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Title: Steering head o-rings 1972
Post by: Rocketman on January 14, 2015, 04:42:17 PM

I've got a '72 Six-Days and I need the o-rings that seal the steering head.

Anyone know what size they are? Bearing is 43mm OD. I'm thinking a 43mm O-ring, but haven't any idea the thickness, as the originals must've broken and fell off sometime in the last 43 years. Stuff just doesn't last [:p]

Do you grease them or install them dry and light oil in the bearings?

72 Six-Days

Title: Steering head o-rings 1972
Post by: Dale Fisher on January 14, 2015, 06:00:45 PM

Al, has them listed with the steering head bearings.

http://www.pentonpartsusa.com/4b%2011%20sachs%20frame.htm

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Title: Steering head o-rings 1972
Post by: Rocketman on January 14, 2015, 07:08:54 PM

thanks. I was on his site today and missed them somehow.

anyone chime in whether to grease them or use them dry?

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Title: Steering head o-rings 1972
Post by: Kip Kern on January 15, 2015, 08:25:20 AM

Grease them as well as the bearing balls, Kendall Blue Grease rules!

Title: Steering head o-rings 1972
Post by: Steve Minor on January 15, 2015, 05:25:43 PM

Grease on the ball bearings and in the races keeps everything in place as you assemble the steering stem.

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