BMW K 1100 LT/RS Motorcycle User Manual


 
31.6
Removing and installing lower taper
roller bearing
Removing taper roller bearing
Press down steering tube (1) by approx. 5 mm
and press back again.
Press off taper roller bearing (2) and dust ring (3)
using two large screwdrivers.
Installing taper roller bearing
Heat taper roller bearing to 80 °C and slide onto
the steering tube together with the dust ring as
far as it will go.
L Note:
Dust ring must have no clearance!
Grease bearing with, for example,
Shell “Retinax A”.
Removing and installing upper taper
roller bearing
Removing taper roller bearing
Using a drift, knock out taper roller bearing to-
gether with dust ring (2,3) out of setting ring (1).
Installing taper roller bearing
Heat taper roller bearing to 80 °C and press to-
gether with dust ring into setting ring.
L Note:
Dust ring must have no clearance!
Grease bearing with, for example,
Shell “Retinax A”.
LT310030
3
1
2
LT310040
1
1
3
2