Steering Bearings
the races for the OEM caged ball bearings can be carefully eased out with a drift, then i had to get the races for those cool roller bearings installed without a bearing race driver, can't booger 'em up in the process either.
actually, i didn't have enough room to hit the driver square without removing more parts, and i didn't feel like ordering a driver anyway...dude is one cheap ass mofo.
can't press the races in either, only thing left is to pull them into the tube, top and bottom. needed a custom race puller tool, heck, got a shop full of scrap, i can make one of those.
i had a 5/8" bolt with enough length and thread, then dug up some old hole saw blanks and drilled them to 5/8. works perfectly.
clean and grease the receivers, and start the race square. i did freeze the races in the shop beer frig, but the parts are so small and the shop was so freakin' hot that i don't think it made a difference. the races were back up to ambient temp in about 10 seconds.
the custom device only pulls the races flush with the tube, and they need another 3mm to seat against the stops. insert one of the old races in the device and pull the new races against the stops...done.
new grease seal at the base of the stem, plenty of WP grease on the new bearing and it gets tapped into place, make sure it's seated all the way.
now i just need to reassemble the front end.