Yamaha G2 lift rubbing in rear

[Cuda1969]

Ok, so I finally put a lift on my g2. I put a Jakes 5” lift on the cart with 22” with 10” rims. They are offset, not sure how much. No rubbing on the front, but when you sit on it, the rear tires rub, as a matter of fact, one of the tires locked up. My question is, do you think with some new heavy duty shocks, will that help with the rubbing? The shocks now are all stock, as far as I know. Thanks in advance.

[Cuda1969]

Ok, so I finally put a lift on my g2. I put a Jakes 5” lift on the cart with 22” with 10” rims. They are offset, not sure how much. No rubbing on the front, but when you sit on it, the rear tires rub, as a matter of fact, one of the tires locked up. My question is, do you think with some new heavy duty shocks, will that help with the rubbing? The shocks now are all stock, as far as I know. Thanks in advance.
After looking the wheels up in my notes. Tire size is 22x11x10, I was told by the seller that they were the correct size for the lift.

[Cuda1969]

Oh, and the wheels are 10” 3+5 offsets.

[TheNewGuy]

It maybe necessary to trim the rocker panels.

[meimk]

It's common on most Yamaha's, maybe even worse on the newer G29 / Drives. The arch of the wheel well is designed for the stock 18" tall tire. As you go larger the tire diameter gets "pinched" in the front to back dimension of the wheel well. Usually requires a bit of cutting & grinding. Looks like yours will need to trim that corner at the front of the arch. I had a batch of G22's we lifted that needed to grind the rear of the arch (actually into the frame stubs).

[CP241]

My G9 would rub the inner fender liner on the right rear when I went around turns. I just let it rub so I knew where it was rubbing, and trimmed that part out. Never had an issue again after that, and didn't have to trim much.

I just had the 4" lift kit, and there was NO WAY you were going to fit any bigger than the 20x10x10 tires on it. As said above, even those rubbed.

I'm not sure where you saw that a 22" tire fits a 5" lift kit, I couldn't find that anywhere. Maybe someone else can verify? I did see where the 7" double a-arm kit will fit up to a 23" tire, but that's quite a bit more lift than the 5" kit. Perhaps your tires are just too big and you'll need to either get creative with trimming to make them fit, or step down a little bit in size.

[Cuda1969]

Thanks everybody, I ordered Jakes rear heavy duty shocks to take the sag out of riding 2. I’m guessing I’m going to have to trim the rockers too, way to close to the tires. Buggies unlimited told me that was the right size tires. The last 3 orders have been a problem, going to start checking out the sponsorship on this site. I’ll put a picture on here of my cart when I get a place to put my pictures to download.

[TheNewGuy]

Originally Posted by Cuda1969

Thanks everybody, I ordered Jakes rear heavy duty shocks to take the sag out of riding 2. I’m guessing I’m going to have to trim the rockers too, way to close to the tires. Buggies unlimited told me that was the right size tires. The last 3 orders have been a problem, going to start checking out the sponsorship on this site. I’ll put a picture on here of my cart when I get a place to put my pictures to download.

Most members here avoid buggies unlimited....they wanted to sponsor here.....we turned them down.

[Warriorcoach1]

Did you ever solve the issue? Jake's springs help?

[crash12888]

As you lift the rear of a swingarm style suspension like the Yamaha the rear differential and tires actually roll forward the more it is lifted.
I've never seen it but I would pay extra if some kit came with a front cradle lowering mount/bracket.
As it stands now, I usually modify the ones I install to correct the swing effect.