34 - Damper rod
35 - Damper tube nut
36 - Rubber seal
37 - Moving washer
38 - Bottom angular ball
bearing
39 - Fixed washer of
steering damper
40 - Head tube of frame
A - Cavity under piston
B - Cavity above piston
To adjust the bearings:
1. Jack up the motorcycle front so that the front wheel does not
contact the ground.
2. Undo the tightening bolt of the steering damper, remove the
spring and the supporting washers, holding the damper washers
by hand.
3. While rocking the front fork up and down with the handle bar or
with the fork leg tips, determine if there is any play.
If play in bearings is evident, unlock and slacken off nut (Fig. 27,
#4) of the steering column stem, move up cross-piece (Fig. 27, #3)
with the nut, having first released tightening nuts (Fig. 27, #11) of
the fork legs. Tighten bearing nut (Fig. 27, #9) and release it 1/8 -
1/6 of revolution. Check the play in the bearings once again. The
front fork must freely turn.
Reinstall the cross piece, tighten the nuts including lock nut (Fig.
27, #4) and reinstall all other parts of the steering damper and
