how often they come loose on ya? heard yami's are the worst for it. but, lets hear it...

 

so your tellin me not a single person's had to tighten their head bearings?

 

If you have to TIGHTEN them, then they are probably worn and need replaced.


I don't know about newer yamahas, but I know the old 95 fzr600's had tapered bearings, which are WAY better then the honda ball bearings...


If yours need replaced, make sure to pickup a tapered bearing set, I know for a f4i, an all ***** bearing kit cost about $35



Btw the steering bearings are ONLY supposed to be at around 15-25ft lbs.. I believe f4i's are 20ft lbs! IF your front end is loose at 20ft lb, or whatever its supposed to be, then your bearings are shot.
If you over tighten them, it'll just make the bearings worse and make it harder to turn.

 

its on the 900 and i replaced the bearings last year. didn't have the tool to tighten the nut so i just used a punch, but i did preload em first . they were fine till lately.. maybe they just gotta be tightened

 

i have to replace mine 2 to 3 times a year!

 

Have you tried tapered bearings?


Stock honda bearings suck.. Read about it on a goldwing forum They all talked crap on the ball bearings

Just looking at how diesel a set of tapered bearings are, they HAVE to work way better!

ya you might just need to tighten them
Worst comes to worst they are shot, you tigthen them, they wear out, and you replace them later

 

always the tapered.. i do a lot of high speed stoppies, and stall a lot of tankwheeliecirclecombothingies..

 

Tapered FTW! PS the shock preload tool in the factory toolkit can be used to tighten up the steering stem nuts.

 

mine developed a flat spot, i think from being too tight. good for stoppies, bad for riding on 2 wheels

 

ive had to tighten mine recently, was making noise. i think i need to replace them soon. after i tightened mine up, the noise went away.

 

good info.

man, i'm usually pretty resourceful and i never even thought about that

 

i'll definitely check out the tapered. good look