help with headstock bearings

[fbmbmx]

Hello people, Im located in Portsmouth and am looking for someone to change my headstock bearings with me, I have lots of tools and a paddock stand and warm garage but no idea how to change them. I will pay someone to help me do it but i think i will need a special stand to do it wont i ? or i can travel to somone and then do it there,
Thanks
Harry
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Suzuki gsxr 600-2003

[wilz1234]

You need some way to hold the front of the bike up so you can get the forks out. Either and abba stand with the back end of the bike held down, or ropes round the frame onto the garage ceiling

[fbmbmx]

well i have a car jack and am got some wood i see a video were there put the jack under the exhaust headers to hod the front up and the back wheel on the swingarm so thats no problem
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Suzuki gsxr 600-2003

[ruck bodgers]

i use a piece of rope over a rsj and hoist the front end up. im high tech like that . you could rest it on the bottom of your frame under the engine onto a tool box or something similar put a piece of wood down or something to elevate your bike up by rolling the front wheel over it then slide the crate/box/blocks of wood whatever underneath to hold it. slide the wood out from under your front wheel and commence . depending on what type of frame u have . i am gelous of your warm garage heh

[wilz1234]

I'd be worried about picking up by jacking under the headers, theres a chance you crack the cylinder head around the exhaust exits

[jjdugen]

I'm even more high tech, I have an electric winch attatched to an RSJ over my work area. Makes chassis work a doddle, front AND rear (dont forget the back shock suspension linkages will need looking at too). A thick nylon rope lets you get round frame members with no damage to paintwork. The bike is secure so you can get a bit Medieval if neccesary with no danger of it falling over.
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[fbmbmx]

I have had the linkage bearings replaced so that's no problem. Were abouts are you based? Any chance of a hand for some pennies?

[jjdugen]

I'm in Manchester... a bit far to travel I'm afraid.
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The CBR900RR has been sold. Aprilia Falco worms its way into my heart.
Try Soi 23 on Amazon for a good read.... Self promotion? Moi?

[fbmbmx]

Always the way

[robocog]

Harry, I have done my DR's head bearings recently and it wasn't /that/ hard..though using a stand that rests under the sumpguard designed of for enduro style bikes- so it was fairly straight forward

Can you flip the footrests upside down to use a pair of axle stands to support the front off the ground?

If we can counjour up some secure way of supporting the front end I am willing to give a hand (only in Gosport...so not that far away)

Worth having a nose to see if you can find the tourquing up settings for anything that will have to be removed and replaced
(wheel axle, brake caliper mount bolts, fork yoke pinch bolts and any info ref the stem nut settings - also if it requires a specialist tool to be borrowed or made)

If you have a Haynes it would have all of this in there and may point out any "gotya's" along the way

Regards
Rob
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Needs a bigger garage...

[fbmbmx]

I have a haynes manual mate so no problems there, there is only one tool i need to source and that it to remove the front wheel. to support the bike i was going to tie a rope to the rafters and to the yoke of the bike.
Thanks

[wilz1234]

You cant lift it from the yoke if you're changing the headstock bearings