loganskinner Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 i was riding out at Sand Mountain, and another guy on shee came up to me and we were talking about mods, and future mods and i told him i was going to buy a wider axle and a-arms, well he told me that all he did was flip the rear tires around. i may be wrong but wont that bend the rim pretty easily? or has anyone ever done it and not had any problems or what. i think if it was that easy, i would have heard of it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ranger Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I haven't tried to flip the stock rims around, but each time I've ordered a set of tires/rims from Rocky Mountain ATV I've had them mounted on the steel wheels that are off-set a little more that what the stock ones would be. Have never had a problem, but the steel rims are pretty tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wassup350 Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I did it with mine and raced it, and its holding up real well so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2004LEBanshee Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I flipped my rear rims. ONe ride I got outa control and cought a tree with the tire it did nothing to the rim but the axle bent. I think the rim will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberkrazze Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I've done it to all three of my banshees the day i purchased them, until i put aftermarket ones on. Never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tithead Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 i do it all the time and iv had no problems atol!....i race mx and tyres only last so long then we whip the wheels off and change sides. to me if im paying all that money for a tyre i want as much use as posible out of it and this is the best way to do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee~ Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 are you talking about flipping a rim and it is still on the same side or rotating tires to use the other side of the tread?what does flipping them do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superchicken Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 taking your left rim+ tire combo and putting it on the right side,will change the offsest of your tire making it have a wider track,about 3 inches each side.taking the tire off the rim and turning the tread pattern around will do nothing for stock tire except if the leading edge of the tread is starting to shark fin over,but on some tires like Realitors there made to be turned around for different uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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