I Destroyed These Bearings
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2018
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My dream bike is a Honda cr 250 evo 1989
Cr 80 2000
My dream bike is a yz 450 2018
My dream bike is Honda CRF 250
Those triple clamps looks sick!!!🤩
It really helps to put the steering stem in a plastic bag & then putting it into the freezer part of a fridge. Leave it there about 20 minutes. The cold temperature shrinks the stem/triple clamp (metal). The plastic bag is to act as a barrier between the dampness/ice in the freezer & the part. Then remove the stem from the freezer & the bag. Also heat the greased bearing in an oven or toaster oven at no more than ~150°F. The new heated bearing may just drop into place now over the shrunken steering stem. A little tap on the inner race may be required at the most. Use a small punch, brass if available & tap with a small hammer. Or use an appropriate diameter sized piece of metal tubing to slide over the stem. This works great also for the new outer races that will be installed into the steering head part of the frame. I also used a propane torch to gently heat the aluminum head frame in the area where the bearing will sit. The heat expands the aluminum a tad. I heated the outside of the head for about 1 minute keeping the propane torch in motion. You just need it to be warm to the touch. This expands the aluminum head. Have the outer race ready that you got out of the freezer. The last ones I did the outer race literally fell into the steering head. I used the old outer race and a small hammer to tap the new race until I heard that familiar bottoming clunk. Mine required 1 gentle tap in each of 4 places. Meaning tap in 1 spot then 180° across from the 1st tap. Them move 90° & repeat. The race moved a hair at the most. I actually could not see it move because it dropped nicely into place. Easy peazy. Cold shrink the inside part & heat expand the outer part. Oh those are roller bearings not needle bearings. Heating the steering head gently with a propane torch or heat gun aids in removing the old races. Be quick so the heat does not transfer to the race & also expand. Love your videos. No grease is needed between the bearing race & the head stock. Grease takes room & we want a snug full contact between the race & the aluminum steering head.
Great comment, it's pretty crazy how much using heat and cold can help!
Human I did this for my 2005 yz 125 head bearings and it worked amazing. Heating the bearing and freezing the stem works so dang good. 👍👍
How do you heat the bearing? It should be covered in grease so what's the easiest way?
Thank you for this! Hopefully this will help make it easier when I do my '82 Husky next week. Seeing as it's one of my possessions, I suspect it's going to fight me as hard as it can go, so I better show up with my guns loaded!
Heating works
I've never seen great results from puting parts in a freezer
My dream was an older two stroke, and my dream came true, now I have a 1997 CR 125!
Dude I am so keen on seeing this Bike finished!! Your video quality is mint! The way you explain things like how each part goes together and how a tool works is perfect... for anyone that's learning I refer them to you!
Keep up the awesome work dude and in no time you'll have a huge following. Legend!
85’ CR500! Keep up the good work mate, can’t wait to see the CR back together 👍🏽
For someone that is very mechanically inclined I'm surprised you didn't "pack" those bearings the right way. I guess they don't see the same speed as tapered wheel bearings so it really doesn't matter as long as they are coated.
they look fully packed to me
@@nastysoda9212 oof, have you never hand packed a wheel bearing?
A lot of people don't tell us watchers what every step they are taking is, but you always tell us what you do, step by step!
I know this is an old video but this is perfect for me doing my bearings for the first time. I've seen some scary videos on you tube with hammers and chisels hitting the stem. Yours is perfect and professional thank you so much!
Kx 500 in a 2018 kx 450 frame
I would love the cr250 your building now😂
i did the exact same job on my 2003 cr250r with the exact same RM tools! and used a 3/8"socket extension to remove easily the races from the frame. i have this job to do in the next few weeks on my new YZ 125, hope it will be as easy as it was on the CR! Great video you did by the way, looks easy!, the only place i had hard time was the bearing stem removal, but with your technique, its straight foward, easy and smart!!
Nothing like having the right tools for the job, saves a lot of frustration for sure. Nice work!
