Steering Stem bearing Race removal

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Steering Stem bearing Race removal

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Hi there.
Just got all my parts together and gonna start with fork swap.
Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to remove/install the steering stem bearing race (top/bottom) with just general tools?
Have a punch to get them out but putting them back in level seems like it might be the tricky part.
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Just use a brass punch, get it going in and keep driving it back and forth until it hits solid. The sound will change when it has seated.
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Thanks rbates9.
Will give that a try. Hoping they come out easy without having to heat them up.
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Heating the race will make them come out harder. They should come out with out heat. Just go back and forth, side to side. They should come out pretty easy.
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They come out easy with a drift

I tap them back in with a hard plastic mallet

Or get them started and use the old race to drive them in with a hammer
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Yep...they came out pretty easy.
Set the new ones back in using a rubber mallet then finished using the old races to set them.
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(in order not to start a new post on an existing topic im reviving an old post)

i wasnt planning on redoing the bearing but Ron advised me to so i will, long story short, is there a difference between the upper and lower races ?
or is this a question that will awnser itself when i go to tap the old ones out ?
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Post by KDXGarage »

Yes, they are different sizes. Try to keep the races paired up with the bearings they came with.

For example, don't use new bearings with old races.
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great

i should have no problem then

cant wait to get the bike back on the road, it hasnt sat this long since ive owned it, and that includes a michigan winter
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