4tie rod quality I was very happy with the fact that my first set was bent in a pretty hard crash. Yes bend before everything else was broking including my Shock Therapy rack on my X3. Best part is unlike some other company's I've dealt with I was able to buy only the parts I've needed. Bent a radius rod at the same time and another company could only sell me the $900+ kit. thankfully it was a straight 6160 rod and I made a new one. Wish Shock Therapy had high clearance radius rods but their steering is awesome. I wreck a lot and test a lot of parts, glad to be a customer.
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Bump Steer Delete Tie Rod Kit (BSD)™ Can-Am Maverick X3 Models
Can-Am Maverick X3 RS Bump Steer Delete (BSD)™ Tie Rod Kit (Patented geometry location. Patent # 9,988,083 B1)
Our BSD™ Tie rod kit does wonders for your Can-Am Maverick X3. Through rigorous testing of our shop car, we found that the X3 RS had a lot of steering wheel feedback in the whoops. Especially, if you run a larger tire and turning in the whoops. After cycling the front suspension we found over 4 inches of bump steer in the factory system. Bump steer is a change in toe setting (front of tires closer together than the rear of the tires) through the cycle of front suspension travel. The best set up is as close to zero toe change as possible. If your front tires change toe setting they are essentially doing the same thing as you turning the steering wheel slightly on every bump you hit. Bump steer is one of the biggest contributors to steering wheel feedback, twitchy drive ability, excessive front end wear and worn out forearms from trying to keep the car straight. So in an effort to eliminate all of these things we developed our BSD™ (bump steer delete™) tie rod kit for the X3 RS. Our kit relocates the outer tie rod pivot point which changes the front end geometry and lowers the factory 4 inch bump steer measurement down to just 3/8 of an inch! With the bump steer removed the car is much easier to drive, steer and control. What used to be a two handed steering wheel grab to hold the car in whoops is now just a few fingers on one hand. Your front end parts will last longer. Your car will drive more predictably. Your forearms will have no arm pump. The whole driving experience will become easier. Don't wait, install our BSD™ Tie Rod Kit today
THIS KIT IS DESIGNED TO FIX THE GEOMETRY OF THE FACTORY ARM CONFIGURATION. ALL AFTER MARKET A ARMS CONFIGURATIONS PRODUCE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF BUMP STEER. ***BUMP STEER MUST BE MEASURED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE KIT***
The factory car has ZERO adjust ability for alignment other than toe set. Caster and Camber can NOT be adjusted. Toe adjustment with our BSD kit will not affect any other aspect of the alignment since nothing else is adjustable.
For all of you who may have already purchased a set of aftermarket tie rods for your X3 but want to fix your geometry with out buying the complete tie rod we have an answer for you. You can purchase our outer joint with the geometry fixing spacers and upgrade your aftermarket tie rods. You can buy these with the 5/8 Left Hand threaded rod ends or if you already have 5/8 rod ends in your tie rods you can just purchase the spacer kit. Both, the outer joint and spacer only kits, can be purchased HERE
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Last updated Jun 10, 2022
CAN-AM X3 ALIGNMENT TIPS
Dear Sarge,
When trying to reduce the toe-out on my Can Am X3, I have run out of adjustment. Do you have any Can-Am X3 alignment tips? What is the proper adjustment procedure when you have run out of adjustment? Also when driving down a straight road, the steering wheel is not aligned straight. Is that fixable too?
Terry Reynolds
Phoenix, Arizona
Boot, your Zooter has a tendency to go toe-out. You didn’t tell Sarge if you installed taller tires but toe-out is a side affect of taller tires. Also, the front a-arm holes will oblong, if they weren’t already pre-oblonged for you from the factory, they will with some hard ridding. Procure a front end gusset kit and tighten up that front end. ‘Cause it does no good to try to adjust toe with a sloppy front end! With the gusset plates installed, loosen everything up and set your steering wheel straight, then work the tie rods to get ¼” of tow-in. And while you are at it Boot, make sure the rear tires are toed-in too. If you find the rear of your Zooter constantly out of alignment, requisition XMX Engineering’s Radius Rod Nut Plates to remove the slop from the rear radius rods, here: //www.facebook.com/pages/category/Engineering-Service/XMX-Engineering-1713457158800273/. Do it right Boot and your toe problems will be reduced, but not eliminated. Remember that things wear and need attention. So requisition a ball of string and then count off 50 and you will be on your way to a straight Zooter! Dismissed!
See UTV Action’s full test on the Can-Am X3 here: