Have you had any play in the steering? If so what did ya replace....I know I need tie rod ends, but where can I get them at a good price? How about the steering post bearing could it be bad?

 

your upper post bushing might be bad,partsland.com sells the tie-rod ends for $19.99

 

Thanks 420....We need to hoke up and go to big rock sometime...or W.N.F we are planning go go to one ASAP. I hoping to take my 4x4 off this weekend.

 

Might want to check the steering bushing. Just changed it on mine, made a big difference. Get the HPD replacement, not stock Polaris. Much better part. Old bushing is riveted in place, used a dremel tool to cut it off on mine. If you haven't gotten changed over to 2WD yet, you'll have more stuff in your way than I did. Stock bushing from my dealer was 20 bucks (plastic), I saw HPD for 30 (aluminum).

 

I looked that them from HPD, I won everything I need off e-bay last night to change it to a 2x4. I can not wait. I'm still going to go with the 14 tooth sprocket if I find one......if I try to turn the front wheels I have about 1 inch of play, don't really know if it is the steering bearing or the tie rods. Have you ever changed your tie rod ends? Just wondering what I need to change(as far as the tie rod ends)

 

Sorry for the delay. Just got back from the movies. Seen Van Hellsing (sp?). Anyway. I did have some play in the steering. As the others stated, replaced the steering post bearing with the HPD unit. All good after that. In fact, I am still on my original tie rods. But for those, you may want to check out EPI.

 

I can't beleive so many are loosing the 4x4! I had thought about it, but I know that I would miss it... I would rather find a sport and build it up, or a trailblazer and swap a motor, and still keep my Scram a 4x4. I have made it into basically a Offroad race truck, or a stadium truck... I bet loosing the 4x4 would shed at least 70 lbs...

 

its strange,ive read so much about ppl replacing the lower post bearing.mine is still like brandnew and ive already replaced the upper and tie-rod ends a couple times..RAJ whenever you wanna ride over this way let me know,id be happy to give you a tour[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

That because it was upgraded in 01. The '00 and older (and some of the early 01's) had a cheap steerign post bearing

 

Cheap doesn't descirbe it. The upper bushing isn't bad (yet) on mine, but I couldn't believe it was just two pieces of plastic. I may go ahead and order both from HPD even though the bottom one is new. I would feel a whole lot better knowing I had a quality part in such a critical area. It's hard enough to miss trees when I can steer.