Typhoon ball joints

[Jaybird]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Yea, I had to re-drill that hole and move the collar up. It was about 3/8ths too low.
Brian

[double d 1]

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]

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]

Call Willies Moto World I know that they put HD ball joints on their WORCS bike!