125 steering question
 

Looking for your help again. My newly aquired 125's steering is way sloppy, how does one go about tightening it up? At this time I can almost make half a turn, any suggestions?
Thanks

Time for a complete rebuild: new bearings and races, cam follower, seal, and upper column bearing. I have enough pictures to make a how-to for steering box rebuilds. Perhaps I should put that together...

Sounds like a great idea :) :ThumbsUp:

Check out this topic:
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ght=Uncle+Dick
There is a how to rebuild the steering in that topic.

Thanks alot guys, I read your thread all the way through Merk, it will help a great deal.
Thank you!

My 125 is pretty sloppy too. I think I will start with replacing the ball joints. I think most of my slop is in the ball joints, not the column. It looks like an easier project than the column rebuild too. I see all four ball joints for under $20 on Ebay all the time. If that isn't enough I'll do the column.

Better than the OEM ball joints would be to go to McMaster-Carr's website and look for heim joints of the same size. They're only like $6 or so each, and you will never wear them out. I have them on everything I own.

Do you have a part number? If not, how would I look them up?

Here they are.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#60645k441/=9h81sr

Thanks you. I don't think I would have been able to figure out how to find them. I guess I will spend the extra few bucks.