Turning radius improvement with simple bolt-stop mod?

[C-Mack]

Steering stops were put there for a reason by the designers. It doesn't seem advisable to mess with them as they obviously felt a hard mechanical stop was needed to either protect a specific component of the steering system or front axle.

It could also be for added support/protection off-road, if one of the front wheels hits an object hard enough and the wheel is forced to pivot fully with the momentum and weight of the entire vehicle behind it a fixed stop could prevent damage to vital components such as hub axle joints or the steering box from going beyond it's safe amount of travel/rotation.

I'm sure folks who have made changes to their stops will be fine but having them there as an additional safety measure seems the more prudent thing to do.