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Suzuki LS650 Savage - Steering Stem Lower Bearing Removal;Installation

Suzuki LS650 Savage
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268
2B. If the speci
alloo
ls arc
nOI
used. perform the
following:
a.
Insert a hardwood Slick or soft punch into the
head
lUbe
and
caref
ully tap the outer race
out
from the inside.
b. After
it is s
lan
ed.
wo
rk
around
Ih
eo
Ui
er
ra
ce
in
a crissc
ro
ss pattern so th
at
neither the
ra
ce
nor
th
e head tube is damaged.
3A. A special Suzuki tool set
up
(Suzuki bearing
in
sta
ll
er
part
No.
09941
-3
451
3)
can be u
se
d
to
in
stall the headset bearing race as follows:
a. Position the outer races into the headset and
just s
tan
them into position
li
ghtly with a son-
faced mallet.
lu
st
ta
p th
em
in
enough
10
hold
th
em
in place unt
il
the special 1001 can be
insta
ll
ed.
b. Insta
ll
the
bear
in
g
in
staller (
Figure
49) into
both of the
outer
races.
c.
Tig
ht
en the nuts on the bearing installer and
pullt
hc o
ut
er
ra
ces into place
in
the headset.
Tightcn the nuts until both bearing outer races
are
co
mplctely scatcd
in
thc hcad sct and are
flu sh with the stccring hcad surfacc.
d. Remove the special
tool.
38. If the special tools are n
ot
used. perform the
fo
ll
owing:
a. Position one
ofthc
o
ut
er races i
nt
o the hcadset
and just s
tan
it
in
to position lightly with a
soft-
faced mallct. Just tap it
in
enough
10
hold
it
in
place.
b.
Tap the outer
ra
ce
in
slowly with a block
of
wood. a suitable size socket or piece of pipe
(Fig
ur
e
SO
).
Make sure that the race
is
squarcly seated
in
the headsct race bore before
tapping it into place. Tap
th
e race
in
until
it
is flush with the stccring head surface.
c. Repeat
fo
r the othcr outer race.
Wood
block
Ra
ce
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Steering Stem
Low
er Bearing
Removal/Installation
'f=-
Head
'-
I. Insta
ll
the Suzuki special tool (bearing remover lube
part
No.
09941-84510) (A.
figure
51
) onto the
s
te
ering stem assembly (8. Figure
51
).
2.
Ti
ghten the upper bolt (C.
Figur
e
51
) and
withdraw the lower bearing from
th
e sleering stem.
3.
Remove the special
1001
and
th
e l
ower
bearing
from
the
steering stem.

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