Head Stem Bearings - things that I have learnt

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:06 pm

Pontikat wrote:FFS I hope you didnt pay the $80 an hour to have some clown do that to your Scoot Plas.
I mean it's painful doing it yourself but at least you give A crap about how its done.

Good on ya mate I'll be doing this soon myself.

Nah Ponti...way too cheap to pay somebody, but to be honest its the biggest job I've done on the 6, like you say though, it worth doing ya self, I only had to look at the remains of that locking ring to know that!!

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:07 pm

Pontikat wrote:
Neka79 wrote:mate... getting there will be via Chloe...
Is poor Chloe still Piggy backing your saggy ar$e around town Narfie ?.

yesum boss...... 2 more weeks...mwahahahahha *evil laugh*

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:10 pm

is this the 3rd set of bearings mate??

u wanna tell me which bike shop did that?? my old mate??

i had a hiccup with the way GC did mine..but only minor....

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:14 pm

Neka79 wrote:is this the 3rd set of bearings mate??

u wanna tell me which bike shop did that?? my old mate??

i had a hiccup with the way GC did mine..but only minor....

First set of bearings I ahve ever done mate and the locking ring was professionally fucked by BILLS MOTORCYCLES BLAIR ATHOL....after such fine work they deserve a plug!!!

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:20 am

Plasma Blue 636 wrote:
frogzx12r wrote:And last bit of steering head bearing advice.
Dont be hamfisted when putting down monos, smoooooottttthhhhhh.

No Idea what you mean Froggy

If you are serious, hamfisted monos f*ck head bearings quicker than anything but a front end stack. The only thing worse than the clunk, is the thud of your nuts into the tank.

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:15 am

frogzx12r wrote: the thud of your nuts into the tank.

He won't have to worry about them from now on. They were taken care of on Saturday night.

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:58 pm

Jase you sworw that would be our secret......oh you mean the other time at the resurant

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:31 pm

Plasma Blue 636 wrote:
Neka79 wrote:is this the 3rd set of bearings mate??

u wanna tell me which bike shop did that?? my old mate??

i had a hiccup with the way GC did mine..but only minor....
First set of bearings I ahve ever done mate and the locking ring was professionally fucked by BILLS MOTORCYCLES BLAIR ATHOL....after such fine work they deserve a plug!!!

why did bills touch the locking ring if thats the 2nd set of bearings on the bike?? did they adjust the 1st set??

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:36 pm

Neka, I replaced the bearings because i took it to Bills to have them adjusted cause they were loose....that was the result....and they were that tight after that the seal on top was pressed into the bearing seat.

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:04 am

So it looked like that AFTER they Fixed it FFS, Can you Get me a side of Lamb next time ya run past Plas we have the Xmas Barbie coming up.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:32 pm

Plasma Blue 636 wrote:Neka, I replaced the bearings because i took it to Bills to have them adjusted cause they were loose....that was the result....and they were that tight after that the seal on top was pressed into the bearing seat.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i thought u had managed to fark em urself...wow..thats good work from Bills huh..did u mention it to them?? i woulda called em and whinged my ass off...

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:39 am

I had a bit of a "noisy chat" with them about it, but the result was "how do we know you didn't do that"

for the $23.00 it cost me to replace, Bills just lost thousands in servicing, tyres, oils etc. I'll be giving SA Dirt Bikes a go.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:01 am

Plasma Blue 636 wrote:I had a bit of a "noisy chat" with them about it, but the result was "how do we know you didn't do that"

.

which basically sez..they have NFI......
you put it in for a bearing adjustment
so what?..no Repair Order? no Workshop card?

...obviously not, so I would recommend you stay away
...far away

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:36 am

Smitty wrote:
...obviously not, so I would recommend you stay away
...far away

greeny · Post by **greeny** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:52 am

I seem to remember a post a while ago the went something along the lines of.......

F*@K BILLS

Said it the other day. Workshops are crap.