flipping rims

[02yfm350]

please share your before and after pics of when you flipped your rims. and also pics of the airbox lid taken off. I just want to show my dad. He already said we could flip the rims after I showed him a pic but more pics would help!

is there anything bad about flipping rims or anything you would need to do before you do that?

thanks for the help!
-//chris.

 

[ledain]

Just go outside jack up your quad and flip your wheels it takes about 4 minutes, you would need flush valve stems but you can just flip it to see what it looks like without having the stems put on.

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

yea,really...dude..it aint that hard,but u WILL have to get flush mount stems

 

[02yfm350]

yah I know it ain't hard I just wanted to see pics. but is it true that it can wreck something on the front end? anyways, what do you have to do to put on these flush mount stems?

 

[Guest]

i flipped the front rims on my 300ex before i got my ITP rims. i never had any problems with the front end. as for the flush stems, i just bought a couple of new valve stems and put them in the holes backwards. you will have to drill a hole on the other side of the rims for another valve stem so you can put air in the tire.

 

[98warrior]

please share your before and after pics of when you flipped your rims. and also pics of the airbox lid taken off. I just want to show my dad. He already said we could flip the rims after I showed him a pic but more pics would help!

is there anything bad about flipping rims or anything you would need to do before you do that?

thanks for the help!
-//chris.

WHY would you want pics of the airbox lid taken off? lol. That just doesnt make any sense.

 

[02yfm350]

well, hey, i'm pretty bored.. and well my dad didn't know what I was talking about when I explained it to him for some reason so if there was a pic I could show him! and i'm just doing this so I can bring the quad home to do stuff to it.

 

[02yfm350]

I want to bring the quad home and work on it so I can do some of this **** myself and learn something. if it was at my uncles my dad and my uncle would be doing it and they wouldn't want me screwing anything up

 

[02yfm350]

and i'm also doing this so I can see other peoples warriors instead of looking at different threads.

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

well,if you look back a couple post pelphrey made a thread entitiled (i fliped it)

 

[yakuza]

Yes you can have problems if you flip the front wheels. Remember, Yamaha uses the crappiest tie rods known to man. These things bend and break on stock machines without much of a hit to them. When you flip the front wheels, the bump steer will be horrible. Your wheels will get crossed up in ruts really easily, and eventually you'll break a tie rod or end. If not, you're not riding it very hard. IF you put stronger rods and ends on it, it'll be the best $5 you ever spent flipping the wheels. Otherwise, it's just a matter of time till you break a tie rod.

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

OMG!!! i cant belive i forgot that!!! get Honda style tie rods....

 

[02yfm350]

k thanks for telling me this. I don't jump yet cause the ground is all clay **** and I can't make jumps in the farmers field.. so I don't ride hard.. and how much would a better tie rod cost? and please tell me wtf that is. HAHAHA, obviously I am not an expert, I'm just getting into this kind of stuff. but hey, i'm learning

 

[yakuza]

Your tie rods are the things that go from the steering stem to the spindle and make the wheels turn. The tie rod "ends" are the little end parts that have the ball joint in them. Yamaha makes the weakest ones I've ever seen. I've seen the Honda style ones for $90 online before. They're beefier, and the ends are female instead of male, so they're thicker/stronger too. I know everybody doesn't have the money to spend, but I'd seriously suggest saving up the funds to buy a-arms. If you spend the almost $100 on new tie rods, you're almost 1/3 of the way to the cost of an inexpensive set of arms. Plus you'd have the peace of mind that it's done right. Either way, it will handle like a champ with the wheels flipped. But snap a rod or end at 50mph and it's been nice knowing ya. BTW: I once broke two Yamaha tie rod ends in the same day, they're complete garbage

 

[hillclimbingrecon]

wtf= what the f*ck

 

[ratchracing]

heres a pic for you

before

after

 

[yamarider]

I rode with flipped wheels, front and back, for about a year and a half before I switched to extended a-arms. If you don't ride real aggressively I would highly recommend flipping the wheels, it makes it much more stable in the corners. The bump steer really isn't that bad. The only problem I had with mine was breaking tie rod ends. I finally switched to the honda-style tie rods and ends, which are stronger and haven't broke yet, but the cheap ones are made by Tusk, and EVERYTHING I ever bought with the tusk logo on it turned out to be total ****. I didn't even realize these were tusk rods until after I bought them. Now all 4 of the ends have a bunch of free play in them, and it's only a matter of time before I'll have to replace them again. When I do, i'm getting a set of the ASR kits on ebay that have heim joints instead of standard ball-type tie rod ends. A little more than the tusk kits, but they should last much longer and be better quality too. But if you don't ride real hard, and don't have really rocky rutted trails you may be fine with the stock rods and ends.

Here's a few pics.

first, a stock-width warrior

A few of mine with the flipped wheels

What happens when the tie rod end breaks

And here's a pic of the airbox lid off (mostly off, I didn't have a pro-flow kit so I had to leave part of the lid on to hold the filter down). Also shows the crankcase breather filter routed to the airbox

 

[02yfm350]

Your tie rods are the things that go from the steering stem to the spindle and make the wheels turn. The tie rod "ends" are the little end parts that have the ball joint in them. Yamaha makes the weakest ones I've ever seen. I've seen the Honda style ones for $90 online before. They're beefier, and the ends are female instead of male, so they're thicker/stronger too. I know everybody doesn't have the money to spend, but I'd seriously suggest saving up the funds to buy a-arms. If you spend the almost $100 on new tie rods, you're almost 1/3 of the way to the cost of an inexpensive set of arms. Plus you'd have the peace of mind that it's done right. Either way, it will handle like a champ with the wheels flipped. But snap a rod or end at 50mph and it's been nice knowing ya. BTW: I once broke two Yamaha tie rod ends in the same day, they're complete garbage

I would love to get better a arms for the quad but my dad will not let me. he will say "you don't need that" and thanks for the help

 

[02yfm350]

damn "yamarider" your front wheels are huge!! haha, oh boy, I hope I don't end up breaking that tie rod.. I am showing my dad the pics so he gets an idea what i'm talking about. haha, he didn't understand something when I said "take the airbox lid off". Anyways thanks for the help guys

 

[02yfm350]

****, I told my dad about the tie rod thing and he goes "well we better not do it then" "its just a money pit" but really, I don't ride hard as in going off jumps right away so wouldn't you guys think it would be good? we could flip them until I go of jumps then get a stronger tie rod! help me with things to tell me dad so I can do it!!