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My steering bearings on the GasGas were starting to grab so it was time to change them. Pulled the bike apart and got down to the bottomfork clamp/steering axle. Took it to work and used a puller to remove the bearing. Now to get it back together.Took a piece of 3/4 sched 40 drilled it out to fit over the shaft and welded a small solid piece in one end and machined it for my bearinginstaller. Took a piece of solid stock & machined it down for my cone installer.Got a socket and ground down some key stock and tig welded to the socket for my top bearing lock nut
Put the bike back together, got the forks all lined up. Started tighening shock clamp bolts /got to the last one and broke it off in the lower clamp. After a few choice words now what??? No problem I jump it the truck drive to work get the proto easy out set /my transfer punches and the torch set. Use the tranfer punch to center the hole /drill it out / knock in the easy out /add a little heat YES it starts to turn, then stops Add a little more heat, it turns a little more and then snap the eay out breaks off inside the hole More choice words Now what???I try to drill out the easy out Harden material does not drill. Now what. Call the snap on guy He has a 3/16 Hi-Roc carbide drill $37 that will drill thru hardened material & a blue point extractor set $110. Dive to his place and buy goods. Drill out the old easy out /insert the new easyout/ add more heat and tork on it real real hard I thought it was going to break again NO LUCK it won't budge. Take out the easy out, drill the rest of the way thru the bolt Then re-drill it just shy of 6mm .Grap a tap/ tap the hole. In two turns with tap/ back out/ clean tap/ blow out hole/ apply more cutting fluid Do that about 20 times and I am back in buisness A 30 second job turned into a 3-4 hour job
Put the bike back together, got the forks all lined up. Started tighening shock clamp bolts /got to the last one and broke it off in the lower clamp. After a few choice words now what??? No problem I jump it the truck drive to work get the proto easy out set /my transfer punches and the torch set. Use the tranfer punch to center the hole /drill it out / knock in the easy out /add a little heat YES it starts to turn, then stops Add a little more heat, it turns a little more and then snap the eay out breaks off inside the hole More choice words Now what???I try to drill out the easy out Harden material does not drill. Now what. Call the snap on guy He has a 3/16 Hi-Roc carbide drill $37 that will drill thru hardened material & a blue point extractor set $110. Dive to his place and buy goods. Drill out the old easy out /insert the new easyout/ add more heat and tork on it real real hard I thought it was going to break again NO LUCK it won't budge. Take out the easy out, drill the rest of the way thru the bolt Then re-drill it just shy of 6mm .Grap a tap/ tap the hole. In two turns with tap/ back out/ clean tap/ blow out hole/ apply more cutting fluid Do that about 20 times and I am back in buisness A 30 second job turned into a 3-4 hour job
