Its been a long time since I have been in this forum but have a question to ask

I recently got some bighorn 2.0 tiers mounted on my stock steel rims. When I went to install the wheels on the ATV I found that the side lugs of the tires would hit the corners of the rear stabilizer bar. I think this was an issue when I was on the forms back in 2010 and guys were somehow bending the bars. I did try this with a bar with no luck. 1" on both sides would be perfect.

Is it possible to bend the bare 1" on either side without cracking or breaking the bar? I don’t want to run 1" wheel spacers if possible.

Thanks

 

Had an 09 XP 850 back then too they were disconcting the end links letting it hang straight down and using a 2''wide HD large tie down strap pulling the bar in. From what I remember it took some force but people were able to get it to bend [doing it on the atv] to fit 11,s on the back