tothemax93
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I"ve been Whittling away at minor Issues with my max. We, Me and my cousin, Did a starter clutch this spring, put on a sissy bar. Did some cosmetic work on the side covers. A few weeks ago, we did the "shotgun" so we got into the carbs a bit. So the next 2 issues were the clutch slave cylinder was leaking, and I did the bounce test and I could feel a ruffness in the steering head bearings. So They needed to be changed. I did all my research here on the forum as to how to attack, and I ordered a new clutch slave cylinder, and middle gear gasket. So just for kicks I stopped at a local, very reputible cycle repair shop and asked them how much to change the steering head bearings. I'm thinking, although it's not that hard, there's a lot of stuff to take off and It will be time consuming. He says $125. So I asked If that Included the bearings, and he says thats the total for everything. So I asked about the bearings, and he said they weren't factory, but he had been using that brand for years without issue. So then I asked about changing the clutch slave cylinder. I already had the part so he said $40. So a week later, He did the work in a day, every thing was done. I guess that I was impressed with that amount of work for $165. I know I was looking at 2 or 3 long evenings of tinkering, trying to find all the tools etc, etc. I've put on 150 miles since then and everything is A/ok.:eusa_dance:
