so as some of you know, ive been completely re-doing my front end lately. the time has come to start re-assembling. (fork bridge, triples..) repacked my bearings. greased up my bearing races. did an initial torque (18lbs) and the final torque (22lbs). low and behold. i have very defined areas of hang..dis assembled, re cleaned. and i can barely see notches in the frame races.

SO..i guess i get to spend either moree tim, money, or both, doing bearing work.

so bring on the suggestions! should i try to smooth out the 2 races? should i replace them? who has cheap steering bearings? i saw some on ebay, but they are not factory or even alike. they are the newer cone taper style. does anyone have these in their bike? how did/do they work?

 

go buy oem, only way to go when it comes to steering bearings.

 

agreed!

 

I bet they will be pricey too from a local cycle shop. But steering components are not something to skip out or go cheap on. I hope they are decently priced

 

im expecting somewhere in the 40-50 dollar range. lucky me. my local honda has the exact same days and hours that i work...so who knows when ill be able to get this stuff...

 

here are the parts you will need. items 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10. about 90 bucks all together.

World of Powersports' 1996 Honda Street Bike CBR600F3 SUPER SPORT Parts List

 

Go buy it from ronayers

63.00 + 8ship

 

yea, thats too expensive. my local honda actually price matches most of the time. i normally get the prices from ronayers.

total for all of those there comes to 63.5.

Ronayers.com Microfiche Honda>Motorcycle>1996>CBR600F3>STEERING STEM

much better, tho i dont plan to replace the seals. mine are still good and soft. only question is do they come with upper AND lower races? i cant even find them in any fiches.

 

You reuse the races.

Replace the seals, if you don't the wear on the bearings could potentially be faster... and they're cheap, so do it.

 

the RACES are whats causing my problems. the bearings are fine. the RACES have divots from an accident prior to me owning the bike..