Has anyone mounted a 9" wide tire on the front of their sportsman 500 ?
My stockers are 8" and bald and I found a good price on some 9" inchers,
but looks like the clearance is real close

 

9's are pushing it on stock rims...Gonna be real close if not rub tierod ends...jmo...

John

 

you might be able to get away w/ it or you might be rubbing as well w/ out wheel spacers or aftermarket rims. imo

 

I have 9' mudlites on my 03 700, need 3/8 washers on the studs behind the wheels to clear, or flip the tie rod ends to the bottom side of struts and re-align,you still have plenty of wheel studs with the washers.

 

It will likely rub. I ended up getting longer studs from SuperATV.com. Polaris Extended Wheel Studs #186 I got those pressed in and added 3/8" with a nut and a washer. (both hardened) It gives me at least 1/4" of clearance for the XTRs I put on.

 

Thanks all for the reply and suggestions.

I didnt even think about using some washers as spacers.
That may give me the clearance I need since there is only about 1/2" right now.



Moose - that link says they come as a set of 16,
do you want to sell the other 8 ? or are you using them ?

 

there's four studs on each wheel 4X4 is 16 lol

 

Only the front 2 wheels have the clearance problem, smart guy.

lol

 

I'd be more than happy to except I can't find them. I have no idea what I did with them. If they show up I'll let you know but they aren't where I would've left them.

 

I just put 9'' Bighorns on my 2006 500 sportsman and i havent had any rubbing. I think it depends on the tire you get. The bighorns have very round profile so they just clear