How to remove atv tie rods

How to Change or Upgrade ATV Tie Rods

Tie rods are a crucial part of your ATV's steering system, so it pays to recognize and look for the signs of failure and know how to change or upgrade ATV tie rods.

How Do Tie Rods Affect ATV Performance?

A failing ATV tie rod can interfere with your ability to steer, causing tires to pull in one direction or another, the steering wheel may shake at higher speeds, and the steering may feel loose. This is irritating, and it makes it more difficult to control the vehicle which could lead to accident.

You may lose the ability to steer at all if your tie rod fails.

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What Can a Bad Tie Rod Cause?

If the potential for losing the ability to steer isn't bad enough, driving with bad tie rods can also cause early or uneven tire wear.

How Do I Know if My ATV Tie Rod is Bad?

There may be many ways to discover your ATV is bad.

You may notice:

loose steering
one or more tires pulling to one direction
play in the steering or handlebars if you turn them while the machine is stopped
shaking in the steering wheel, particularly at higher speeds
squeaking or popping noises associated with steering
unexplained tire wear
a torn, worn, or missing dust boot on your tie rod
rust or bends in the tie rod

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Step-by-step Instructions for Replacing an ATV Tie Rod

This is an easy job that doesn't require and special equipment or tools, so you can definitely do it yourself.

Things you'll need:

aftermarket tie rods
a socket wrench with a long handle
a wrench

Tie rods are made up of three main parts, the tie rod itself and tie rod ends. The ends thread on and have nuts to lock them in. You adjust the length of them by threading and securing the tie ends.

Aftermarket tie rods come disassembled with all the parts you'll need. They should come with instructions, and assembling them is easy.

The one issue you may run into is confusion about the threads of the tie rod ends. The two ends thread in different directions. This is intentional. Follow the threading and don't try to force them to do something different or assume they're bad.

Jack up your ATV securely on jack stands and remove your tires.

You'll see the closest end of the tie rod positioned just above the A-arm.

You could take photos of the tie rod, including the ends behind the wheel hub and under the steering stem, before you remove them so you have no doubt how to reinstall them.

Remove the cotter pin holding the closest end of the tie rod in place, then loosen the nut. When you try to loosen the nut, it may also spin the tie rod end. If so, you'll need a wrench to hold the tie rod still while you turn the nut.

Repeat the last two steps on the other end of the tie rod.

Hold the old and new tie rods beside each other and determine if the ends are equally tightened. You want the length from the end of the tie rod to the tip of the tie rod ends to be the same on both the old and new parts. This is an easy way to judge if your new tie rod will fit.

There is a notch on the tie rod that indicates which direction the tie rod should be facing. The notch should be on the wheel side.

If you don't remember where the tie rods were, slip the tie rod under the A-arm and connect it in the first hole under the steering stem, then put the closest end of the tie rod in the hole behind the wheel hub.

Fit the new washer and nut where the tie rod sticks out of the hole, but don't tighten them all the way.

Do the same to the side closest to the inside of the machine.

Put your wheels back on and check the alignment. You may need to further tweak the fit of the tie rod and realign the tires.

When you are sure the tie rods are in place, fully tighten the nuts and add the cotter pins. You can bend the cotter pins around the nuts for added protection.

Situations When an ATV Tie Rod Needs to be Upgraded

There would be nothing wrong with you upgrading your stock tie rods anytime you choose. Aftermarket tie rods are thicker and more durable than stock tie rods, so you can prevent potential issues this way.

If you already have tie rod wear or damage, you could feasibly reshape a bent tie rod, but it will weaken it, so it won't be a long-lasting repair. Rusted or worn tie rods need to be replaced.

If only one of your tie rods is bad, you could replace only the one, but since you'll be upgrading when you replace it, why not go ahead and replace both so you have two new and improved tie rods?

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Replacement of steering tips - Articles

The requirements for the serviceability of the steering system are strictly established by the SDA. According to the rules, the operation of a car with faulty steering is not allowed - after all, such a car creates a considerable danger to other road users. This is the main reason why regular replacement of steering tips is necessary - to ensure the safety of both the driver of the car and other people.

