How to overhaul vintage mountain bike headset bearings

Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/996447607429641/ In this video I’m going to explain how to overhaul a vintage mountain bike headset and its bearings. I was lucky enough to be able to buy a Koga Miyata Skyrunner Carbolite. But, as is often the case with bikes which are 3 decades old, the bike is in need of some love. The bike is from 1991 and comes with a for the time top-of-the-line Shimano Deore XT groupset, including the headset we’re going to look into. The previous owner said the headset had issues. When I came to pick up the bike he told me a bearing had split, and his father had removed it. I had never heard of something as a split bearing. And as it turned out this wasn’t the case. So I’m not going to repair a caged bearing. But I am going to give you a couple of pointers when overhauling a vintage mountain bike headset yourself. I've also written a blog post with more information. If you want to read this article go to https://www.restoration.bike/bike-repair/vintage-mountain-bike-headset/ Visit my website for more bike restoration tutorials: https://www.restoration.bike/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restoration.bike/ Music is from the YouTube Audio Library Song is "Bonfire" from An Jone

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