Would this work?

Hi guys just found this on Ebay and wondered what I would have to do to make this work? i.e replace top yoke nut with an open ended type (what size nut is it).


I hope the link works not very good at this link malarky....

i was thinking about that it looks like the best one

I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Just as an aside, with the Yamaha set-up, it's the dome nut that actually locks the whole steering head set-up in place. The thin castellated nut under the top yoke, which is "locked" to the lower adjusting nut by a castellated washer, with a flexible washer in between the two, is merely there to keep the bearing adjustment when the dome nut is tightened down. So it's important that if you do fit an open-ended nut that it's torqued up to the correct value. This isn't at all clear from the Haynes manual.

If you've got the time and inclination, it would be worth checking (or even re-greasing) your head bearings while you're at it.

Other bikes that don't have this double-nut feature (such as the Suzuki I worked on recently) are a real pain to get the steering head bearing adjustment dead right - you have to leave a bit of slack to start with, to allow for it to tighten up when the dome nut is torqued up. So - good thinking Mr Yamaha.

Cheshirecat let me know when you get it. if its works i will get one for my self

TomCom wrote:Cheshirecat let me know when you get it. if its works i will get one for my self

Kev buy one and if it works don't tell us....... hehehe

Personaly id buy a new standard nut and cut the chrome dome off and tidy it up with some sandpaper but thats me and i like grinders