250-500cc LOWER TRIPLE CLAMP

Has anyone had a problem with they're lower triple clamp steering stop sheering off on either the left or right side? When I bought my bike it was sheered off so, I bought a whole new lower and low and behold it has sheered off again like a hot knife through butter.

where it hits the frame? did you sling it up the track?
wich bike is it? could you weld another stop back on it?

ya mean the bump stop on the clamp or, pic maybe?? my welder does wonders with triple-clamps. ill give ya his number in case yer interested.

Yes the bump stop on the bottom clamp has sheered off.

Yep, mine too-02 cr250. sliced that sucker right off!

Common issue since adam was a boy, the issue is the sharp and hardness of the metal that strikes the stoppers which rounding off the hard edge helps prevent but won't stop this from occurring. Grind flat the sheered off stopper then you can either drill and place a rubber or hard nylon bump stop or have it aluminum weld a new stop.

Some guys have a welded a bar on the frame with nylon ends that hits the lower clamp base and it seems to work better than the bump stop.

Similar to how the cr 125 is????

Yep, the same design all the way through the range (and with other make's as well). The welded bar stopper on the frame was OE on my old KDX (better design).

Should say, that design is the same from 1990's (maybe 80's) onwards......and same issue.

PS..Stop falling and you wont have to replace them