Dream bike??......How about a 2001 cr500 motor in a 18’ crf450r Frame😍
My dream bike is gonna be this bike !!!!!
Same brother
I can just about remember my first head bearing replacement as a teenager and struggling with my Dads basic tools, ended up pulling the races in with threaded bar and nuts, took ages. You made it look easy, that Tusk puller is the dogs bollox. Great vid.!!
Hey cam, you haven't run into any issues with cerakote or powdercoat on the inside of the triples where the forks are clamped? Just curious for my own set I'm doing. Thanks!
Your cr250
I did this all yesterday without any special tools, though I did make my own bearing press with a threaded bar, three nuts and a couple of scrap blocks of aluminium. Didn't use nearly that much grease though...
Can i buy those rocky mountain tools to be used for automotive usage like placing in bearings in transaxles or transmissions and so on without a press? Was wondering if that black tube was wide enough for me to place on shafts in automotive usage
What kind of bearing kit did you use? OEM? Cause I bought a all balls steering bearing kit and both gaskets look the same when I compared them....there was no thinner or thicker lip...unless I'm not looking in the right place
Totally enjoying your bike build .nice to see the tusk tools at work .keep up the great video's
Coming together very nicely indeed!
Cameron,
I own a 1995 kdx 200 and my kickstarter has been acting up lately. I’ll get ready to kick it and when it kick it, it will go down like nothing with a sound like its barely grabbing a gear. Its feels like its slipping, other times it will kick so problem. Sometimes I slowly push down on it until i get tension then I bring it back up and kick it over. I had a ton of engine work done in January and its started to do that when I got the engine back. Is there anything I can do to eliminate this problem? Ive just started racing harescrambles and it pisses me off when I cant get a decent start because of my funny kickstarter.
Thanks
Hey Cameron! Do you know how to make a tripod for this bike by modifying the left footboard?
Im doing all the bearing on my 01 cr2505. This is the last one that im stuck on it. Is there a tool that i can get to remove the bottom bearing that crap is coming out
Great content as always Cameron keep up the great work now I no how to sort my head stem out on my new cr 125 project bike thanks for sharing
Bike looks so amazing!!! You are really good at this, keep up the amazing work, man! My dream bike would have to be a brand new CRF450. Planning on doing a build on one later on in life
Love how u show how to do stuff step by step keep up the amazing work
Cameron, great videos. I recently restored a 1984 Husky WR 400, and had to d the same work. What I used was a rivet gun ( not an air hammer because they have crappy controllability.) get some chisel dies and brass or aluminum dies, and you won’t have to fight with a hammer and chisel. Use a mig welder to carefully put a bead of weld around the race. After it cools it will be tremendously easy t remove, again with a rivet gun (ingersoll rand AVC13 hits good) and a long straight die.Check Boeing surplus in Renton. Or Craigslist. In Western Washington you should be able to find one relatively easy! I will upload my pics and video when I get time on my channel. Again, you do great work, and wish you great success. -Aviyaytor.
Always wanted to build a nice yz125 dream bike, these videos definitely help me to know what I’m doing when I get to do it someday!
hey man, nice vid. i went through this painful experience on my 10' TE310. I wound up cutting the old bottom race out of the triple cus it was cold welded to the steering stem. What a nightmare.
2003 Cr 125 love your vids your the best and this really helped me
2018 CRF 250R for sure. Great videos, can't wait to see the finished project.
Did you end up getting one? The 18’s had some issues with the cams and valves. The 2019 tho made a big comeback with 42hp and just slap a 49 or 50T sprocket on it.
You can replace these bearings without any specialty tools. For removal I used a dremel to cut the bearing and the inner race too. For the installation of the race into the frame you can just use a correctly sized socket (and the triple clamp as a press, more on that later). Cooling the race and heating the frame helps a lot too. To install the bearing on the stem I think I just slowly tapped it on using a punch, hitting the top of the inner race to get it started. Then, you can use a socket as a spacer and use the threads on the triple clamp itself to press on the bearing. Using grease here helps a lot. It should be as quick as using the tools. This won't damage the bearing as the forces encounted by the bearing during normal use of the bike will far exceed the force you use to press it on there using this method. You could also make the press tool using correctly sized piece of metal pipe for the stem and some threaded rod as for the frame with the correctly sized socket.
