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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: rocketbrick on September 09, 2024, 08:23:24 PM
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Hey y'all, back onto some maintenance.
At 60mph+ on my '94 K75S, I get slight bar wobble (especially if I let go of the bars). I've been looking things up, and I feel like it might need a steering head adjustment or replacement. They have been replaced by the PO before, and luckily, he's my uncle (so I can get some details as to when it was done).
Now, the question is - how do I properly diagnose if it's the bearings? I need to change the tires this coming winter anyway, but I would like to know about any other big jobs that need to be done in the off-season.
Thanks in advance!
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First thing I would try is to tighten the steering head. When I replaced the bearings in my bikes I had to go back after about a thousand miles and tighten the steering up a tiny bit to take up the slack from the bearings seating in. It doesn't take much, but it makes an improvement.
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Got it - just tightening it then. I think I have that wild-looking BMW spanner somewhere. I know Chris Harris says just use a chisel and a hammer but I don't want to mess it up too bad since I'm not removing it (yet).
I'll keep my results posted here!
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per latch's post, on the K75 aren't first not suppose to loosen the grub screws that hold the dampener in place? That pesky silicon block will also give a false wheel flop.