the stock lower race on the steering stem. It is pressed on, and a pain to remove. I used a small grinder and cut it to the point in popped and split. Then it came off with a pair of channel locks. It may be best to stop by a stealer and have them pull it.
After you have the lower stock race off, clean the stem.
I packed the new tapered bearing with Belray waterproof grease.
Next drop the new lower seal on the stem, and then the new packed tapered bearing. You may have to press/drive the new bearing on. I did, and just used a piece of pipe I had in the shop. I used the old lower race on top of the new bearing so there would be no damage to the new bearing. It will come right off after you seat the new bearing.
You can now start putting the bike back together. Besure to put some grease on the new races and slide the steering stem back into the frame. Next drop the top tapered bearing and seal on the stem and install the first spanner nut to hold it in place. One plus about this kit you can add 10ft.lb. to the tork settings. This will give you a little steering damper effect. This is one reason I am doing this install.
Slide the forks back in the clamps and only snug the bottom allen bolts. You must leave the top loose for now. Lets tork the spanner nut. The only way to do it right is with the right tool. I bought mine from Gary Mc Coy at University Motors. First snug it down and move the forks back and fourth. Then tork to 50 ft. lbs. and move back and fourth. You have to loosen the nut now and retork to 23ft.lbs. the stock setting is 13 ft.lbs. and added 10 because of the new tapered bearings. Install the top clamp....
Well thats about it, just go back and tighten the pinch bolts on the triple clamp, and put the rest of the bike back together. Hope this helps, Smitty
