97bansheeboy Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hey guys. The front end of my 97 banshee shakes pretty badly on the street at about 3rd gear pinned or faster. I have just replaced the tie rods, steering stem, and a-arms with 2001 parts that were all in perfect condition. At first my axle was causing the entire quad to shake, but I replaced that too. The rear seems fine, its only the front end. It will shake like crazy and the quad seems to pull all over the road from side to side. I keep trying to align my front wheels but have no accurate way of doing it. Any ideas on how to align it more perfectly? Could it be a bent front rim? ALthough niether one seem to move a significant amount when i spin them. Help me out guys!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruff_rida69 Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 mine did that with bad a-arm ball joints and bad wheel bearings when i got the shee, so you might need to check all your ball joints and make sure there tight, all your wheel bearings, and all your bushings, thats the only things I know, and if its your ball joints you have to replace them with all new a-arms, I just replaced all mine today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 i would guess either the a arm ball joints or possibly ur tires being out of balance. i dont think anyone really has them balanced and i bet they dont come perfectly balanced from the factory. that could be it. bent rim or you could be really far out on ur alignment of ur front wheels and tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001SSTBanshee Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 If you ever put slime or fix a flat type products in your tires they WILL shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Duece Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hey guys. The front end of my 97 banshee shakes pretty badly on the street at about 3rd gear pinned or faster. I have just replaced the tie rods, steering stem, and a-arms with 2001 parts that were all in perfect condition. At first my axle was causing the entire quad to shake, but I replaced that too. The rear seems fine, its only the front end. It will shake like crazy and the quad seems to pull all over the road from side to side. I keep trying to align my front wheels but have no accurate way of doing it. Any ideas on how to align it more perfectly? Could it be a bent front rim? ALthough niether one seem to move a significant amount when i spin them. Help me out guys!!! if there stock arms there isnt alot of adjustment but you can take a pair of tie downs from your grab bar to your handle bars and sqeeze them tight till your bars are going good and straight and are tight then adjust the tie rods so there real snug, put a straight edge from your rear to front tires and make the fronts track straight with the rears, shake your tires and resnug the tie rods....that will take any slop out of your steering and by clamping the bars tight with the tie downs your bars wont move while making adjustments from left to right.......you can even toe the wheels in slightly that way at high speed when they spread that little bit it will still track straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001SSTBanshee Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 you can take a pair of tie downs from your grab bar to your handle bars and sqeeze them tight till your bars are going good and straight and are tight then adjust the tie rods so there real snug, put a straight edge from your rear to front tires and make the fronts track straight with the rears, shake your tires and resnug the tie rods.... That's a dam good idea! Never thought of that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Duece Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 That's a dam good idea! Never thought of that.. if you dont clamp your bars off you'll just chase the slop from side to side, and when you adjust the rods the oppisite side moves or the stem does....by shaking the tires and then again resnugging the rods you can get ALL the slop out...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97bansheeboy Posted January 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 thanks guys, I have tried to align the tires with the bars tied to the grab bar like you said. I think i just need to try and align them with the rear wheels better. I will try a few things out. I just put 2003 a-arms in with only 2 rides on them and the bearings seem tight. But i will check all of that again. THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoin39 Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Do like blueduece said but check your toe-in, measure the front of the tires from center to center and back of the tires the same way. If you ride woods/trails you want a little toe-in (1/2"). If you ride in open/fast areas you want a little toe-out. Toe in is when the front measurement is LESS than the rear of the tire and vise-versa. Toe in helps you steer quickly and handle sharp turns and toe out helps stability at high speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonman Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 I'm thinkin it is an unbalanced tire, or a bent wheel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBB Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Mine shook pretty hard before I shaved the front fenders, something to consider (you can easily try it out by just removing the front fenders)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHEE_17 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Are your front rims bent ?.,........check them.......if you cant find out the problem just put sand bags in the tires and see if that helps or i would check the bushings and grease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheerabbit Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Check the hex head bolts that bolt the tie rod ball joint to the hub, Mine cracked the welds and came loose which cause a similar thing to happen. Rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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