Sean, here you go.
The ball bearing races fit down flush with the steering neck, the tapered races are taller and stick up above the neck a little. It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt a thing. Here you can see how much mine extends above the top.
As for the looseness, I ran into that exact issue, here, read this post all the way through. It covers how I addressed it. Post #1720. P.S. disregard the zerk fitting, that was a mistake.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/mailman’s-xs2-a-full-on-restoration.51520/page-86#post-576489
The ball bearing races fit down flush with the steering neck, the tapered races are taller and stick up above the neck a little. It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt a thing. Here you can see how much mine extends above the top.
As for the looseness, I ran into that exact issue, here, read this post all the way through. It covers how I addressed it. Post #1720. P.S. disregard the zerk fitting, that was a mistake.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/mailman’s-xs2-a-full-on-restoration.51520/page-86#post-576489