I bought a set of Fastway foot pegs that can be installed in the low position. I was wondering if anyone has taken their stock pegs and modified them to be low. It looks like it would be as easy as cutting off the boss on the peg and stacking some washers on the other side. Maybe make a boss to weld it on the other side. I searched the site and didn't find a thread on this. I'm kinda guessing this might be a common modification. Has anyone done this and how did it go? Thanks
I did it on my Yamaha 426. Worked well. If you do it, weld the boss back on the top of the peg. If you don't, the load on the pin goes from shear to bending. The pin was not designed for the bending stress that would result from putting your full weight on the outside of the peg. I did the calculations for my 426 and I am sure the results would be similar for the Husky.
I designed the Fastway pegs and did all sorts of testing. He is right on here. Cut the collar off and weld it to the other side and then swap left and right springs and your good to go. Failure to weld the collar back on puts the load in the middle of the pin and bends it which stresses the mounts as well. not good.
You smart guys are so funny... My WR250f has had this mod for 3 years without welding the collar with no problems. It will probably break on the next ride out. It has also had the mount welded up after my crazy danish friend decided to rip it off the frame with a rock. Rode to a friends house fixed it up and finished the day riding. Two years later it is still holding up fine. Even with Kelly riding it. good as new... Later,
I have personally seen the bending pin issues several times. It does happen. We even built some heat treated cromo pins because of this problem when we were testing this idea. - Ask the JJW guy, he was pissed when his TM tore the peg off the frame do to bending.
Yep, if you don't was your bike well it starts to sprout. I have seen plants try to take hold in my skid plate and other places that did not get 100% clean.
Well... I modified my pegs to the low position. All I did was hack saw off the boss and filed it smooth. Final thickness was 0.625”. Then I made a new boss from a .625" diameter piece of round stock, drilled it .400" down the center and cut it off to .425" length. I used the stock peg pin to line it all up and tig welded it as far around as I could (about 3/4 the way). A quick bead blasting and a coat of grey self etching primer finished it up. You ask why did I do this when I had a new set of Fastway pegs sitting there? Well the Fastway pegs, when they get slammed up against the frame they hit directly on the pin that goes to the kickstand spring and on the other side they nail the brake arm area. My modified stock pegs clear everything when they fold up.. and they look stock. Sweet results if you ask me. I’ll just keep the Fastways around for backup I guess. Oh yeah. If your going to do this use smaller diameter than 5/8 round stock. The stock springs just barely fit over the diameter. The springs that came with the Fastway's are a little larger diameter and I used those.
