wheel spacers

never did the factory recall thing with the sway bar just removed it myself, but now wondering if the rear spacers would help,what do you guys think?

I think it helped on mine. They were on it when I purchased it though. Seems to be wider in the rear though.

it helped mine big time

I don't have them on mine either. Since the sway bar is still there I'm assuming the recall was never done.

I took mine to the local Yamaha dealer and they removed my sway bar added the wheel spacers and give me a new helmet. I rode it when I got it back home and noticed it handled alot better and rode better in the type of terrain I ride in. I would definitely get the wheel spacers put on and leave that sway bar off.

I had to take my spacers off when I picked up my new Rhino because it wouldn't on my 5 ft. wide trailer.

do you think yamaha will still honor the recall?

I'm wondering the same thing. I'll have to call them.

i still have my complete sway bar

the recall was for rollover tendency.
a few morons got hurt and sued yamaha for design flaws.
a wider stance in the rear (2" spacers) helps maintain a little more stability in the corners because it limits oversteer.
you will get more chassis flex without the sway bar.

I like mine better wo the swaybar , better artic

How much wider is it because I ride i pretty tight trails?

I think they are 1" spacers so with stock wheels should be 2" wider, I never got mine because I run sra wheels with 27X12 laws on the back so its already about 6" wider than stock.

I just did mine two weeks ago. Yamah still did the 'volunteer upgrade' (sway bar and spacers). I like it better than before.

i thought they were 2" spacers from yamaha. I like my rear sway bar

The wheel spacers gave me a lot more stability on the tight trails.

Yamaha still honors the volunteer recall. The spacers are 2" per side, rear only.

I am back and forth on putting mine back on. I have larger offset wheels already so my rears stick out some already. If I put the spacers back on I am going to have to buy a new trailer.

thanks for info on recall did not know there was one sounds like most like the spacers better than the sway bar will be calling local dealer today to see about it

How much wider would it be to have a mid-travel installed compared to the spacers ?

think i'm going to just buy 1" spacers, yamaha says they have to install bla,bla bla, have to trailer it to them, think i'll just eat the money and buy them myself

I've got 2" spacers on all four corner of my bike and like them. I also put a 3" lift on which moved the rear shocks from the inside to the back side of the axles. With adding 27X14 wheels/tires I was looking at spreading the rubber on the ground out. My idea was, if I'm going up, I'm going to spread it out also. The lift and tires had to do with clearance but also with axle angle. I've also ran the bike with double 2" spacers on the back for a total of 8" spread and had zero problems with that. Looked badazz, and throw mud everywhere.

Did the mods myself,2" billet rear spacers,removed my own sway bar because I had heard that the Yamaha dealers would have to keep the bar as part of the program. I feel on the trail the ride is softer and the suspension articulation is better. When hit the gas in the apex the Rhino slides out better,I think.

They gave mine back and I didn't even ask.

CustomizedRhino13 wrote:

They gave mine back and I didn't even ask.

X2, Still laying in the garage someplace collecting dust.