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Lambretta steering bearings -"loose or caged ?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:53 pm
by db67
Hi, need renew my fork steering bearings on my series 1 & just wondered if anyone has fitted the ball bearings loose as recommended by some people & if so is it a real improvement & do you just fit the top ones loose or the bottom aswell ? thanks for any info
Re: Lambretta steering bearings -"loose or caged ?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:02 pm
by HxPaul
All you need to know is on page 225 of sticky's second edition Lambretta manual.
Re: Lambretta steering bearings -"loose or caged ?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:20 pm
by db67
Sorry, only got the first edition
Re: Lambretta steering bearings -"loose or caged ?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:33 pm
by wrecklessrobbie
db67 wrote:Sorry, only got the first edition
On my s2 eibar i put the bearings in loose.
I bought two and destroyed the cages. Needed lots of greese and patience.
Not sure if its any better tbh.
Remember reading a thread about it on here.
Most of it implied it was better for handling. So i gave it a go.
Also with cages on the bearings i bought i could not get a very good fit when the firks tightened up. So it made it easier.
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