i replaced the bearings in the triple tree on my 350X, can anyone tell me about the seals i can use, it dont seem to work just right with the old seals, any help would be appreciated

 

if you put new races in......are you 100% sure they are down all the way?

 

yea, the top one sticks out a little bit, but its down all the way, if you tighten the tree up good, it wont turn like it was supposed to, i thought about taking the top seal out and putting a o-ring in the cap, but i dont know if that would work right, i am baffeled right now

 

Are you talking about the steering stem bearings?

I put the ALL BALLZ brand bearings in on my 200X and was not pleased with the difference in the design from stock to aftermarket. No instructions,no new seals(even though the ad said seals were included) and when I called customer service no one would answer the phone and they never answered emails either.

Its been soo long I don't remember what I had to do to make them work, hopefully you bought a different brand.

Jeff

 

Wow we posted about the same time!

 

yea, they are all *****, i think i got it figured out, but the tree still dont move freely like it should, i was gonna put the old bearings back in it but i think i threw away the races. did you get the bearings from chapperall

 

No I got them from Dennis Kirk. I did some thinking about this yesterday and I'm not sure if they 200X and 350X are different in any way but I think I used the original dust washer and seal from the very bottom and had a real bitch of a time seating the ALL BALZ races. I think it took me quite a few times to get everything seated good.


If I new I was gonna have to much of a problem with them I would have bought OEM.

Jeff

 

well, i just hope it will loosen up a little bit, would you happen to have a old brake pedal spring lying aroud. i have been restoring my 85 350X for the past few years and i have lost a few parts on the way, i have been looking on ebay pretty regular, but cant seem to locate one,

 

Nope, don't have an extra. Sorry

 

I used all ballz or whatever and had np problems. Just had to dremel the old bearing racer (I guess) from the bottom and sand down a lil on the pipe and they went in fine, but they were a lil tricky.