Shock Therapy Bump Steer Delete (BSD) Tie Rod Kit for Polaris Ranger XP 1000

Shock Therapy Bump Steer Delete (BSD) Tie Rod Kit for Polaris Ranger XP 1000

Shock Therapy found a lot of steering wheel feedback when testing their Ranger XP 1000 shop machine. Cycling the front suspension showed a good amount of bump steer in the factory setup, so they built the BSD tie rod kit to remove it.

WHY REMOVE BUMP STEER

• What bump steer is: bump steer is a change in toe (the fronts of the tires moving closer together or farther apart) as the front suspension moves through its travel. The best setup has as close to zero toe change as possible.
• Why it matters: if your toe changes over every bump, it is like turning the steering wheel slightly on every hit. Shock Therapy calls bump steer one of the biggest contributors to steering wheel feedback, twitchy handling, extra front-end wear and tired forearms from holding the machine straight.
• What the kit does: it relocates the outer tie rod pivot point, which changes the front-end geometry to remove the bump steer. The machine is easier to drive, steer and control, drives more predictably and is easier on front-end parts.

FEATURES

• Patented BSD geometry: relocates the outer tie rod pivot point.
• Two lengths: Standard for stock-width machines, Long Travel for HCR or Lonestar long travel kits.

DETAILS - PLEASE READ

• Choose the tie rod length in the options.
• Measure bump steer before you install this kit. It is designed to fix the geometry of the factory A-arm setup; every aftermarket A-arm setup produces a different amount of bump steer.
• The factory machine has no alignment adjustment other than toe; caster and camber cannot be adjusted. Setting toe with this kit does not change anything else in the alignment.
• Patented geometry location (Patent # 9,988,083 B1).
• See the Vehicle Fitment section for every machine this fits.