Have you all seen this discussion. Sounds like a serious safety issue to me.

http://66.216.19.154/cgi-bin/ultimat...c;f=5;t=000145

 

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This is from the ATVNation.com Message board, Goodbye 500i topic in case the link doesn't work for some of you all.

 

I saw a discussion somewhere about this. I just got my 500i last week and checked and they where rubbing. I checked the toe and it was out, adjusted and it was close but not rubbing. I installed 1" highlifter spacers this morning and it definately won't rub now.

Check your toe, my guess is at 0 it won't rub, I set mine a little in.

 

I looked at mine and it was not rubbing, but too close for comfort. It looked to me like part of the problem is due to the rolled edge on the rim sticking out. I compared the rim on the AC to the rim on my pickup and the pickup did not have this edge of the rim sticking out like the AC rim does. I think the reason for the rolled edge sticking out is to make the rim stiffer and allow them to make the rim out of very thin sheet metal to save weight and money. Mine only has 50 easy miles on it and the rims are dented already.

But still, even without the lip on the rim sticking out, the clearance seems like it's too close, and doesn't provide much of a warm fuzzy feeling about AC engineering, especially in this day and age of CAD where they can simulate all the part interactions prior to actually building the machine.

Bob