trying to flip my front wheels

[cirame1]

hi, i took my front wheels off and flipped them and it looks good but i have the problem off rubbing valve stems and i know ppl do the flush stems but i bought shorty stems and they are the same size as the ones i have on the wheels. i heard you can modify the stems or relocate them to where they dont rub. if anyone has moved the stems or did anything to make it work without buying new stems please let me know thanks.

 

[djack12]

what year blaster do you have. i have an 01, and mine dont rub. i wonder why some people have this problem.

 

[cirame1]

yea its an 03' the 03's and up rub b/c the hydrolic brakes or sumthin but yes it clears everything until the caliper i think i heard someone saying they popped it out and just moved the vale stem to the other side of the rim but im not sure...

 

[djack12]

i have no idea. maybe take it to a tire or moto shop and they will be able to help you out.

 

[245stroker]

I put a vavle stem in backwards in the original hole and then drilled a new hole on the other side and put a new vavle stem in there. Its pretty easy to do.

 

[cirame1]

yea thats wat i was looking for but i suck with tires and sh*t if you could help me out wit that i would appreciate it maybe some quick instructions... thanks

 

[Rampage]

This is new to me so you can just flip the tires around and they stick out. Has any one had problems with wable or to much stress on the ball joint or a-arm? I think it sounds cool I just would not want my frontend wiggling down the road?

 

[Vforceblaster17]

yea thats wat i was looking for but i suck with tires and sh*t if you could help me out wit that i would appreciate it maybe some quick instructions... thanks

just take the rims off and break the bead first. take out the original valve stems and put them in the same hole but backwards ( so the stem is inside the rim and out of the way of the caliper). then get a drill bit the same size as the orignal hole and dril a new hole on the opposite side. now put new valve stems in facing outside the rim ( the normal way)and put your tires back on the bead. you may have trouble breaking the bead tho so thats where your local shop comes into play...

 

[cirame1]

haha yup well i took my wheels off and i looked at them on my quad backwards and it looks sick... i took the wheels off and got most of the air out like almost all of it completly and we couldnt get the beed to break. we even tried runnin over the tire last night and it still wouldnt break the beed. i guess we will try again today hope we can break the beed and flip these wheels already...

 

[timsyfz]

It looks goofy if you don't have rear wheel spacers or offset rear wheels so the match...

 

[cirame1]

well its only an inch on each side and i have smaller tires on the back with an extended swingarm so its not bad. def. better than having the wheels the stock way though... im gonna be getting wheel spacers for the back soon