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Jaybird
01-10-2008, 10:18 PM
Is there a higher quality replacement for the upper ball joints on a Typhoon? Been working on the bike and got all the slop out of the steering but the ball joints have slack.
Brain

double d 1
01-11-2008, 05:08 AM
how do you fix the slop in the steering? the allen bolt about 3 or 4 inches from the bottom on the front is tight. where the two outer shafts meet there is play.

Jaybird
01-11-2008, 08:09 AM
A MIG welder. Got tired of dicking with it and welded them together. I'll just have to get creative if I ever need to take it apart.
Brian

hanzito
01-11-2008, 07:05 PM
i used the mig welder trick on my sons also . tacked it good in four spots around it. now i have to figure out how to get it to not over steer. needs steering stops or something.

Jaybird
01-11-2008, 10:02 PM
It should have stops under the head tube. Putting some caster and a little negative camber helps it track a little straighter. Kind of needs a stabilizer though.
Brian

hanzito
01-11-2008, 10:19 PM
it tracks nice and straight. and the steering stop dosent do anyting. it needs to be movedd up the stem to hit but the holes for it are too low guess i need to modify it. it turns farther to one side then the other.

Jaybird
01-11-2008, 10:42 PM
Yea, I had to re-drill that hole and move the collar up. It was about 3/8ths too low.
Brian

double d 1
01-12-2008, 04:32 PM
thanks for the reply on the steering stem. if you throw a few tacks on there to take out the slop , why would you need to break the welds? other than to replace the steering stem. could a guy just make a collar to put around the two pieces to keep them together? that way you could just unbolt it to fix it. thanks

Jaybird
01-13-2008, 06:26 AM
I tried tacking it and they broke, so this time I welded them solid. I thought about the collar deal but the mig was easy and I figured if I needed to pull the stem that I would fab up another way of mounting it more like a conventional quad. We have an ATV/Motorcycle salvage yard right up the road so I could find something to work.
Brian

azextreme
01-13-2008, 08:11 AM
Call Willies Moto World I know that they put HD ball joints on their WORCS bike!

lem dad
01-16-2008, 05:59 PM
is it the rod ends on a arms or the ball joint I have a fix for the rod ends


Rowlands Motorsports
Dylan 03

Jaybird
01-17-2008, 06:30 AM
Ball joints, the rod ends are still OK.