What did you do to those triple clamps, same process as the frame?
Is there a name for that shaft tool that you use to seat the bearings?
bonjour de france , ma question quel repère as tu pour vérifier l'alignement de ton té de fourche par précaution avant serrage de l'écrou au frein filet je fais un montage a blanc de ma fourche et de la roue et du guidon cela permet de régler au plus juste l'alignement de la direction , très bonne vidéo avec sous titre en français 👍
2018 crf450r with dual fmf 4.1, tuner, and black wheels🤙 Keep giving it your 110 best effort like you always do!!
Congratulations on your work, thank you for sharing your videos!
While removing the bottom race bearing I cracked the frame; the crack goes in about an inch into the bottom of the base where the race goes. What do you recommend?
Ouch that might be a tough one. A local welder would be able to take care of that hopefully but definitely don't run the bike with a cracked frame.
Thanks, I was considering it leaving it like that but probably not a good idea.
That triple clamp looks amazing ! Great job Cam !!
My dad had a 79 cr 125 he bought new I would love to find one to hang on to or build
custom 2018 250sx, keep up the good work cant wait to see the bike finished
I should have bought a tusk installer tool... Went with the motion pro instead and its a nightmare trying to bang them in straight. Going try heating the area and freezing the bearing before installing the bottom one.
My dream bike was my 1993 Cr 250 that I had to sell due to knee injury and the birth of twin boys. Love the videos they are very informative
My Dream bike is a 2019 Suzuki RM 125. C'mon Zook, bring it back! Cameron, your videos are incredible. Thanks for your dedication, bro.
custom 2018 yzf250 supermoto with alpina. love your videos btw, if I need to replace anything or learn how to do it you're the man to watch 👌💯
2001 cr250r. Great videos!! Keep up the awesome work!
Ive changed quite a few of steering stem bearings and using a torch localized to outside of the bearing and quickly use your punch and hammer to tap it off the stem before the heat transfers through the bearing into the stem. And then using normal interference processes for the installation.
Just had to do those bearings on my YZ! I used the same kit as well. I literally had to use my full strength just to turn the bars.
Before watching this build my dream bike was a Husqvarna FX350 but this bike is coming together so well that my dream bike is this piece of art. The amount of hours you have put into this bike has made it so cool.
Ktm sx 125 2018 or the husky tc 125 2018. They’re basically the same so any of these 2
I had the same style bearings on mine and when I tried doing it like you're doing it and knock the lip off of it broke it all the way around I had alleged and end up damaging the stem and had to file it out later
My dream bike is my 18 crf450r. But I've always liked and wanted to get an 01 cr250r. Your bikes gonna look awesome, can't wait to see it.
Is it too later for a free steering nut wrench 🔧 for my fav 2016 YZ125 ? 😉
anyone knows model number of stem steering bearing for Suzuki Inazuma GW250
Everytime I have a problem with my CR125, there is one of your vid to help me out 👍 awesome
Phenomenal build and vids! Keep it up! My 94' CR 250.
If you are going to invest in any special tools for this job, my advice would be to buy a bearing separator. You can clamp this under the upper lip of the inner race of the lower bearing once you have removed the cage and rollers, then rest it on top of the open jaws of the vice and tap the stem through with a soft-faced hammer or mallet. When you re-install the lower bearing, use the old inner race to press the new one on and invert the whole assembly using the bearing separator to support it on top of the vice again, then tap the bottom of the stem down through it using the soft mallet. Removal of the outer tracks can be easily done with a soft drift and hammer, then insertion with the old track and hammer. As long as you make sure you start them straight and knock them in evenly until they are up against the shoulder, they will be installed squarely. I am always reluctant to use heat unnecessarily on critical components like these. I am retired now, but I have removed and installed many hundreds of tapered roller bearings in my time with simple tools.
