Steering head bearings - question

[John Soliday]

I probably need to tear mine down this winter.  I assume the rear swing arm
bearings are just as lacking in lubrication ?

John

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From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On
Behalf Of schnowz
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 6:45 PM
To: gpzlist at micapeak.com
Subject: Re: Steering head bearings - question

 
There a wrench in the GPZ toolkit under the seat for adjusting the steering 
bearings. You're supposed to remove the 12mm hex cap nut and loosen the
bottom triple clamp. If theres enough room and there usually is you can
loosen the top triple tree instead of the bottom as it's easier to get at. 
  I doubt if the knock you're hearing is the steering bearings - could be
the calipers as you suggested. If the steering bearings are loose you can
feel them on a bumpy road. 
 As Bill mentioned the factory didn't grease the bearing too well and
generally the bottom one will rust if you don't get in there and add grease
at some point.
 
  Pete S