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Adjusting steering head bearings
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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 34434" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>I agree with Bruce. I do not use an FF41 as I use lockwire. This should give you the idea that FF41 is merely a locking mechanism and it only need be tight enought to keep the nut from turning. To release FF41 I simply hit it witha soft hammer.</p><p></p><p>To adjust the bearings, I lift the front wheel off the ground and tighten the nut until there is no play, but not so tight to keep the wheel from flopping to one side or the other. As a result of a mistake, I have run very fast on the track with the nut loose and a lot of play. The bike handled quite well and did not tell me that its bearings were loose. This is not something that I intended, but it follows what I have said in other posts about the Girdraulics. Ill handling Girdraulics have more to do with geometry than condition, but this is no excuse to not to have nicely working forks. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/100_0457.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 34434, member: 1177"] I agree with Bruce. I do not use an FF41 as I use lockwire. This should give you the idea that FF41 is merely a locking mechanism and it only need be tight enought to keep the nut from turning. To release FF41 I simply hit it witha soft hammer. To adjust the bearings, I lift the front wheel off the ground and tighten the nut until there is no play, but not so tight to keep the wheel from flopping to one side or the other. As a result of a mistake, I have run very fast on the track with the nut loose and a lot of play. The bike handled quite well and did not tell me that its bearings were loose. This is not something that I intended, but it follows what I have said in other posts about the Girdraulics. Ill handling Girdraulics have more to do with geometry than condition, but this is no excuse to not to have nicely working forks. [IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/100_0457.jpg[/IMG] David [/QUOTE]
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