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Originally Posted by blueboy5000
The steering bearings (headset) are set up identically to a common bicycle, and are serviced the same way. I would clean and re-pack the bearings with high-temperature wheel bearing grease, and tighten the lock nuts much tighter than what you would do to a bicycle. With a bit of creativity, you can clean, and re-pack the bearings without removing the forks.
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Bingo. I picked up the scoot today. rolling it down the ramp when I got home, it had that characteristic headset clunk when applying front brakes. I have ridden bicycles for 25 years/100k miles. Wrenched them all, and probably installed two dozen headsets in just about that many bikes over those years (bought a headset press in 1992 or so). Anyway, when the headset is loose it will clunk... back and forth.. when applying the front brake. This scooter does exactly the same thing. I'll give it a try, though it is hard to clean and examine the inner bearing cup races without removing the fork. Looks like a pain to get to, though.
My thoughts: The guy lost his license for a period of time, and purchased a scooter. He, by his admission, took the "1" off of the "150-T", and rode it without a tag for 300 miles. The headset loosened up, and the scoot became dangerous to ride. He got his license back, and abandoned it (because he did not need it, because it was broken, because it is illegal to ride it without a tag) for the last 6-8 months (it is a 2013, made in June 2013 according to the manu tag). He sold it to me with helmet and scooter cover for $400.
p.s. I do have the cert of origin so that I can tag it.