Steering Stem or Headstock Bearing

[Claviger]

Often the source of wobbles, clicks, and a "loose" feeling from the front.

I had mine work loose again. Tightened at 350 miles when new because it was loose. Now at 4300 I had to tighten down again, had worked loose enough to feel a click when applying the front brake.

I used the revised method, different than the FSM says and left the weight of the bike on the front while tightening it, feels great again.

Have you all had to periodically retorque the 2 nuts that hold it in place under the top yoke as well?

 

[Claviger]

I never realized it until last night, but the stock bearing is a taper roller, so why the stupid low torque spec? It can handle vastly higher loads then the ball type, and the fsm method uses the same torque spec as the ball type triumph uses on other models.

 

[Pres10]

What is the revised method?

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

I've had mine tightened at least 5 times in 2 yrs and 19000 miles.

 

[Claviger]

Thanks @RKTNMYPKT sounds similar to my schedule so far.

@Pres10 leave the bike on the ground, torque, lift the front end, reinstall top yoke and yoke stay nut, let the bike down.

 

[sonny]

I took great care and instruction on mine at 500 miles and tighten. No problems since now at 16,000 miles.

 

[Wrecka]

I nelglected to check mine up until 45000 klm , bike was getting skittish in tge front end , i then tightened it using a large flathead screwdriver and rubber mallet. The test i use to check when tight enough is to have the front wheel off the ground and flick the bars both to the left and right, when it bounces off the stop and hits centre the torque is right.