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Hello everyone!
Has anybody tried to change the steering bearing colum and used the original bearing set piaggio or aftermarket set?
How difficult may be, having basic tool and basic experience?
Thank you!
Regards,
Mike.
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Re: Steering bearing
Trinacria74 wrote:
Hello everyone!
Has anybody tried to change the steering bearing colum and used the original bearing set piaggio or aftermarket set?
How difficult may be, having basic tool and basic experience?
Thank you!
Regards,
Mike.
If you search this forum you will find plenty of information about this, mostly concerning the notch which early models developed very quickly. It might help if you are clear about which bearings you are referring to. The usual MP3 problem is with the bearings which mount the hubs on each end of the main parallelogram links. In the UK these would be described as kingpin bearings but usually translate from Italian as "stearing tube" bearings. The central bearings which would be described as steering head bearings on a normal motorcycle are not so important on the mp3 because they carry no suspension or braking loads but simply provide the linkage which turns the wheels.
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is it a LT or motorcycle version LT then you need to bleed the brake 6 times
Due to the valve in the system
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