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Old 01-03-2007, 12:26 AM
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ScRaMy500, Someone else can chime in on this thought because I don't use paddles. You said you were riding in the dunes so maybe paddle tires would lower and ride better? If so, remember they will only work in the dunes.
 
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Old 01-03-2007, 01:01 AM
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the tires that i have are cut every other tread bar. the guy that had the quad before did this. so they are not paddle tires. a arms are possible ill check prices what about the rear?
 
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Old 01-03-2007, 02:36 AM
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Aaen sells extended A arms. You can find a Dura blue axle a little wider I think. You can get wheels that are wider and have a wider offset. Plus you can get wheels spacers. You may get more used to the atv as you ride it and not need anything. That's how most of us handled it.
 
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Old 01-03-2007, 09:36 PM
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Originally posted by: BigBlueScrammy
Aaen sells extended A arms. You can find a Dura blue axle a little wider I think. You can get wheels that are wider and have a wider offset. Plus you can get wheels spacers. You may get more used to the atv as you ride it and not need anything. That's how most of us handled it.
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Old 01-06-2007, 01:37 PM
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Whoooaaaahhhhh! Stay away from the Duracrap axles unless your Scrammy is an '02 or older. They changed the axle in '03. Duracrap will still continue to send you the old axle which wont fit. Been there, done that. 4 times!!!!!! As for putting smaller tires/wheels on, indeed you will attain a lower center of gravity, but your chain and sprocket will also be lower making it vulnerable to breakage.
 
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Old 01-06-2007, 10:26 PM
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Go get wheel spacers on the front if you want to BREAK YOUR WRIST AND/OR HURT YOURSELF, wheel spacers on the front will increase the leverage that rocks/bumps/ruts/logs have on the steering components,


for example (these distances may not be accurate for scramblers)
-front tires are about 6" wide
-the distance from where the wheel mounts on to the A-Arm (the parts the moves there and actually does the steering) to the outside of the tire is about 8"

so if you add wheel 1" spacers on each side, the latter distance would become 9", increasing the leverage 1/8th, and therefore your wrists will have to take 12.5% more force than they would normally take, and hurting yourself becomes simple
 
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