PMS Therapy
Saturday may not have been a terribly pretty day but it had one thing going for it, 50 degrees. As I have a laundry list of maintenance items to do before ridign season it seemed a good day to work on the head bearing. If the adjustment works I’m not taking the entire front end down – if it doesn’t then that’s exactly what’s going to happen including new progressive springs.
Due to technical difficulties it was 5pm before the procedure was completed. Without the Honda special socket I torqed it down with a monkey wrench and worked it around and tightened it down again until I felt confident it was smooth. Then backed it down little at a time until the tension was in the 5-7 pound range. After putting it all back together I headed out for 25-30 miles and could produce no deceleration wobble nor any wobble in the leans.
I’d still like to put in the progressive fork springs and may yet do that but for the moment should spring arrive early at least that particular task isn’t going to keep us off the road.
Next step, valve clearance check….