How to tighten Loose Steering Head Bolt Bearing.

[ronjolly]

I have a 06 RSTD 141973 miles (Love to ride) Need a diagram on how to tighting the bearings in the steering.. I am getting a popping noise when I hit a small bump.If anyone one can help wood be mighty Thankful.

[Rick Butler]

With that many miles, your fork springs maybe have lost all of their sag and your forks may be bottoming out? I have always said that the best thing you can do for a suspension on the RSV or RSTD is to replace the fork springs. But rather than just tighten up the head bearing, you really need to repack the head bearings. And the perfect time to do this is when you have pulled the forks to replace the springs, bushings and seals?

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rick

 

I have a 06 RSTD 141973 miles (Love to ride) Need a diagram on how to tighting the bearings in the steering.. I am getting a popping noise when I hit a small bump.If anyone one can help wood be mighty Thankful.

[Freebird]

With that many miles, especially if the steering bearing has never been greased, you will probably need to replace them if that is the issue. The race likely is worn and tightening them will probably not help much.

 

Here is a thread of how to do a quick tightening though.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?511-Tightening-the-Steering-Head