Steering stop repair methods

[Lutz]

Old story... Crashed hard. Sheared steering stop (the aluminum post on the triple clamp, not the steel tab on the frame). In the picture the fork is turned to the left beyond full lock, as the sheared aluminum post now passes beneath the tab on the frame.


Others have tread this ground before me. So how did you fix yours? Pics please!

[vtwin]

Drill, tap, put a bolt in, done.

[troidus]

If you crashed hard enough to shear the stop, it may have been hard enough to cause microfractures in the bottom triple. You may want to remove it and have it inspected, or just replace it with a new part. It would suck a lot to have the forks break off while under way.

[concours]

Take it off, have a welder build up the stop. E-Z. fix.

[Switchblade315]

3 options drill tap and put a bolt in it. 3 bucks max. seen it done. take it off have it built back up and reformed at a welding shop. 25 to 50 bucks. find a used one on E-bay.

[P B G]

The drill tap option doesn't sound bad from here, if there is enough meat there for you to feel comfortable.

[Lutz]

Long overdue update. I ended up having a friend just build up the broken stop by welding. A little grinding and file work, fresh coat of black spray paint and it's good as new.

[vtwin]

Hope that didn't take almost a year to get to.

[GH41]

Originally Posted by Lutz

Long overdue update. I ended up having a friend just build up the broken stop by welding. A little grinding and file work, fresh coat of black spray paint and it's good as new.

You might think it is good as new but I doubt it. What did the the welding do to the alloy? Did your welder preheat the part before welding? There are guys here that will use bubble gum will seal a flat tire on a super bike. I don't take chances fixing parts that keep my ass off of the ground! GH

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by vtwin

Hope that didn't take almost a year to get to.

Nah, I had it fixed sometime last spring. I had been off the bike for quite a while before that though...recovery from the injury, Minnesota winter, and a few other distractions kept me occupied.

Originally Posted by GH41

You might think it is good as new but I doubt it. What did the the welding do to the alloy? Did your welder preheat the part before welding? There are guys here that will use bubble gum will seal a flat tire on a super bike. I don't take chances fixing parts that keep my ass off of the ground! GH

I appreciate your concern, but actually I've got no concerns with the repair at all - I know it's good. I do know a thing or two about metallurgy (I'm a mechanical PE), and my friend happens to also be a certified high pressure welder.

[GH41]

Originally Posted by Lutz

Nah, I had it fixed sometime last spring. I had been off the bike for quite a while before that though...recovery from the injury, Minnesota winter, and a few other distractions kept me occupied.


I appreciate your concern, but actually I've got no concerns with the repair at all - I know it's good. I do know a thing or two about metallurgy (I'm a mechanical PE), and my friend happens to also be a certified high pressure welder.

Sounds like you are in good hands. GH

[Lutz]

Originally Posted by GH41

Sounds like you are in good hands. GH

I don't know about 'good hands'...with my hands on the controls, there's more than likely going to be more of this:

[Twin-shocker]

There is no need whatever to pre-heat small alloy parts before welding.This type of BS gets passed around by types keen to charge top dollar for a very simple 15 minute job.

[GH41]

Lutz, I missed it before but now see you are from the great white north. My wife is from the falls. GH