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rictus01 · 18-09-07, 10:04 AM

Generally good quality steel should be fine, but do make sure it's at least as thick as the originals.

unload the swing arm (remove wheel/ brake) and refit the spindle, measure from that to a fixed point on the subframe above with the standard dogbones in place, then just reduce the dogbone length by 10mm, fit those and measure again (should give you roughly 20mm extra from memory, might be a little less) which will give a benchmark for the length you need.

the guy from PDQ is probably right I'm still amazed by what people don't notice, but it will quicken up the turn in and if you go to far make it a little unstable, I ended up with about a 2 1/4 inch rise on the back, which was just a little to much for stability, but gave really good turn in, rather than loose that and drop the rear a bit or add a steering damper, I changed the bar ends for GSXF ones with the lead cores, which worked fine.

Hope that helps.

Cheers Mark.

18-09-07, 10:04 AM	#5
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Tierods / Jackup kit Generally good quality steel should be fine, but do make sure it's at least as thick as the originals. unload the swing arm (remove wheel/ brake) and refit the spindle, measure from that to a fixed point on the subframe above with the standard dogbones in place, then just reduce the dogbone length by 10mm, fit those and measure again (should give you roughly 20mm extra from memory, might be a little less) which will give a benchmark for the length you need. the guy from PDQ is probably right I'm still amazed by what people don't notice, but it will quicken up the turn in and if you go to far make it a little unstable, I ended up with about a 2 1/4 inch rise on the back, which was just a little to much for stability, but gave really good turn in, rather than loose that and drop the rear a bit or add a steering damper, I changed the bar ends for GSXF ones with the lead cores, which worked fine. Hope that helps. Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!