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STEERING 14-7
Steering Stem

• Remove:
   Steering Stem Head Bolt [A] and Washer
   Steering Stem Head [B]

• Bend the claws [A] of claw washer back.
• Remove  the steering stem locknut [B].
  Special Tool - Socket Wrench,      52: 57001-1828
• Remove the claw washer.

• Pushing  up the stem base, and remove the steering stem
  nut [A] and stem cap [B].
  Special Tool - Socket Wrench,      52 [C]: 57001-1828
• Remove:
   Steering Stem [D]
   Upper Ball Bearing Inner Race and Ball Bearing

• To remove the ball bearing outer races [A] pressed into
  the head pipe [B], insert a bar [C] into the recesses [D]
  of head pipe, and applying it to both recess alternately
  hammer it to drive the race out.
                             NOTE
  ○If either steering stem bearing is damaged, it is recom-
    mended that both the upper and lower bearings (includ-
    ing outer races) should be replaced with new ones.

• Remove   the lower ball bearing inner race (with its oil seal)
  [A] which is pressed onto the steering stem with a suitable
  commercially available chisel [B].