P500 Twitchy on pavement

[GRANITE]

Does anyone notice their P5 being twitchy if driving on pavement? Sway bar is off and I get a lot of twitchy side to side rocking when driving. Sway bar is removed. 1.5" spacers on rear only. using 12" aftermarket 5+2 rims with low air pressure. I'm thinking that this maybe the reason as my old 14" rims on the old P5 didn't do this hardly at all. I wonder if its in the rim size, air pressure or something else? I wonder if front 1" spacers would help?? thoughts???

 

[Admin]

 

[70Bones]

It's the combination of tire side wall height and low air pressure. It must ride smooth on the trail!

 

[Chooglin]

I would say the majority of it , would be the low tire pressure. How low are we talking ?

 

[NTCPrezJB]

Alignment?

 

[Remington]

What pressure u running? Your old one gets Squirrley on pavement when the tires are at 10 psi or lower. Weight in your storage box makes a difference when u have lower psi in then tires

 

[alloutdoors]

Chances are the alignment and/or air pressure..

 

[lee]

Or, chances are it's somthing that was modified like the front scrub radius or rear roll stiffness.

 

[GRANITE]

I would say the majority of it , would be the low tire pressure. How low are we talking ?

4lbs all way around

 

[Chooglin]

4lbs all way around

I would say that is way low , I run 10psi in my bighorns. I would bump it up to at least 8psi and see if you feel a difference.

 

[Chooglin]

I bet your tires sidewalls are rolling , do to low tire pressure. If you bump it up a bit , it will stiffen your sidewalls and reduce the amount of roll.

 

[tomcj2]

..... bump it up a bit ,.it will stiffen your sidewalls and reduce the amount of roll.

What would you suggest the minimum pressure should be?

 

[Chooglin]

What would you suggest the minimum pressure should be?

I wouldn't go any less than 8 psi. , running that low of tire pressure (4 psi) also increases the risk of breaking a bead loose on rocks , logs.....etc.

 

[DG Rider]

Lol...I never run more than 6. Can't stand the ride at any more.

 

[Chooglin]

Lol...I never run more than 6. Can't stand the ride at any more.

Just my opinion for road and trail , happy medium!

 

[DG Rider]

Just my opinion for road and trail , happy medium!

And we greatly value it.
I have different priorities than most, and sharp handling isn't near the top.
I will say that BH' s ride so good, I could prob run more in them comfortably.

 

[Mudder]

4 is what my atvs call for, run 6-8 on P500, 27s, depending on rock riding comfort. Guess each tire and comfort level is different, carry a 12v Husky compressor to adjust as needed. Like Chooglin said, lower pressure had mud and tree bark scrape into the tire bead. Pain to get out.

 

[GRANITE]

I don’t know why I had it this low to be honest!!!! I think I was trying to see how soft the ride would be with 12” rims vs the 14”. If I had it to over. I’d go 14” as it’s not a big difference at all

 

[Chooglin]

I don’t know why I had it this low to be honest!!!! I think I was trying to see how soft the ride would be with 12” rims vs the 14”. If I had it to over. I’d go 14” as it’s not a big difference at all

Did you ever find a set of W.E. shocks ?

 

[GRANITE]

Did you ever find a set of W.E. shocks ?

I got fronts being built as we speak! The guy on Facebook didn’t come through.

 

[ReidMcT]

Sorry if this is a stupid question; I haven't near the SxS experience of most of you. Why is no one suggesting reinstalling the sway bar that was removed? After all, isn't its purpose to counter the problem of side-to-side rocking?

Again, sorry if the answer is obvious to all but me. I'll just return to the children's table.