Why use steering tips

Steering tips provide not only the mobility of the entire steering mechanism, but also allow you to set the desired angle of rotation of the wheels. In short, the steering system consists of several elements:

steering rack, which converts the rotation of the steering wheel into a synchronous movement of the steering rods in a horizontal plane. In modern cars, the rail is equipped with hydraulic or electric boosters;

steering rods, acting as guides for the wheels, and providing them with the necessary turn along the movement of the steering wheel;

steering tips - a kind of swivel, which is the link between the wheel and the steering rod.

It is the steering tips that account for numerous shock loads that occur when driving on uneven surfaces: shallow pits, gravel, railway crossings. Taking on most of the load, the tips thus protect the steering rods and the rack itself from mechanical influences, significantly increasing their service life.

All this leads to the failure of the tips, which causes a malfunction of the steering, which must be eliminated in a timely manner.

How to find out if the tips need to be replaced

It is quite simple to identify this malfunction: when driving on a rough road, a knock will be clearly heard in the front of the car, which also occurs during sudden acceleration or braking. In addition, the steering wheel play appears, the car will noticeably lose controllability, it will begin to “float” along the road.

You can also check the integrity of the steering tips by jacking up the car and rocking the wheel from side to side - if the movement of the wheel is quite noticeable, then the steering tip must be changed.

Untimely replacement leads not only to a decrease in the controllability of the car, but can also cause other malfunctions: wheel alignment will be disturbed, as a result of which the car will “steer” to the side when driving in a straight line and uneven wear of the rubber will occur;
wheel play will increase the load on the ball bearings and stabilizer rods, accelerating the process of their destruction; loss of control will cause an accident.

The moment when it becomes necessary to replace defective steering tips is much closer with the following features of driving a car:

driving at high speed on a gravel road or uneven roadway;

driving on unbalanced wheels, resulting in strong vibration;

harsh acceleration and deceleration, especially in corners.

It is also worth periodically inspecting the condition of the anthers of the steering tips - their damage entails the ingress of dirt into the swivel joint, which significantly reduces the quality of lubrication.

How to choose and change the steering tip

Tips are consumable items and should be replaced every 40-50 thousand kilometers. Depending on the quality of spare parts, it is often necessary to change them much earlier than scheduled maintenance, especially for domestically produced cars.

Replacement of VAZ steering tips is often required every 15-20 thousand kilometers, but the frequency of work largely depends on the manufacturer of spare parts. On some car models (for example, Hummer), repairable steering tips are installed, but their restoration requires considerable experience, so only professionals should be trusted with such work.

Important! Replace steering tips only in pairs - they cannot be replaced on one side only. As practice shows, they fail almost simultaneously.

To replace the steering tip, you need not only a set of keys, but also a special puller, with which the tip can be easily separated from the hub. In the absence of a puller, many owners simply slightly loosen the nut that secures the tip to the hub, and knock out the tip with sharp, strong hammer blows. However, there is a risk of overshooting and damaging other suspension components, or even the car body.

When replacing the tie rod end, proceed as follows:

The vehicle is jacked up and the wheel removed. To facilitate access, it is recommended to first turn the steering wheel to the opposite position of the side of the car being jacked up.

Then the nut securing the tip to the hub is unscrewed, and the latter is removed with a puller or knocked out with a hammer.

The nut fixing the tip on the steering rod is unscrewed, after which it is unscrewed. Depending on the car model, the tip may have opposite threads.

A new part is installed, after which everything is assembled in the reverse order.

The only difficulty that motorists often face is the souring of the nut and the tip itself in the hub, as a result of which it becomes quite problematic to remove it.

It should be remembered that the steering tips are responsible for the alignment of the front wheels, and when replacing them, a mandatory adjustment is necessary. It is impossible to perform it on your own without special equipment, and all attempts to establish the camber “by eye”, counting the number of revolutions by which the old tip was screwed into the rod, are not accurate. In addition, in the manufacture of each part, there is some error in size, sufficient for a serious violation of the wheel alignment angle.

It is better to entrust the check and replacement of the tips to the service station specialists, who will immediately after the replacement check and correct the alignment of the wheels. In addition, the installation of tips on some brands of cars is associated with some nuances that only specialists can know.

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