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01-19-2002, 10:43 AM
Due to constant bending of the stock steering stem on my 400, Im thinkin about cutting the stem off at the top and at the bottom, getting a piece of solid steel and welding the top and bottom back on??? Gonna add about 8 lbs of weight but I figure it'll be tough to bend that solid??? Anyone tried this yet, if so how'd it go??? Someone told me I'd have to get the solid steel to exactly the same size as the stocker....Like within a .001. :devil

JhallettEX
01-19-2002, 12:39 PM
You could probably go ahead and do this mod, but do 1 thing first, Start saving your money becuase you are goin to have to buy a new frame when you bend it instead of your stem. Good luck.

02-15-2002, 09:09 AM
:blah

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA, TAKE YOUR STEERING STEM OFF AND SLIDE A BIGGER PIECE OF PIPE. YOU MAY NEED TO DO SOME WELDING, THEN IT WILL LAST MUCH LONGER. WHEN I DID IT I THINK IT ADDED ABOUT 4 TO 5 POUNDS

Sick0
03-13-2002, 07:32 PM
I did the same thing you are taik about. But i use
1.5 tubing from the 1.125 to retube the stem. I also narrow it down to the 1.125 at the bushing. It came out real nice but like someone else said U are going to break your frame. Now my frame is crack. also I think it's too stiff because I have more arm-pump. I'm going to redo my.

JhallettEX
03-14-2002, 09:52 PM
TOLD YOU SO.......You all should have listened to me.

03-14-2002, 10:20 PM
Jhallet, I'll set up a cot and TV for you in my garage so you can keep an eye on how I work on my quad. I sure as **** dont want to get a "TOLD YA SO"!

In lieu of the legal minimum wage required, would you accept VP race gas in lieu of conventional pay?

JhallettEX
03-15-2002, 08:30 AM
FATBOY......You just keep workin on your own, I havent seen all to many mistakes form you yet, and I wouldn't give you a "TOLD YA SO," becuase you would come over and sit on me. Besides your wife would like me to much and want to keep me around longer than you would like to imagine. Oh, and on the minimum wage requirement, I make $50.00/hr, How much do you make?

CHAR250R
03-16-2002, 08:08 AM
SAVE YOUR MONEY, AND BUY A GOOD AFTERMARKET ONE. IT WILL BE MONEY WELL SPENT. I LENGHTHENED MINE 2" UNTILL MY ROLL DESIGN ONE CAME IN. REMEMBER THIS: MISTAKES COST MONEY.

PsychoDave
03-20-2002, 12:57 PM
hey fat boy this is for you..........

hey JhallettEX......50 bucks an hour..... thats it, you probably dont even have a gun with that private investigating job......just a wanna be cop who thinks he is tough.:huh

JhallettEX
03-20-2002, 05:33 PM
Hey PSYCHOdave, What are ya a 15 year old little boy that just got off your mamma's nipple? Go see your local psychiatrist and get some shock therapy, Send me the bill I will take care of it.

PsychoDave
03-20-2002, 05:47 PM
YEAH THATS IT! First you make a crack about fatboys wife liking you and now you talk about my moms nipple? Do you have a problem with women that you need to reference these ideas? Do you crave love? I think you need to investigate your inner feelings before you worry about others. I think when you were a kid nobody paid attention to you so as you got older you crave attention and dream of someone liking you. No flame intended but for you to brag about how much you make means that you wish you made that money. I make plenty and I dont flaunt it.
WhatEvEr:o

Sick0
08-21-2002, 04:59 PM
my firt post

gojk
08-21-2002, 06:23 PM
I got an idea. Don't wreck. I have bend my stem once and that is because it was rolled hard. You can't be rolling that often right?
;)

Sick0
08-21-2002, 07:45 PM
i bent my strring stem 4 times in the last 2 weeks. I crash all the time. I filp my quad over on a daly basest

Castor-426ex
08-21-2002, 10:54 PM
wtf...

whats wrong children

08-21-2002, 11:28 PM
Do you have a problem with women that you need to reference these ideas? Do you crave love? I think you need to investigate your inner feelings before you worry about others. I think when you were a kid nobody paid attention to you so as you got older you crave attention and dream of someone liking you. No flame intended but for you to brag about how much you make means that you wish you made that money.

Josh can C&D fix this :D :D :D :D :devil :devil

JK

C&D is great people, but I just cant resist sorry.

Castor-426ex
08-22-2002, 12:43 AM
word of advice...dont build your own stem unless you really trust your work...

sounds to me like an injury waiting to happen

Sick0
08-22-2002, 05:33 PM
This post is 5 months old, And My stem turned out great. Its starting to get weak from crashing so much. I do trust my work. I made the stem better than some after market stems.

Castor-426ex
08-22-2002, 10:53 PM
sweet just be careful haha

Leo
08-23-2002, 05:16 AM
this thread took a dump fast...

Leo