I flipped my 1993 Trail Boss 250 today climbing out of a steep river bank. It rolled twice end over end and landed upside down in the river and was still running. Damn this thing is tough! It bent the bars and the steering arm which connects the bars to the tie rods to steer the quad. Luckily I rolled like a dog on fire and the thing did not land on me.
Can the steering arm be heated and straitened? I am goning to tear the thing apart tomarrow. Has anyone ever done this? I am going to have to buy bars. Any suggestion on bars?
How much do bars and the steering part cost?cost

 

I did the same thing on my Sport 400. You can get a factory steering post for around $50. I wouldn't mess with the old one. I'm sure you would end up weakening it by heating and bending it. I would also recomend the brass lower steering post bushing, if they make one for your model. It does wonders. Replacing the steering post is very easy. You can get quality aluminum handlebars really reasonable now. They really soak up a lot of vibration.

 

weedy, the steering stem is approx 50-60 bucks. I just replaced the neighbers on a 400l. it's not to hard to do but, while your in there make sure to at re-rivet the bottom post bushing. I thought that 400l's was fine till the test drive! Not looking forward to taking it apart again.The rivets seem to loosen up with the impact of rolling.

MUDDIN500

 

$50 bucks? Must be different than the one for the '00 SC500. My riding partner just replaced his and it was between $200 and $250 for the post and bushing....wonder if he got taken?

I rolled my SC400 recently, and bent the bars. I took a piece of tubing. about 4 feet long, slipped it over the grip on that side and bent it back into shape. Easier than replacing the bars.

 

Hey, Hawkman your buddy must have gone aftermarket. Your playing with fire by not replacing your bars. I ride with a guy that tried the same trick, worked great. Until he whent iinto a corner to hot and slamed the into a embankment. bar gave way in same spot, he's still recovering from the broken ribs!! Sad part is he would have rode it out and made the corner if he had replaced the bars! Just a thought not trying to preach or anything.

 

The Post is $44 and the bars are $23. Anyone know how to get the nut off at the base of the steering post? What size is the nut?

 

Did you have trouble getting the nut off the base of the post? What size is the nut.

 

Interesting info, Muddy. Thanks.

As far as the price on the steering stem. I'm sure my guy went through the Polaris dealer and got OEM parts. Hmmmm....

 

Maybe they sold him the chromoly one that Hotseat sells, they want $189 for it.