Wr 250 Stearing head bearings and swingarm bearing

[ChrisMember]

I am about to embark on my first steering head bearing regrease and swingarm re-grease, I have a good vid from youtube re the swingarm, but any tips for the steering head bearings, I plan on using and have the marine grease which was suggested way back.

Cheers
Chris.

[DeanMember]

Use a bike stand:laugh:

[glennMember]

you should get one of them bikes that have greece nipples on their swing arms..Ohhhhhhh that would be a DRZ:woohoo: 😆 :ohmy: :laugh:

[Brendon CarreMember]

Raise bike on stand so you can fit a 4×2 under front wheel. Take steering head nut off, grab front wheel and lift and take out 4×2 wheel on ground exposes lower bearing check and repack with greese.take top bearing and seal out,grab wheel lift back up and place 4×2 under wheel, check repack top bearing and replace seal, replace steering head nut and washer and your done.

[ChrisMember]

boulder wrote:

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Raise bike on stand so you can fit a 4×2 under front wheel. Take steering head nut off, grab front wheel and lift and take out 4×2 wheel on ground exposes lower bearing check and repack with greese.take top bearing and seal out,grab wheel lift back up and place 4×2 under wheel, check repack top bearing and replace seal, replace steering head nut and washer and your done.

Cheers Thanks Boulder at least I got one good response.

[ChrisMember]

So is the marine grease still the go or should I be using something else.

Chris.

Boony I refuse to use KY Jelly like you do on the DRZ so don’t even suggest it!!

[GregMember]

Belray make a good water proof grease, any good quality water proof grease, I will also show you how to pack a bearing probably, man I hated repacking bearings when I was a apprentice

I use a grease called truck and farm, red stuff, real tacky stuff

TB

[Brendon CarreMember]

Marine greese will do the job, it will be ten times better than the stuff that comes from the yamaha factory!! first time i did mine on the 426 i could’nt believe how little greese there was in there. If you pack them well you shouldnt have to go there again for some time.

[DeanMember]

Here is a vid for replacing the bearings by Pivot works

ollie

http://www.pivotworks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cInstallationVideos.view&videoid=4

[dennis da menaceMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Belray make a good water proof grease, any good quality water proof grease, I will also show you how to pack a bearing probably, man I hated repacking bearings when I was a apprentice

I use a grease called truck and farm, red stuff, real tacky stuff

TB

are you talking about the good old palm slapping input technique TB. thats how my dad taught me but he is real old school:lol:

[GregMember]

menace wrote:

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Trailboss wrote:

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Belray make a good water proof grease, any good quality water proof grease, I will also show you how to pack a bearing probably, man I hated repacking bearings when I was a apprentice

I use a grease called truck and farm, red stuff, real tacky stuff

TB

are you talking about the good old palm slapping input technique TB. thats how my dad taught me but he is real old school:lol:

Yeah thats it Menace, its the only way to do it correctly, a apprentice at work today told me I was old school hard core!

“TB

[DeanMember]

Dont they have some new fangled bearing packer tool nowadays:blink:

Ollie

[ChrisMember]

Off to a good start I can’t even get the steering head nut off.

:angry: :angry:

[dennis da menaceMember]

use the appropriate tool chris, youll break a nail!!!

[ChrisMember]

good on ya menace, a breaker bar would be good here, problem is I broke the vacuum cleaner tube trying to use it as a breaker :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Dont tell the Mrs.

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