Properly adjusting stearing head

So guys, going going back to this thread, I never ended up tightening the steering head.

So the steps as I understand it are, after getting front wheel slightly in air:

1. Loosen the Allen key to the right of the top nut on the yoke.
2. Then loosen the top nut.
3. Check the movement of the front end
4. Tightenen or lossen the thin nut under the yoke accordingly.
5. Tighten the the top nut, then the Allen key.

Voila?????
 
Get it too tight, bike will weave at speed.  Get it too loose, forks will clunk around under braking.  Simple. :D

Lavs prefer adjustment on the loose side, just before clunking sets in...

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Get it too tight, bike will weave at speed.  Get it too loose, forks will clunk around under braking.  Simple. :D

Lavs prefer adjustment on the loose side, just before clunking sets in...

piet
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Is the order of things right?
 
Thats the right order, just make sure you hold the bottom nut as you tighten the top one or the bottom one will move as well. I also find the adjustment changes as you tighten the top nut. It take a few goes to get right. As Piet says better slightly loose than tight. Tight has the bike feeling like its rolling about like a drunk, feels horrible.
 
Hard to say, you will soon know riding it. If it feels like your riding through thick porridge its too tight.
 
1. Loosen the Allen key to the right of the top nut on the yoke.
2. Then loosen the top nut.
3. Check the movement of the front end
4. Tightenen or lossen the thin nut under the yoke accordingly.
5. Tighten the the top nut, then the Allen key.
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Think you have to loosen off the two top fork leg pinch bolts before adjusting the 'thin nut'.
My sequence is:
1. Back off the top nut,
2. Back off the the three top yoke pinch bolts,
3. Adjust the castellated nut so that the forks fall smoothly against their stops,
4. Tighten the top nut and check fork movement again,
5. Tighten the top three top yoke pinch bolts, and
6. Check fork movement side to side again and ensure the up and down fork movement is smooth and stiction free.

A slow weave at about sixty indicates that the forks are too tight.
A Koni rear shock C spanner fits the castellated nut, the  spanner supplied with your shocks might fit.
HTH, Terry
 
Legs said:
Think you have to loosen off the two top fork leg pinch bolts before adjusting the 'thin nut'.
My sequence is:
1. Back off the top nut,
2. Back off the the three top yoke pinch bolts,
3. Adjust the castellated nut so that the forks fall smoothly against their stops,
4. Tighten the top nut and check fork movement again,
5. Tighten the top three top yoke pinch bolts, and
6. Check fork movement side to side again and ensure the up and down fork movement is smooth and stiction free.

A slow weave at about sixty indicates that the forks are too tight.
A Koni rear shock C spanner fits the castellated nut, the  spanner supplied with your shocks might fit.
HTH, Terry
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Thanks. I'm taking a flyer based on the instructions in the green book (posted at the beginning of this thread) which only mention that one bolt. Will soon see if that's wrong!

I already bought a super think spanner thanks to someone here who posted a link to one on Ebay a while back.
 
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