> Lee Snover Wrote:
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> I'll try to take a pic tomorrow.
>
> I've looked at the parts diagrams online and everything looks in order.
>
> I believe the bearings all seated, but I will recheck.
>
> On the top end, from top to bottom:
>
> 1. Large Chrome nut
>
> 2. Beveled washer, flat on top, taper on underside that fits into triple
> tree.
>
> 3. Triple tree.
>
> 4. Flat washer
>
> 5. Top bearing race (screws onto tube.
>
> 6. bearing retainer (cage and balls)
>
> 7. bearing cup seat.
>
> Everything feels sold up/down. No play. Wheel moves left and right
> smoothly.
>
> At the top where the tube goes through the triple tree, the tube can
> move forward and back under load. I.e. when braking, bottom of fork is
> stopped and pushed toward back of bike. It seems to be piviting at the
> bottom of the tube, which does not have any apparent slop. At the top,
> there is a few mm of slop between the triple tree/yoke and the tube.
> Under load the tube moves toward the front of the hole and then when
> load releases, it moves back.
>
> I would think the tapered washer that goes on top, before the final
> large cap, would push into the gap a bit and take up the slop, but it
> doesn't work that way. In addition, when I look at photos online, the
> pics I see don't show a tapered washer, just a flat washer, so I'm
> confused by that. I have another almost identical Maxi Sport that was
> abused more, has 4 times the miles and the steering is solid, no slop.
