Checking the steering head

1. Wash:

• Bearings
• Bearing races

2. Check:

• Bearings
• Bearing races Damage/pitting →Replace.

3. Replace:

• Bearings
• Bearing races

a. Remove the bearing races from the steering head pipe with a long rod "1" and hammer.

b. Remove the bearing race from the lower bracket with a floor chisel "2" and hammer.

c. Install a new dust seal and new bearing races.

If the bearing races are not installed properly, the steering head pipe could be damaged.

NOTE:

• Always replace the bearings and bearing races as a set.
• Whenever the steering head is disassembled, replace the dust seal.

4. Check:

• Upper bracket
• Lower bracket (along with the steering stem) Bends/cracks/damage →Replace.