See BajaRon's post #5 above - regardless of whether your tie rods being of unequal length or not is 'normal', without BUDS to reset the steering angle sensor, then there's not really all that much more that you can/should do about it anyway!! :lecturef_smilie:
I don't own a Ryker, but I have worked on quite a few, mainly regarding their tires &/or steering; only, because I've never really had any reason to do anything more than make minor alignment toe in/out adjustments to their steering, I've never really given the tie rod lengths on each side anything more than a thorough cursory glance. So while I too
suspect they should be reasonably similar in length,
if the steering has been set up properly to begin with - but then again, just like Spyders, these Rykers
are a BRP Product, and as many of us know to our cost, that's a pretty rare thing...
Anyhow, I too cannot help you with a measurement; and I sincerely doubt that too many Ryker
owners would have looked at their tie rod lengths in any much more detail than I have!
So until someone who has a Ryker on hand & who can actually get out there and do a measurement comparison & then get back to you does read this & get back to you (which, given the nature of Forums
could easily take a few days, maybe even a week or more!) then as has already been asked, is your Ryker currently riding and handling fairly well right now, even after your 'tinkering'? If so, then trying to do anything more now might
REALLY stuff things up, and should probably be avoided
until you know you can readily access BUDS to reset the steering angle sensor if/when that becomes necessary!! :shocked:
So given that you've told us quite bluntly that you have your own laser alignment system and that you are fully capable of performing your own alignment, please do note that
UNLESS you have BUDS and know how to use it after any further re-alignment that might make your tie-rods end up being even just a
little closer to equal length (and then also sorting any other mis-alignments in your steering linkages anywhere between the handlebar controls and the wheels, mis-alignments which are probably quite likely
) then
safely doing
anything more to change what you have now apart from very minor toe in/out adjustments really becomes pretty unlikely! So
DO you or anyone you know nearby have BUDS and feel confident enough to know how to use it to do this?? :dontknow:
And please, from the tone of your replies, you might not believe this right now, but
everyone who has replied so far
HAS been trying to help you, maybe even stop you from doing something that, in the experience of
MANY of us here, your dealer's techs may be seriously lacking in being able to correct
if you try to do anything more! :banghead:
However, there
are few threads here in the Ryker section talking about some Rykers having issues turning one way, to the left, I think; and your description of mis-matched tie-rod lengths may actually help explain that; so it might pay you to do a little searching and reading before you do anything much more anyway - you may have just highlighted one of the possible &/or likely causes of those problems; but again, without BUDS and the ability to use it to reset the steering angle on your Ryker, you really can't do too much about it atm without potentially making things much worse.... :gaah:
Just Sayin'
Good Luck! :cheers:
