How much for head?

[pogi]

Hi guys; hope Springtime is treating you well!

Just replaced the steering head bearings on my ST. They came over all notchy at 39,000km.

Does US$245 to do the job sound right? Kinda curious as to what dealers around the world are charging for the same work...

Cheers!

PS: Putting off the belt job... I shudder to think of the cost...

[Dunny]

It depends on what you want with it..........

[Pat H]

Originally Posted by pogi

Hi guys; hope Springtime is treating you well!

Just replaced the steering head bearings on my ST. They came over all notchy at 39,000km.

Does US$245 to do the job sound right? Kinda curious as to what dealers around the world are charging for the same work...

Cheers!

PS: Putting off the belt job... I shudder to think of the cost...

It seems BMW like to make a meal out of this job.
The BMW parts are very expensive anyway but they seem to charge hours for the work.
I did mine myself and the whole job took less than an hour. And I didn't have any "special" BMW tools and took my time as it was the first set fitted to this bike.

[Hedgehog]

How much for head?

How come my google searches keep landing me right back here?

[cusi]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog

How come my google searches keep landing me right back here?

Surprised we haven't had a Colonial comment yet

[Dunny]

you'll get better results if you google "giving head".....

[Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by Dunny

you'll get better results if you google "giving head".....

Erm... giving?

[Superduper]

I think I paid near 200. Got the bearings at like 15% off, forget how much. And got bmw to do it. The way pat did it seems like the way.
But at the dealer they took the forks off and all that. Seemed like a bunch of extra work, but I wasn't going to tell the mec how to do what he does. Or the way he does it. So I was stuck. Took about an hour or a bit more to do. Freezing and heating and grinding. (He cut the bottom bearing off the stalk, kinda scared me.)
I guess I could have done it. But I wasn't too sure of myself to take on that task.
So I think I paid about as much as you, maybe a bit less.

[Pat H]

Originally Posted by Superduper

I think I paid near 200. Got the bearings at like 15% off, forget how much. And got bmw to do it. The way pat did it seems like the way.
But at the dealer they took the forks off and all that. Seemed like a bunch of extra work, but I wasn't going to tell the mec how to do what he does. Or the way he does it. So I was stuck. Took about an hour or a bit more to do. Freezing and heating and grinding. (He cut the bottom bearing off the stalk, kinda scared me.)
I guess I could have done it. But I wasn't too sure of myself to take on that task.
So I think I paid about as much as you, maybe a bit less.

Interesting they cut the bottom bearing off.
I was pleased to see that the bottom yoke had two small punch holes that allowed the lower bearing to be easily tapped off with no need for freezing, heating or grinding.
But I guess I wasn't trying to make it look hard work

[Superduper]

Wwell that seals the deal if I need to change them again