Strech Plastics LT on ez-go Tie rod problems

dubs27

Long story short I bought a 1996 ez-go with a strech plastics Long travel on it. When close to full turn the tie rods hit the coil over. Is this normal? I know there are stops on there to adjust but this thing doesn't turn at all hardly now if I adjust the stops I really wont be able to turn much. The other thing the spindles have ST stamped on them I assume they are for an st350 could this be pat of the problem? do I need stock spindles?

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Pitbull Joe

Any progress of fixing the issue?

dubs27

Nah I think its because I have the st350 spindles. I got a line on some stock spindles that Im going to puck up next week

Pitbull Joe

I believe I have a full steering/suspension set up for a 99 EZGO Workhorse. I will check the storage tomorrow.

kgsc

Pit, if it is the riser axle it will probably have the same lifted spindles. If it it straight it would be what he needs.

dubs27

Thanks Joe let me know

scottyb

I'm not 100% sure but I think the ST spindles had more lift built in at the tie rod end connection.
As I said before I added 1.5 to 2 inches to the big heavy Ezgo steering box arm. The longer arm pushed the tie rods further which turned the wheels more.

Pitbull Joe

Thanks for the info. Pretty sure it's a straight axle.

dubs27

Yeah the ST spindles deff have more lift and seem to turn in more at the tie rod connection. I built a 2" spacer that bolted on to the steering arm but with these spindles it didnt help.

scottyb

The set up you made should have pushed the tires further on each end of the travel, no? Where did the extra movement go?
On mine the big steering actuator that I extended (Sorry no pics on this computer) would travel bump to bump on the frame rails it passed through. This was the maximum it could travel.