Love your videos! Keep them up!
When is are you getting to the engine?
sick vid man lots of information in all of your videos keep it up. my dream bike is a 2018
yamaha wr450
My dream bike is a 2013 honda crf250r because it has dual exhaust, keep up the killer videos!
When it came to removing the races, the only difference for me was that I used a long flatblade screwdriver to pop them out, and installing them, I already had a race seating tool to install them. No giant wingnut, just a a long road with a race adapter on the end
hello bro, what name grease in use this video?
My dream motorcycle is the Hisqvarna fe450. Keep up the great work, I learned a lot just by watching your vids
No grease on the old bearings?
1993 cr250 cant wait to see the finished bike keep it up mate
Wow, what a nice tool, where did you buy it?
Links to all the tools are in the description.
A modern 500cc 2 stroke with an adjustable power valve, a map switch and an easy pull clutch.
And after riding an Alta at a demo I would prefer that more after the battery life gets better. It was definitely the best bike I have ever ridden.
i used old bearing race and a pipe to drive new bearing on and for races inside frame i freeze them and heat up the frame they slide right in
My dream bike is your cr250 because I’ve seen how much work you have put in to make it mint
I think i need to re-grease my steering stem bearings. My front end moves around very freely, the steering is smooth like butter, but it makes a little squeaking and I’ve never re-greased it. Thing is i dont have the right tools to do it
Where did you get that vice?
I can’t wait until the bike is done! I’ve seen every video so far.
Another handy way to get those tapered races out is with a bead of weld around the inside of race,as th weld cools its shrinks the race and they literally fall out.
Hey man love the videos and the things you do to make your bikes to perfect is so trick ! Keep it up ! Honda CRF450R
Honestly , I don't really have a dream bike but I think the bike you're building right now would be my first choice! Greetings from Germany and keep up with the great work!
Mine is a Honda CR 500, I can only imagine the kick on the ba*$ of that thing. Good to see your bike finally coming together.
“Using no special tools.” Lmaooo
No special tools that he had to PAY for... Just stuff generously provided for free...hey rocky mountain can I get a hook up with a bearing puller and installation tool?
My dream is to have back my 1980 CR 80. I learned to ride on that bike 20+ years ago and since then I have not been able to find one. Man those were some good memories
Definitely would have to be a 05/06 yz125. Love the vids and can’t wait for this bike to be done
never thought of a dream bike too hard before. I imagine it would be a kx500 stuffed into a modern chassis with A kit suspension. thanks for the video!
I haven’t really got a dream bike but I’m happy with my old 02 yz250 that I’m slowly doing up
My dream bike is my KTM exc 300, i'm very satisfied of my choice!
Great vid!
My dream bike is a 2001 Honda cr500 or a Honda CB750 four, Intresting video btw. Im currently working an a Honda MTX 125
This bike is gonna look fantastic. Keep up the great videos
Use a couple of tyre removal levers ,to remove the taper roller bearing you will do it in seconds as it comes off square and no damage either.
Do how to stiffen the front forks I need HELP!
My pride and joy yz250f which I’m currently building! I’m a new subscriber and am really enjoying watching your content :)
Welcome to the channel Dan!
Why not remove the lower bearing using a harmonic balancer puller?
2006 of newer Honda Crf250r with duel fmf and exel black rims. Awesome video man will help out a ton in the future🤙🤘
Cr 500 hope it will come true one day but keep up the good work I have learned sm stuff about bikes and want to learn more
2018 beta 250rr race edition with the build your own beta option with fmf shorty and a bunch more upgrades
Dream bike ,2007 CR125 blinged out man, loving this build
Love the videos!!! And my dream bike is a 2007 cr250
This is a very good job. Thank you very much
I haven’t been riding long but so far the bike I have has been the dream, I gotta show some love to my 09 RMZ 250 🤙🏽
My friend knocked out the head stock races with 3 whacks each. A splayed drift works wonders and pushes out evenly. Beautiful tool.
Those tools are awesome. But i think i should be able to build it in my shop. Nice vid man.