Who as stiffened up a gen two steering post by inserting a steel rod into the post?

[sodfarmer]

Someone on here put a 12 inch long 3/8" socket extention down their post. Sounds pretty strong to me so that is what I am going to do.

 

[AZ800]

I remember people on this forum doing this about 6 years ago on the GenII RMKs.
Everyone that did it said it worked fine.
If you can get the rebar down past the steeing hoop bearing then you'll be FINE!!!!!!!!!
Just stuff a rag down there and use the rebar to push it down as far as you can...then dump your epoxy down there. It shouldn't leak down past the rag.

What he said!

And, no, you don't need to completely remove the engine as Ollie said, but after getting that far into it, I pulled the engine to clean out all the gunk and pine needles, lost nuts and bolts, and a missing screwdriver that I hadn't seen for 2 yrs!

 

[600xc4me]

Well it looks like we have some diffurent opinions here. For what it costs I'll stick rod down it, and see how sturdy it looks, if it doesn't look like working I'll buy the wildchild set up.

 

[sledmanhof]

my brother bought a post from wildchild and to strengthen it a little more he just filled the steering column up with fiberglass resin and it helped alot with no problems so far

 

[oilkan]

I've got the same problem on the wife's 01 700. I tried emailing wildchild but no response. Does any one know if he's still making these for sure?

 

[Mafesto]

my question is do you have to pull the motor to chang it or are you able to sneak it around
thanks

I installed a Wildchild post in mine without disturbing the engine location.

However, I do have little girly hands
Also, if you do not have good mechanical dexterity, forget about it.

 

[Ollie]

I installed a Wildchild post in mine without disturbing the engine location.

However, I do have little girly hands
Also, if you do not have good mechanical dexterity, forget about it.

Guess I should have said that I have big azzed meaty hands and not a lot of dexterity as a result.

 

[offtrail]

just wondering if the old indy steering post is the same size as the gen II's. I'm thinking I should do this to mine too. Also if different does wildchild make one for the indy wedge?

 

[600xc4me]

Yeah I'm pretty sure it should be the same thickness, but might not be the same thing though. And yes he can build you what ever you want. Just send him your stock post, and he'll work from there.

Just an update as to what I'm doing. I pulled mystock post, and sent it to Kurt, I'm thinking he should have it by now. So I'm getting him to build me one, he'll keep my stock one, then give me a deal on the new one. I'm thining this is probably the smarter way to go.

 

[offtrail]

How long did he think it was going to take to get your new one?

 

[Powder Pro]

I remember people on this forum doing this about 6 years ago on the GenII RMKs.
Everyone that did it said it worked fine.
If you can get the rebar down past the steeing hoop bearing then you'll be FINE!!!!!!!!!
Just stuff a rag down there and use the rebar to push it down as far as you can...then dump your epoxy down there. It shouldn't leak down past the rag.

I did that to mine, I had wild child make me one with a 5 inch raise and just put a rag at the bottom of it and filled it with fiberglass resin and have not had a problem with it since.

Powder Pro

 

[mb1]

I suppose a $10 tether would prevent the runaway tree cutter as well, I'm putting one on myself.

So is the EDGE post that much stronger? I just put on a 8" riser.......

 

[theultrarider]

I suppose a $10 tether would prevent the runaway tree cutter as well, I'm putting one on myself.

So is the EDGE post that much stronger? I just put on a 8" riser.......

The edge post is much stronger. I bent the gen II's repeatedly until I added the upper bearing.. But rather than just putting it on the hoop, I used a piece of 1x4 rectangular tubing bolted to the top of the steering hoop and bolted the bearing to it. They are rock solid after doing that even with a stock post. After doing mine like that, I wound up doing this mod to several others and no bent posts for anyone.

 

[BB454]

Rod

10 inch Husky 3/8 rachet extension from Lowes. Grind off part of the female end to clear the handle bars. 6 inch riser on mine and not problems. Cost $8.00.

 

[offtrail]

So do I need to pour epoxy down the post to secure the extension? What holds it in place. Can I just drop the extension down the post and weld the female end to where the riser mounts?

 

[THEDICK]

Here are a few pics of my old sled's steering post.
I originally had an adjustable Fabcraft steering post that broke just below the gussets, so I replaced it with a stock Edge steering post and raised the aftermarket aluminum collar up about 6" by making a bracket out of tubing and thru bolting it all together.
Even with a 6" rox riser the result was a rock solid post with no flex.

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[theultrarider]

Here are a few pics of my old sled's steering post.
I originally had an adjustable Fabcraft steering post that broke just below the gussets, so I replaced it with a stock Edge steering post and raised the aftermarket aluminum collar up about 6" by making a bracket out of tubing and thru bolting it all together.
Even with a 6" rox riser the result was a rock solid post with no flex.

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Perfect! that is what I did on mine with the stock post. Rock solid and no more worries!

 

[600xc4me]

How long did he think it was going to take to get your new one?

He said about a week. But I found out he has not gotten it yet. Weird. But yeah about a week he said, not sure if that's the time JUST for building it, or with shipping.