steering issues?

[gordo]

92 banshee with +2 arms and stock steering stem. I turn the bars all the way to the left or right until stem hits the steering stop. my wheels have almost an extra half inch of play inwards which causes a lock up and if you go fast enough your going over the bars! ive checked for alignment issues, tie rod tweeks and have no idea on why it would do this? also running spacers on 1" spacers on hubs? thanks any help is greatly appreciated.

[Larry's Shee]

Worn stem or worn/bent steering stops. Spacers or deep rims makes it worse

[Larry's Shee]

worn where stem flag hits stop

[gordo]

is this a common issue? so a new steering stem would solve the problem? would you recommend the roll design steering stem or oem?

[hoppedupandcutdown]

I've seen more the stop on the frame bent/worn. A spot of weld on each side and dress it down til it stops before the wheels cam over.

[gordo]

widening the the stop..never thought of that..thanks

[Starwriter]

The stop also bends forward when this happens. Bend it rearward and weld in a gusset.

[gordo]

thanks for the info folks..much appreciated!

[Zillaguy]

5th mod down on this link to Cascades frame mod section.

http://67.199.65.66/cascade_innovations/newlook/content_page.cfm?if_page_id=258

[camatv]

those are great frame update pics on that site.

[swhitey917]

I've seen more the stop on the frame bent/worn. A spot of weld on each side and dress it down til it stops before the wheels cam over.

 

Same solution I had to do for mine. Bent the steering stop on the frame up which was allowing the wheels to turn past full lock and sending me over the handlebars a couple times before i could make it back to camp. Might loose the spacers as well which could be causing strains on the steering system.