Just recently bought a new Polaris and the front wheels are toed out alot,what is the corect way to align everything without having to go back to the dealer and wait a week for them to do it?

 

My fiance and I just bought a '00 Polaris Trailblazer 250 for her and I noticed the same thing. I always thought it should be straight or if anything have some toe in. Take a look in the manual again though because I was surprised to find that it does require toe-OUT and should be prettly close from the dealer set up. The manual uses a "rubber band method" of measuring this. Sounds weird I know, but that's what it says. I guess I am one of the ****s who is **** about reading every bit of info that comes with the bike!! It is not a very hard procedure if you are careful and accurate. Hope this helps!

Happy riding!

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From what I understand... the front end will actually straighten up as you take of down the trails.....

 

Works on double a-arm front ends.

Take two yard sticks or better yet two pieces of extruded alluminum four feet long.
Duct tape one to each tire, Centered on rim.(no bent rims!)
Make snug two each side of rim, 9 and 3 oclock position.
With rods sticking out "front" and "back".
Measure distance, Front and back.
Losen tye rod ends.Adjust till measurements match.And relock.
or to the tow you like.


[This message has been edited by trx430ex (edited 01-30-2000).]

 

The reason that the toe out is present in the system is for stability on the trail over uneven surfaces. It may require more steering effort but it will result in a more stable machine.

Toe in will cause the machine to be unstable and exhibit a tendancy to "dart" back and forth as you hammer it down an uneven trail. If you haven't experienced it, it is quite unnerving.

The easiest way to check for toe out is to wrap a string (chalk line) around the middle of all four tires all the way around the machine with the handlebars pointed straight ahead. This will be your reference point. So If the specs. call for one inch of toe out you should have 1/2 inch on the back of the right front tire from the string and 1/2 inch on the back of the left front tire. (Don't forget to rotate the tires so that you are measuring on the some point of all the tires.

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