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Old 07-28-2023, 12:14 PM   #1
Zosamer   Zosamer is offline
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Question Steering Stem Bearings test

I have been doing a lot of reading in this forum as well as others, and I don't see anything specific to my issue(?).

I too have the dreaded front end wobble. It's not bad. I do experience it in turns on decel. Mostly to the right. I just don't take my hands off of the bars. I guess now it's just tolerable. Anyways I was trying to test my front end. Jack up the front end and spun the wheel. Very straight and no wobble and balanced. As per the manual, I pulled the forks back and forth (linear), no play. This is good. Next was the "drop off test" or the "fall away test" or what ever it's called. Well there is no drop off. The bars just causally go back to center. Also noting there's no positive stop point (notch on bearing race) when turning with the bars back and forth, off of the ground of course.

Anyone ever heard or experienced this? Does this mean my stem is too loose?

Thankx in advance
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