The steering head bearings went on my F700gs at 3000 miles. never pressure washed.
replaced under warranty.
We shall have to agree to disagree on that. Taper bearings are generally only pattern parts. Most manufacturers use ball bearings as OEM they offer more feedback and feel. But they wear faster. You can easily take out slack with grease. I see it all the time. I fail a bike on an MOT and then the owner comes back two hours later with grease bulging out of the headstock and they're tight even though they're past adjustment.. It's the oldest trick in the book. It's only temporary.
That's why when people fit new bearings with ridiculous amounts of grease they work loose quickly. I've had numerous service bulletins from the manufacturers I've worked with stating this very fact and warning techs not to add further grease to head bearings when fitting them. Because they were changing them under warranty because of incorrect fitting..
Most modern BMW head bearings are torqued. Usually about 7nm with the wheel on the ground and then set with an angle gauge.
Indian sourced obviouslyThe steering head bearings went on my F700gs at 3000 miles. never pressure washed.
replaced under warranty.
Excuse me..... mine was £5899 OTRNo. I'm a professional motorcycle technician and MOT tester who works on bikes every day of his life and changes cheap bearings for a living. If you think your bargain bucket RE is built out of anything else but low quality "indian equivalent" branded parts then you're living in a dream world. It's cheap for a reason. I didn't say it was a crap bike. But it's a five grand bike for a reason.
I didn't say taper bearings are only pattern parts. I said they generally are. I'm not going to argue it because I know it's fact. Because it's been my job for over twenty years fitting them for nearly every manufacturer and changing them when people fit them incorrectly.
Why does everything on this forum have to be a petty argument ffs?
While i'm at it i'm changing the fork oil. Funny thing is, the book says 455ml/leg and that's what is used in the various videos on the subject but, i only got a total amount of about 550ml out of both legs
You're better off finding the air gap. That's how fork oil should be measured. Maybe the quality control in the RE factory isn't so precise after all
Are sure you got it all out and were there equal amounts in each fork?
As you say, 455ml per leg is the spec, try it and see as it sounds about right.