cj7den Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) My shee is a 87 with the j-arm. The stearing is really twitchy. Someone on here said the ball joints. My riding is tight trails and pits. I think wider arms on the front would get to wide, mabey? But in the end would I benifit from arms moved forward and/or wider? Also places to get j-arms. Seen steller, who else? Edited January 2, 2012 by cj7den Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon321 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 My shee is a 87 with the j-arm. The stearing is really twitchy. Someone on here said the ball joints. My riding is tight trails and pits. I think wider arms on the front would get to wide, mabey? But in the end would I benifit from arms moved forward and/or wider? Also places to get j-arms. Seen steller, who else? Try replacing your bushings in you J arms that might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFB172 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 This is my first attempt at lending advise so i hope i don't botch it to bad, im sure if i get anything wrong someone will certainly call me out on it If you suspect you have some loose ball joints or tie rod ends one way to check it would be to jack the front wheels off the ground and push/lift on the tire and watch for any slop/play in the ball joints. Being an 87 its highly possible that some or all have taken a beating and have a little play. Wider arms are going to give you more stability and a wider stance, if you do a lot of blazing in the woods your going to want to consider whether or not an additional 2 or 4 inches of width in the front is going to be a hindrance. Having a set of wider arms built also allows you more choices in what shocks you want to run, from what i have gathered even going to a stock YFZ 450 shock which are longer than banshee shocks are a huge upgrade over stock. Im actually building an 87 right now and Tim at Stellar is building a set of extended J-arms for me, were both in Tucson so i got to go to his shop and look around when i placed my order, his fabrication is on point and i cant wait to get my arms, so i would say if your thinking about getting a set made hes the guy to talk to, great guy to deal with. Hope this helps and im sure some other people will chime in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duramaxsmoke Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 do they make long travel j arms or just drag arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Tim will make you whatever you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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