crackerjack

Was rebuilding brakes last weekend and got to thinking about the steering stop thats behind each A arm.
We all know how they make that loud creeking noise because the plastic cap has worn.
So I took an old spark plug boot and cut the end off leaving a tube.
Then cut a square from a shop rage filled it with grease then pushed spark plug tube over it and around the stop post.
So far it held with no noise, Just thought I'd pass this idea on

timebandit

Mine were never there.

crackerjack

things that make you go uhhmmm...

timebandit

Seriously.

dcg9381

It's cheap..it works.. no complaints here!

thook

What's a shop rage?

eric-the-red

That's what you get when you bash your knuckles on somthing hard and sharp

I always used some antisieze stuff on my steering stops, seems to last a lot longer than grease in the wet.

thook

Knew that was comin'!

toyota_mdt_tech

Easiest thing to do is to just lay a small bead of grease on the arc where the steering stop hits. Dont ever repalce the caps, waste of $$$ and they wil wear off or tear off.

Sonofmayhem

damn that is a lot of toys. MDT...

highway

has anyone tried cleaning it with say brake cleaner and applied a bead of silicone on the stop and let it cure ? don't know if it would hold up well or not ?

highway

Targetnut

Use antisieze compound it kind of hardens up so it won't come right off.

YotaPower

Excellent idea! I've been wondering what that noise was and now I know how to fix it too!

toyota_mdt_tech

It is "sonofmayhem" and its only as small as it is because I have sold a few already. I spend a mint in licensing every year and will probably thin the herd down some more. The KTM SX50 is next. Grandson races, I sponsor him and he is going to "age" out of that size. I sold 2 cherry Honda CT90's, a 1973 and a 1978. But I dont have any desire to sell anything else. I didnt have any desire to sell the trail 90's, but I'm going to have to draw the line at some point. Everything I have is in perfect impeccable condition, so there isnt a "bunch of work" needed on any of them. :bigclap:

toyota_mdt_tech

If you guys just lay a bead of grease every other time you change the oil, you'll never hear the creak and groan of dry steering stops ever again.

Pozi

I simply removed mine and rotated it until there was plastic coverage. Of coarse this is not a permanent solution (like all others) but the next time I go to the junk yard I just pocket the worn caps from donors.

jimmyray

thievs go to hell...................

toyota_mdt_tech

OK, you keep ignoring the fix. Forget the caps, forget rotating, replacing, stealing used ones from the junkyards. I posted a free fix and a permant fix.

GSGALLANT

Although that is the best currently accepted fix, I wouldn't consider it "permanent" since it requires doing something every 5000 miles.

toyota_mdt_tech

No fix on these are permanent, this is the only one that doesnt cost you $$$