😅 your dogs are hilarious. Gun dogs are always tryin' ta help. I have a Weimaraner named Winchester. We call him "Winch" for short. How has your wheel alignment been? I bent mine, too, but pulled both ends out and straightened the rod myself. Reasonably close. I thought the set length would be important to alignment, so I put a witness line on the nut and threads and counted the threads and took a picture to make sure it went back on at the same length. Haven't test driven yet because I also bent the lower A-arm and I'm still waiting for the new one. Cheers, man. Love the dogs ✌️
Mine has held up well, but I’m sure my alignment is slightly off; mind you I only ATV around for hunting, no long distances, I’m sure I could realign it a bit better. I’ve got 3 Springers now, Browning, Winchester and Remington and yea they’re always trying to help! Hah!
That inner tie rod end that you decided not to remove is such a bitch. I can barely get at it but should have it out in the morning. No way i'll be able to get a torque wrench to torque the new one to spec though.
Man, that inner tie rod looked like it needed replacing. Not sure how tight they should be but that looked like it was going to fall apart. Did you align it? Supposed to be 3mm toe in.
I would not say it through my handle bars off (it was a super slow bend of the tie-rod because I had the atv overloaded on the front and I hit a rock going slowly). After adding the new tie-rod I needed to make some adjustments to get the alignment back on track…I’m not sure I’ve got it perfectly correct, but I don’t drive fast enough around my trails to require perfect alignment.
😅 your dogs are hilarious. Gun dogs are always tryin' ta help. I have a Weimaraner named Winchester. We call him "Winch" for short. How has your wheel alignment been? I bent mine, too, but pulled both ends out and straightened the rod myself. Reasonably close. I thought the set length would be important to alignment, so I put a witness line on the nut and threads and counted the threads and took a picture to make sure it went back on at the same length. Haven't test driven yet because I also bent the lower A-arm and I'm still waiting for the new one. Cheers, man. Love the dogs ✌️
Mine has held up well, but I’m sure my alignment is slightly off; mind you I only ATV around for hunting, no long distances, I’m sure I could realign it a bit better. I’ve got 3 Springers now, Browning, Winchester and Remington and yea they’re always trying to help! Hah!
That inner tie rod end that you decided not to remove is such a bitch. I can barely get at it but should have it out in the morning. No way i'll be able to get a torque wrench to torque the new one to spec though.
Geez, that is a really bad bend. How fast were you going? Did you accidentally bump into something?
Man, that inner tie rod looked like it needed replacing. Not sure how tight they should be but that looked like it was going to fall apart. Did you align it? Supposed to be 3mm toe in.
Did it throw your handle bars off as well? If so, was that issue resolved with the new tie rods?
I would not say it through my handle bars off (it was a super slow bend of the tie-rod because I had the atv overloaded on the front and I hit a rock going slowly). After adding the new tie-rod I needed to make some adjustments to get the alignment back on track…I’m not sure I’ve got it perfectly correct, but I don’t drive fast enough around my trails to require perfect alignment.