[ST] steering head bearings (wear)

[Ken Thompson <kentmpsonmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:55 PM 12/29/02, alex wrote:
>earth (ground) through the greasy bearings
>causing spark erosion between the bearings and their races.

While I agree a grounding strap would solve the spark erosion issue, in my 
experience I've never seen significant evidence of this causing significant 
bearing degradation.  Most damage I've seen is of the pounding nature from 
potholes, wheelies and such.

Ken T. from Ca.

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