Flipping Tie Rod End's. (Polaris Sportsman)

So I broke down today and bought a new set of tires for my ATV and when I put them on my bike the front tie rod ends were rubbing. So I decided to post a "How-to" with a few pictures on " Flipping Tie Rod Ends".

My machine is a 2005 Polaris Sportsman 500 H.O. and I put ITP Mud Lites XL's 26x9.00-12 on the stock rims.

Here's a few pictures of how tight the tie rod ends were rubbing...




First thing I did was to remove the front tire to gain access to the tie rod.



I removed the cotter pin and unbolted the tie rod and pulled the bolt out of the steering knuckle. I then placed the bolt back into the steering nuckle and lowered the tie rod end to the underneath side of the steering knuckle and placed it back onto the bolt using a washer on each side of the tie rod end.



Bolt the entire thing back together and finnish it all off with replacing the cotter pin.

 

Now you can see how much clearance this gave me!



hope this post helps if your going to flip your Tie Rod Ends!

I thought I would make this tutorial just to give some other riders a visual and or options to a very common problem.

Here's a picture of the machine sitting on the ground at ride height with the spring spacer.





P.S. Some of the pictures are taken with the bike in the air and the suspenssion hanging. Thats why the angle looks so far off.