I just recently clipped a tree and broke my left tie rod.

I bought a new one as well as an end. I installed however it seems that if your are looking at the machine from the front it looks like the wheels are leaning outward from the top. I beleive this is Camber not Toe.

What is the proper way to adjust my tie rods fro this machine so that the wheels are aligned properly. Any info you can provide would be great.

Thanks.

 

You may have bent something else when you hit the tree. Warriors have no camber adjustment on stock A arms, you have to go aftermarket for that.

 

Yep what you descibed is positive camber - when the wheels are out farther at the top than at the bottom. If the top was in farther than the bottom, that would be negative camber. Warriors have no camber adjustment from the factory.

Toe-in and toe-out is what you adjust with the tie rods. You want a little bit of toe-in for proper alignment. In your case you probably only need to adjust the one you replaced. To adjust toe, and the Warrior on the ground, set your handlebars straight and measure the distance from the front of the front tires, and then measure the distance from the rear of the front tires. I usually go from the center of the tire to the center of the other tire. If the distance is longer in the front, you have toe-out and need to lengthen your tie rods. If the distance is shorter in the front, you have toe-in and you need to shorten your tie rods. You want about 1/8" toe-in.

Some people will take a long straight-edge and put it flush against the outside of the rear tire and run it up against the outside of the front tire, and adjust the front tire to be flush with the straight edge. There are several ways to do it.

It can be tricky and you can't go by eye-sight because you have nothing straight to judge by.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Raptor450

Yep what you descibed is positive camber - when the wheels are out farther at the top than at the bottom. If the top was in farther than the bottom, that would be negative camber. Warriors have no camber adjustment from the factory.



Toe-in and toe-out is what you adjust with the tie rods. You want a little bit of toe-in for proper alignment. In your case you probably only need to adjust the one you replaced. To adjust toe, and the Warrior on the ground, set your handlebars straight and measure the distance from the front of the front tires, and then measure the distance from the rear of the front tires. I usually go from the center of the tire to the center of the other tire. If the distance is longer in the front, you have toe-out and need to lengthen your tie rods. If the distance is shorter in the front, you have toe-in and you need to shorten your tie rods. You want about 1/8" toe-in.



Some people will take a long straight-edge and put it flush against the outside of the rear tire and run it up against the outside of the front tire, and adjust the front tire to be flush with the straight edge. There are several ways to do it.



It can be tricky and you can't go by eye-sight because you have nothing straight to judge by.</end quote></div>


When you put a tie rod on do you install the 2 tie rod ends onto the machine first and then screw on the tie rod itself or do you screw the tie rod into one end mount that end then do the other end. What is the right & best way to do this.

 

Put both tie rod ends onto the tie rod and unless you know how far they need to be adjusted, screw them all the way in. One has backwards threads, so don't screw up the threads. Both tie rod ends need to be screwed in an equal amount. Then install it on the machine. You can turn the tie rod now for adjustment - this is the purpose of the backwards threads, when you turn the tie rod, both tie rod ends either screw in or out together.

 

ok this is gonna sound stupid.. but i clipped a stop sign post (it was the same color as the gravel) with my front right tire.. i tryed adjusting the tie rod.. but now it pulls to the right all the time..

 

You probably bent your tie rod. They are supposed to be straight.