Are the tie rod ends bolted to the BOTTOM side of the ears on the bearing carriers?

 

You are referring to the tie rod ends and as mentioned they need to be on bottom for you to have correct steering geometry, I would assume they are on top if they are scraping the rim. If you keep them on top you will experience bump steer, which describes the phenomenon of your toe in/out changing as the suspension travels to full bump and back to factory droop. Some people never notice but if you pay attention or have someone video you traveling over whoops with the tie rods on top you will see it.

 

I had the same issue with my 800 when I took the wheel spacers off that came on it. They were on the top. I looked it up and found they were wrong, flipped them to the bottom and all was good.

 

Hi.. thank you for your input... I rushed to the garage to check and the tie rod ends are bolted correctly as shown in your picture... thanks for your input..any other suggestions?
..Leewin

 

Thank you for you quick response..I immediately rushed out to the garage.. just sure this was the problem. They are mounted correctly under the arm..Darn it I thot this was it..Any other suggestions?? Leewin

 

OP, did this just happen? Did you do any modifications recently? Stock rims? This might help explain why you are having issues as to what mods you did.

 

If you could possibly take a couple of pics and post em it could show us what is going on also.

 

If you are saying the wheel is touching the actual jam nut and tie rod end you most likely arent running factory wheels and have the incorrect offset. If you have aftermarket 12" wheels you most likely need to run wheel spacers to resolve this.

Scratch what I said, there is no way the wheel is touching the jam nut and tie rod if its on bottom? it would contact the top of the bolt head before it would ever touch the tie rod, are you sure the tide rod is underneath the spindle/knuckle?

 

The tie rod ends are bolted to the BOTTOM side of the ears on the bearing carriers.
Are the BOLT HEADS (not bolt threads and nut) on the top side of the ears?

threaded rod and jamb nut is scraping into the rim

 

Yes they are bolted as per your pic. Thankyou for your help. Problem was with the wheels be switched front to rear. Leewin

 

That would certainly cause a problem! Lol! Glad you got it figured out.

 

You have hit it exactly on the head. The wheels had been switch front to rear so the offset was wrong. The 12X8's which should have been on the rear were on the front.
Your comment let me to discover this... much to my relef of know what the problem was. Thanks for your help! Leewin

 

If you need to replace the rear rims because of the deep gouges, you might consider buying front rims.
The same size rims all around will allow you to rotate tires.