--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "dooden" wrote:
> Was that the top jam nut, or the actual slotted nut that holds the
> bearings tight ?
>
> Look again there is a hex nut that jams down on the slotted collar
> nut.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Dooden
>
oops guess i should have mentioned that bit
the top nut was the loose one but i did remove the handle bars and
remove the nut tighten slightly the slotted retainer the redid the
top nut.
>
>
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., KJ wrote:
> > Someone in the parking lot at our breakfast stop last Sunday
> noticed that
> > the nut on my steering head was loose. This eagle eyed gentleman
> spotted it
> > because the nut was backed all the way off to the point that it
> contacted
> > the handle bars. I'm not sure but it probably was like that for
at
> least 60
> > miles or so. I didn't notice anything weird about the handling
at
> freeway
> > speeds. The week before I did notice a clunk or creak sound
during
> hard
> > braking. Probably starting to get loose then. We tightened it
back
> up with
> > needle nose Vice grips and Devon doused it with thread lock.
> >
> > Karl
> > A14
> >
> >
> >
> >
> clippity clip clip