steering bearing needs tightening

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote:

> I for one advised you should loosen the top pinch bolts. which was > wrong, according to the Holy Book of Clymer. shrug. If I was doing > it again tonight, I would still loosen the top ones.... > Anyone else here, please feel free to correct that thinking if I am > wrong about that! I actually don't see that it matters either way, > as long as one of the set of pinch bolts allows the forks to move > within the triple trees as the bearings are being adjusted.

I loosen the top pinch bolts, then lift the top triple-tree up to make room to get a pair of channel-loks onto the adjuster (note that I have the gas tank off while doing this, else things are *way* too crowded down there). I then adjust the drag, and push the top triple-tree back down and put the big bolt back on. This is probably "wrong", but works for me.