ok guys... i wanna set my scrammy up for some serious muddin. for a clutch kit.... is it safe to lower the engagement, or is it nescesary to raise it. from what ive seen, the heelclicker seems to be the better clutch kit, cuz it really lowered the engagement on the sp's in our group. id like to get a set of 25-26in mudzillas, but on a diff site i read that the stock motor was breakin driveshafts w/ these tires... this true? will the tires fit w/o a lift, cuz ive read that the scrammy has the same suspension set up as an explorer, so i could just get a explorer lift. any suggestions would be very useful.... and no im not gettin an explorer tranny.

 

The fronts should fit no problem. You may need to get some wheel spacers though. The backs may be a problem. You could probably get away with 25"s on the back. Dont know for sure though. The problem is that they may hit the floorboard. Before you go and dump a lot of money on a Heelclicker, give Rick Ritter at RCR a call and let him know what you want the machine to do. He will set you up right with only what you need. I dont see the scrambler having anymore driveshaft issues than a Sportsman would. They use the same driveshaft.

 

Check out my photos and mod list. Very good in the mud, though I still cant keep up with my dads Explorer.

 

I have an 02 scrambler that i originally had 27x12-12 outlaws on the rear and 27x9.75-12 on the front. the only thing i had to do for clearance was move the floorboard forward for some clearance in the back. The main thing to watch for in your front tires is the width, if you go to wide you need spacers like bigbadscrambler said. moving the floorboards forward is easy, just remove the four bolts that hold it down and slide the floorboard forward, there are already some holes in the floorboard that will line up and no drilling is required. yes a exploerer lift will fit into your scrammy just fine. anytime you start to modified to run in mud your chances of breaking something increases and it is something that you need to expect our you won't be happy about it when it does happen. Currently my scrambler has an explorer low range tranny in it which really helps out in the mud, if your sticking with you stock tranny 26in tires is all the larger that i would run. With all the large tires i run i have only broken one shaft and i replaced it with a gorilla shaft, but the other one is still orginal. General the main reason the c/v's break is when turned left or right and then power is applied while in the mud. that's hard on the stock c/v's. Currently i have 29.5in. outlaws all the way around, and i have geared it down to 12/38 to help tun the larger tires. The scramblers are fun in the mud because of there lighter weight but they won't keep out by any means to a sportsman. Definately listen to bigbadscrambler about giving rick ritter a call. good luck and you will find al sorts of info on this forum. any question just ask.

 

mngoat
ok... you geared it down.... i thought you couldnt on a scrambler because it was 4wd... is that a ratio that wouldnt screw up the 4wd?

 

I did gear down, stock was 13/36, i'm currently at 12/38. I ride almost totally in mud, so about the only time i have my 4x4 system switch on is then and when in the mud you really can't tell any difference. And to be honest even on the trail with the system on i haven't had any problems. But i'm also running large tires all the why around. about the only difference i felt or seen when i did gear down was that i could break loose the back tires much easier and hence the 4 wheel drive seemed to kick in a lot quicker. I don't do much for climbing so i don't know how the 4x4 system would act in that situation with gearing down. All you can do is try, i would just gear the front down(much more noticable than the back) I would just drop a tooth (to 12) in the front gear, runs around $23-$25. easy to do about 20 minutes and you don't need to change chains, just tighen it up. With a one tooth drop you go from a 2.77 ratio to a 3.00. Compare to if you did a tooth increase on the back it would go from 2.77 to 2.85 or even 2 teeth difference is only 2.92. So you can see the larger change the front makes. I've just use the back changes for some fine tunning if needed. If you don't like the changes with the 12 tooth sprocket just change it back and sell the 12 tooth driver to someone for 10-15 bucks and all it cost you was 10 bucks to try it. Funny that the actual stock gearing for the 4x2 scambler is 12/36, wonder why they gear the 4x2 bike lower? BTW welcome to the forum, lots of great info here!!!!!!!