Steering stem bearings

[The Buddha]

Ohgood - think about this though. Its 6061 aluminum, and it oughtta be perfectly round. If it was out of the lower stem and there was 100% access to it, I dont think its that hard to do. Of course operator's skill and tool quality always is a factor. As is material its made from. 6061 is good, so is 7075. However if it was 20 series, or maybe 6063, common to have pipe made in 6063 and it behaves similar to 6061 except has a tendency to chunk up when you machine it. I bought a good quantity of 1 inch tubing from a place cos they couldn't machine it.
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Buddha.

i always assumed the stem was steel. huh, go figure. that'll cut like butter with a little wd-40 and higher speeds, sharp points.

He made em. He's stuffing in a 04 GSXR 1000 some or other FE. Dont ask, Israel dude got serious modding in his genes. He runs tapping fluid instead of blood in his veins. He breates octane and eats nitrous. Yea ... tacky, I know.
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Buddha.

[omrimon]

LOL good one, Buddha! Yum yum nitrous in my belly. 

Yea, the steering stem is custom made out of 7075 aluminum, not sure what type of tempering it went through, if any.

I'm really happy with the outcome and the overall cost involved. Will post a pic tomorrow.

P.S.
I'm fitting an 06 GSXR 600 FE.

[The Buddha]

Knurl ... knurl ... knurl ... knurl ...
Easy, like butter.
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Buddha.

[omrimon]

Knurling would require pressing the stem back out of the triple tree, no?

Having to drive out to the city, find parking, go to the garage to have it pressed out and then taking it to my machinist is a lot more hassle than ordering that Permatex bearing mount paste online. 

[The Buddha]

Dude that knurling is barely acceptable as a solution. You want to do permatex ... heck why dont you do duct tape. Knurling is say 50% of the answer, permatex is more like 10%.
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Buddha.

[ohgood]

Dude that knurling is barely acceptable as a solution. You want to do permatex ... heck why dont you do duct tape. Knurling is say 50% of the answer, permatex is more like 10%.
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Buddha.

stop confusing the man ! they don't have duct tape in israel, redneck









... hello pot, i'm kettle ...

[omrimon]

Dude that knurling is barely acceptable as a solution. You want to do permatex ... heck why dont you do duct tape. Knurling is say 50% of the answer, permatex is more like 10%.
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Buddha.

If the prmatex stuff doesn't fill the 0.05mm gap it looks like I will HAVE to get it knurled.

Just trying the cheap fix first before trying more elaborate solutions that involve more hassle and money...