- Location
- Brigantine, NJ
Here's my CAFM *Cheap Ass Mother F'n) steering system...........
My stock steering system on my FX-1 was completely worn out. The adjustment was max'd and I even had an extra bushing in there and still no adjustment left. My bars were rocking around like they weren't even connected.........so it was time to go shopping in the scrap pile.
I took a stock steering plate and cut the pivot and bushing surface out of it and then used the core to make new inverted pivot (lock not on top instead of bottom). I turn it in the lathe and put a shoulder on it that fits into the recess in the pole.
Next was a CAFM 1" shortened turn plate. To make this, I used an old Kawaski 440 turn plate and drilled a new pivot point 1" shorter than stock and then removed the excess material, creating a new plate with slightly reduced steering stops (more on that later). The 440 steering plate is WAY small to allow for proper pivot ratio, so I made a billet extension similar to the TBM plate I run on my other ski to extend the pivot out sufficiently.
The end result uses all stock bushings and easily adjustable and smooth. So if you want a 1" shortened turn plate and better pivot system.......go dumpster diving!
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My stock steering system on my FX-1 was completely worn out. The adjustment was max'd and I even had an extra bushing in there and still no adjustment left. My bars were rocking around like they weren't even connected.........so it was time to go shopping in the scrap pile.
I took a stock steering plate and cut the pivot and bushing surface out of it and then used the core to make new inverted pivot (lock not on top instead of bottom). I turn it in the lathe and put a shoulder on it that fits into the recess in the pole.
Next was a CAFM 1" shortened turn plate. To make this, I used an old Kawaski 440 turn plate and drilled a new pivot point 1" shorter than stock and then removed the excess material, creating a new plate with slightly reduced steering stops (more on that later). The 440 steering plate is WAY small to allow for proper pivot ratio, so I made a billet extension similar to the TBM plate I run on my other ski to extend the pivot out sufficiently.
The end result uses all stock bushings and easily adjustable and smooth. So if you want a 1" shortened turn plate and better pivot system.......go dumpster diving!
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