How to Install ATV Tracks

ATV tracks have the same properties as snowmobile tracks, and are designed to transform your wheeled ATV into a snow-capable machine. The newest ATV tracks are capable of riding on dirt and snow, while maintaining the same relative horsepower/torque rating as a wheeled ATV and adding additional suspension dampening through its larger footprint. All new track systems are "bolt-on" and can be installed within two hours.

Things You'll Need

  • Hydraulic jack
  • Impact wrench
  • Track kit
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Instructions

    • 1

      Jack the ATV off the ground, unscrew the lug nuts on all four wheels and pull the wheels off the hubs.

    • 2

      Fit the front mounting brackets, provided with the track kit, to the lower control arm. While holding the bracket in place, slide the bracket bolt through both the control arm and the bracket. Spin the bracket nut onto the bold and tighten the bracket nut using an impact wrench. The mounting bracket will later serve as the connection point for the "anti-rotation" arm that stabilizes each front track.

      The lower control arm is the part of the independent front "A-Arm" suspension that relays the steering input from the handlebars to the tires, or the tracks in this case.

    • 3

      Slide the track assembly onto the wheel hubs and reattach the lug nuts to the wheel hub studs. The tracks come with a built in structure, like a wheel is to a tire, that allows you to attach the track assembly to the hub exactly like a wheel attaches.

    • 4

      Fit the unattached end of the anti-rotation arm to the mounting bracket installed in step 1 and slide the kit-provided bolt through the anti-rotation arm and the mounting bracket. Complete this process on both front tracks. These anti-rotation arms come pre-attached to the track assembly and will only require connecting to the mounting bracket on the lower control arm.