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1985 LTD Steering stem Bearing Renewal
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<blockquote data-quote="Rednaxs60" data-source="post: 189689" data-attributes="member: 4617"><p>Decided it was time to do the steering stem bearings on my '85 LTD. Have had the All Balls bearing set for about 15 months and have been waiting for an appropriate time to do this work. A squealing sound started over the past week or so coming from the steering stem area when I would move the steering without the bike moving. Sounded like metal on metal, but could not isolate it. Decided yesterday to start taking the front off the bike including the upper fairing. </p><p></p><p>Have been wanting to get at the position light relay because my self-cancelling lights and cornering lights stopped working. I know the cornering lights work as I have bypassed the position light relay at the signal flasher. I also read a post on GW Docs, <a href="https://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14130" target="_blank">https://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14130</a> and got some information regarding this. There may be other issues but I dealt with this one first and because the upper fairing has to be removed to get at this relay. The position light relay is buried under the coils and behind the wiring on both sides of the bike.</p><p></p><p>Will detail my thread with pictures, but suffice it to say, Honda packed a lot of wiring/parts/items in a very small space and this makes working on parts of the '85LTD a bugbear. </p><p></p><p>Will get more info and pictures staring tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rednaxs60, post: 189689, member: 4617"] Decided it was time to do the steering stem bearings on my '85 LTD. Have had the All Balls bearing set for about 15 months and have been waiting for an appropriate time to do this work. A squealing sound started over the past week or so coming from the steering stem area when I would move the steering without the bike moving. Sounded like metal on metal, but could not isolate it. Decided yesterday to start taking the front off the bike including the upper fairing. Have been wanting to get at the position light relay because my self-cancelling lights and cornering lights stopped working. I know the cornering lights work as I have bypassed the position light relay at the signal flasher. I also read a post on GW Docs, [url=https://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14130]https://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14130[/url] and got some information regarding this. There may be other issues but I dealt with this one first and because the upper fairing has to be removed to get at this relay. The position light relay is buried under the coils and behind the wiring on both sides of the bike. Will detail my thread with pictures, but suffice it to say, Honda packed a lot of wiring/parts/items in a very small space and this makes working on parts of the '85LTD a bugbear. Will get more info and pictures staring tomorrow. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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