New GS1100 G Restoration Project. Rebuilding my Dad's bike

[londonboards]

tatu - thanks for that. Yes, of course the powder coat will be inside the yokes. I will test fit them. Yes I have some lovely tubes to fit in!

Yes, pounding that bearing down does risk knocking the powder coat on the other side. I read somewhere that putting the thing in the freezer for a couple of days helps. I might just leave it until I have access to a press!

[SVSooke]

tatu - thanks for that. Yes, of course the powder coat will be inside the yokes. I will test fit them. Yes I have some lovely tubes to fit in!

Yes, pounding that bearing down does risk knocking the powder coat on the other side. I read somewhere that putting the thing in the freezer for a couple of days helps. I might just leave it until I have access to a press!

Used this to do the lower triple bearing on my 78 1000,couldn't get a piece of 1 1/4 pipe the right length.For that one it was 10 1/2 ".I put my triple in the deep freezer for about an hour or so and gently warmed the bearing on the oven,IIRC about 200 degrees.Still had to tap it down.If you can use the press it would be easy.

[hampshirehog]

The oven (but not too hot) and the freezer trick works pretty well.

If you have to whack the bearing down rest the bottom on an old pillow or thick bit of sponge; it'll need a few more taps but you won't damage the PC.

And don't forget the grease.

[Charlie G]

Those powered coated parts look nice Richard.

cg

[londonboards]

How right you are. They are beautifully painted inside. Seems a shame to scrape the paint off:









I tried putting the fork stanchion in:



Clearly it was not going to go in. It was scraping the paint:



Is this the best way to get it off?

[tatu]

That's the way I'd go, use one that's about the same diameter as the hole you're trying to clean out.

[londonboards]

De-painting The Inside of the Yokes

OK let's get on with it. Here goes:







Did a little on my thumb too. Just to see how much it hurt.



They go in quite nicely now:





Buffed off a little of the exterior powder coat as well !! GGrrrrr !! But you won't notice it under the chrome badge holder that sits on the top of it.



And I didn't clean out the grit when a did a test run pushing in the stanchions. Very minor scratching is the result:





Next time!

Greetings

[tatu]

Looks ok, I see you found out why I would've used a flap wheel closer to the size of the hole...

[londonboards]

Day 562 - Steering Stem Bearing Instal

I found a neat little tool to help seat this bearing on the stem. Do the usual tricks of putting the stem in the freezer, heating up the bearing in the oven and oiling the stem. Then use the fork stanchion turned upside down as the bearing driver. It's dimensions are just right to fit inside the bearing to put pressure on the correct part. I used a rubber mallet to drive it home quite easily. Be careful not to damage the delicate threads at that end of the stanchion as you put it over the stem.





It's a perfect fit





Home and dry

[Flyboy]

Nice, following with interest.

You did remember the washer under the steering head bearing, right?

[Guest]

Good point there! However, when I replaced my bearings I forgot to install the washer - this was some years ago and it's been working fine

[londonboards]

I nearly did when I started out:



but in the end I didn't:





Phew!!

Greetings

[Flyboy]

hahahaha, like Psy says, probably would have made bugger all difference, I think the only reason they put it there is so that you can get a puller under the bearing when you need to remove ad replace it again in 30 years from now.

[Guest]

hahahaha, like Psy says, probably would have made bugger all difference, I think the only reason they put it there is so that you can get a puller under the bearing when you need to remove ad replace it again in 30 years from now.

Lol... yeah, little they knew 30yrs ago that these days we use dremmel cut off wheels for that jobbie

bearing puller? soo old school

[Higgibaby]

Richard, im restoring an 1100G myself, I haven't seen any updates on yours for a while...how is it going?