I recently put a 2 inch lift on a 650 SRA and now need to widen the stance a bit. I did a fair amount of research and it seems the best way is with offset wheels. I was considering adding an inch width to each wheel. Does that seem like enough? The factory tires were 25's, now on 26's and I'd like to go to 27's so with the 2 inch suspension lift and the additional inch in tire, is adding 2 inches of width enough? The whole offset wheel thing confuses me a bit. I'm not sure what the offset of the factory wheels are and am unsure of what offset wheels to order. Anybody have any experience with a 2 inch lift?
If by 'trick' you mean premature wheel bearing failure then you would be correct. However, as I stated above, I'd like to widen the axles by wheel offset, not wheel spacing.
And just so your aware, you should never use washers between a wheel and hub face for any reason.
Surely somebody here has put a 2 inch lift on a solid axle machine and already knows what the correct wheel/tire combo would be.
Well I've got an SRA with wider custom wheels, but I don't have a lift so I'm probably not much help. Hopefully somebody will chime in that has done it. Gotta ask though, why the lift? Building a mudder or something?
The lift was an unexpected Christmas gift from my brother. I had no intentions of lifting it but he couldn't return it so I thought I'd give it a shot. Now that its all back together, I kind of like the stance although just a little narrow. I do a little bit of mud riding but mainly hard pack trails.
I've put about 8,000 of my 10,000 or so miles on with 1.5" spacers on the front of my sra with a 2" lift. About 2,000 on a set of 26 swamp lites, and the rest on 27" zillas. Both on itp delta wheels.
I've done the front bearings on one side once and still have the oe bearings in the other side. 1 lower ball joint due to a torn boot. Not to dispute you, because wider stance does increase leverage and loads on the bearings and stuff, but in my experience, I think the stock front end parts can handle 1.5" spacers with a lift.
The geometry is different when using spacers vs. offset wheels but I'm not awake enough to go into that. Washers, on the other hand, are just bad. The one thing people neglect to think about when using washers for spacers is the amount of contact surface lost with the wheel to the hub. It puts a lot of stress on lug studs that aren't meant to hold up to that.
Glad you've had such good luck with the spacers. I would consider going this route after hearing about your mileage success. What did you do in the rear? The previous owner of my machine increased the rear offset by an inch with the ITP wheels he put on but not on the front. Turns great, I'll give it that. Its currently on 26's and I'll likely go to 27's soon. Any rubbing issues with your 27's? What spacers did you use on the front?
I ran em on all corners for a while. The 27x9 zillas scrubbed the winch a little without spacers at full turn. Right now, I'm on 26x8 front and 26x11 rear with no spacers. No scrubs. Just running them up front is probably better imo. Moving the rear out gets more mud on you. Be prepared to put more effort when you turn the bars.
Any particular reason you went back to 26's from the 27's? The way mine sits now, the 26's look to small.
I don't think I'll have any issue with the turning effort. I lengthened the bars a bit to help with that and also, I'm 6'2" 220lbs so it shouldn't bother me too much.
I was under the impression that if I widened the front and not the rear it would negatively effect my turning radius. A lot of the trails I ride are tight so I'd like to retain as much of that as possible. Did you have any issues in that area?
I got tired of mud tires. I got some 26" goodyears in a trade. Fell in love with the radials. I busted one rear, and got a pair of sun f tires to halfway match the fronts. With the spacers, it's only 48" wide, and still pretty much under the fenders. I've not had an issue with turning radius that I notice.
Did you notice any camber issue when you put the lift on. I see almost a full degree of positive camber and was considering doing some modifications to correct it. Haven't really got much ride time on it yet to see if its a noticeable issue but I suspect its going to cause uneven tire wear and I'm not ok with that.
Im surprised the company that makes the lift doesn't make their lift blocks offset to camber correct. It would be very simple to do in the machining process. Sure wish I had a CNC.
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