Keyser Soze Posted July 20, 2008 Report Posted July 20, 2008 I ride a lot of nasty trails in central Indiana. I keep breaking, or bending the thread on the outers. Someone told me tusk made some pretty good tire rod ends for the banshee but ive broke 2 in the past three months. My buddie rides a 400ex and has never had any tire rod or tire rod end issues. Could I make a complete 400ex set up work? Any other solutions? Quote
Michael Jackson Posted July 20, 2008 Report Posted July 20, 2008 are you running them wound out to the very end of the threads or somethin? what front end setup do you have? Quote
Keyser Soze Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Posted July 20, 2008 Nope plenty of thread in. I dont adjust to yamaha specs or anything I just eye ball it and ride. Never been and issue with any other quad. I thought it may be to far out of spec so the last time I replaced the outers I put it in spec. Still broke one. Front end is stock. Quote
BigRed350x Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 There are some guys on here who make some custom ones I've seen. Run down to your local machine shop and ask them to make you a set with some hi-grade aluminum or chromoly or titanium. They will be pricy, but shouldn't break. Quote
2004LEBanshee Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 Ricky stator makes a great tie rod and end set. Its honda style and heavy duty. I work out 2 yamaha style sets in about three years. Ive had these new ones for about 2 now and they still have no slop. Great buy but pricy at 200. Quote
rtcc Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 ASR makes a few different once for a great price. http://www.amstarmanufacturing.com/index.html I hear mixed reviews but I think its mainly due to customer service, but for the price I think I am gonna try them next. Quote
stink989 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 ive seen a bloke on a raptor that got sick of breaking his so he got some solid inch or inch and a half square and made them fit and he hasnt broken them yet...broke a tie rod out of 1 of them but that was only because he hit a huge rock off the trail Quote
mdhc500 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 I ride the nasty rocky trails of the Michaux State forest and have yet to break one. Bent (1), but never broken... Quote
BenBB Posted July 21, 2008 Report Posted July 21, 2008 Honda-style tie rods & ends are the way to go; the end is female thread instead of male (where they usually snap/bend) and the rod is solid. Quote
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