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Post by raymondo on Jun 2, 2015 5:48:13 GMT
Checking my GP out prior to Eroica I have droped the forks slightly to grease the bearing as it was slightly notchy. The ball race on the top and bottom is not full.
Is this right?
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Post by velocipete on Jun 2, 2015 6:08:30 GMT
IF you can get anothear ball bearing or more in comfortably,then no.There should just be a
small amount of lateral movement amongst the bearings. A case of N-1 is correct,where N is
the number of balls to completely fill the race without grease.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by raymondo on Jun 2, 2015 6:17:40 GMT
Pete i can get at least 10 ball bearings in both top and bottom.
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Post by raymondo on Jun 2, 2015 14:53:03 GMT
filled the viod with 5/32 bb but still a notchy feel. Its the housings which are poor finish. What with the pedal bearings side slap and this makes me feel the factory could have done better.
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Post by Jem on Jun 2, 2015 15:56:52 GMT
Raymondo - for what it's worth, when I greased and replaced headset bearings on my 'Pro, I could feel a slight 'grittiness ' when turning using h/bar stem. But when the bars were in , I felt nothing it was perfectly smooth.
My conclusion was that any slight imperfection was exaggerated and amplified and it felt much worse than it does once the bars are in.
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