steering stem question
Moderator: Moderators
-
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:10 pm
steering stem question
Hi there all, im doing a front end swap, but a bit stuck on removing the steering stem from the zxr400 h1 bottom yoke. is there anyone on here that has actualy removed one? i know most are pressed in, is this one as it seems sooooo stuck. also is it a press from bottom of the stem up out of the yoke or down through the bottom? any 1???
-
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 3341
- Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:33 am
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: Carrickfergus Northern Ireland
Re: steering stem question
I've never heard of anyone trying to do this...............
What exactly is it you are trying to do ?
What exactly is it you are trying to do ?
-
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:10 pm
Re: steering stem question
im putting zxr forks onto a streetfighter project, for which i need to fit a different size stem into the yokes.
-
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 3341
- Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:33 am
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: Carrickfergus Northern Ireland
Re: steering stem question
Will the new stem not be the wrong size to press fit to the ZXR yoke ?
Or it it the length that is different.
I'll take a look at one and see what I think with regards to removing the stem.................in the morning
Or it it the length that is different.
I'll take a look at one and see what I think with regards to removing the stem.................in the morning
- jake
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 1016
- Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:03 pm
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: wirral
Re: steering stem question
Someone has done this to there h model. They put L yokes onto H stem to use 6r forks.
I cant remember who it was tho, im sure they where on here... might be a long search, but you might find something in there?
I cant remember who it was tho, im sure they where on here... might be a long search, but you might find something in there?
-
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 3341
- Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:33 am
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: Carrickfergus Northern Ireland
Re: steering stem question
H yokes with a L stem to fit 6r forks
Confused I am
Confused I am
-
- CBT slow
- Posts: 734
- Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:41 pm
- My Bike: zxr400 H2
- Location: essex
Re: steering stem question
i would have thought the stem would be pushed up from the bottom, so to get it out you would have to knock it back down through the bottom, surely this would make sense if you think about how it tightens up at the top, otherwise there would be a chance of it just coming out of the bottom yoke, this is my theory anyway if anyone can understand what im trying to explain, also how about a bit of heat to try and free it?
- jake
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 1016
- Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:03 pm
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: wirral
Re: steering stem question
t'other way around mate i think.
the 6r forks fit L yokes, H yoke are waisted different i think and dont work.
And the L stem aint long enough to work with the H headstock..
I think thats right..!
the 6r forks fit L yokes, H yoke are waisted different i think and dont work.
And the L stem aint long enough to work with the H headstock..
I think thats right..!
-
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:10 pm
Re: steering stem question
LOL, yes it will be the wrong width also, but i will be latheing the yokes out to fit. the problem is just getting the old stem out, its a cbr street fighter so dont know if much of you would be intrested this being a kwaka site, but u guys are sure more likely to know than me, ive done this sort of thing before, just not with zxr stem/yokes. i understand what you say about in theory it should be pushed down, but this is not the case on some makes/models, which is why im very weary of forcing it before i know.
- masterofinsanity
- Site Admin
- Posts: 8103
- Joined: Thu Aug 29, 2002 12:36 am
- My Bike: Aprilia Tuono Fighter
- Location: England
- Contact:
Re: steering stem question
there may be a springl clip holding it in and yes they are pressed in from both directions, not sure on the zxr from the top i think, don't forget it could be corroded in place, did this on gpz/gixer stem swap for a mate and what a bugger it was to get the old stem out!!
Don't forget people there is more to the zxr400 than this forum... check out www.zxrworld.co.uk also.
-
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 2320
- Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:32 am
- My Bike: ZXR400-M4, ZX4, ZX6R.
- Location: Herefordshire
Re: steering stem question
incidentally, I think i'm right in saying that the H2 stem is the same length as the H1, but larger diameter... perhaps starting with H2 yokes would preclude changing the stem ?
just a thought
just a thought
-
- zxr400 oc member
- Posts: 3341
- Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:33 am
- My Bike: tomos moped
- Location: Carrickfergus Northern Ireland
Re: steering stem question
Had a look at an L yoke/stem I'd say it presses in from above.
A bit of heat might help
A bit of heat might help
-
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:10 pm
Re: steering stem question
I'll give it another look this evening, I'll post the results if i get any progress just so you all know for future reference!
-
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:10 pm
Re: steering stem question
done it! at last! yes it pushed down! seeing as it was the bottom yoke i needed i choped the stem down close to yoke, then used a hacksaw blade thru the stem to cut it inside the yoke, this allowed me to just push it down and out. and there was a lip on it with a ring pin round it you were right. cheers for the help guys and i hope this can help anyone else at sum point.!
-
- L-plate hell
- Posts: 254
- Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:47 pm
- My Bike: tomos moped
Re: steering stem question
iv done this,i used a grinder to remove the bottom yoke,just cut it into bits,its perfectly normal,then i put the stem in a new lower yoke and a new top triple,new forks on the zxr.quite simple