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I would wait and see hows ssjones turns out



Friday Update:
- races installed with the homemade threaded rod and washers. I ended up tapping them into place with a piece of wood and a rubber mallet. They went pretty easy, no drama.
- Cut the bottom race off with a Dremel and small cut off wheel, easy.
- Installed the new bearing on the steering neck.
WOW - that took some effort. I found my garage floor jack was a perfect fit and drove it most of the way down. About 1/2" from the bottom, it wouldn't go any more. The neck increases to 30 mm here and my jack handle was too small (actually bulged out the jack handle metal).
Off to Lowes - a piece of 1.25" threaded PVC, 10" fit perfectly.
I had to hammer quite hard on the PVC with a piece of wood and a metal hammer. After a lot of pounding, I got it the final 1/2" into place.

Final insertion of the trees and adjustment begins shortly.
Wish me luck, hopefully have test ride results on my next entry.

I would advise everyone check and at least grease/adjust their bearings. My bottom bearing was completely dry, no grease at all. It didn't feel loose on the stand, but that had to have been a problem.

Al