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Hi y'all.

Looking for some guidance on my 2015 XP. I had noticed a slight left lean in the rear when wrenching on other parts this past month or so, didn't think anything of it and chalked it up to my concrete slab section running that way toward my center garage drain.

Well this was not the case and also having issues driving 20-50 mph on pavement, haven't gone over 50 due to this) where the handle bars shake left to right, not sure if shimmy was speed sensitive as it was short bursts of pavement separated by grass/dirt trails. It's controllable but you definitely cannot do a high speed run or anything. I thought maybe it's an unbalanced wheel but recently have seen people with bent sway bars reporting my two issues...

I plan on pulling my sway bar this week and seeing if it lays flat, if not they seem cheap enough on ebay it's a non issue. Just want to sort out the wobble.

Previous owner did roll it over and cracked the plastic rack but it was a tip over 0 mph incident. I also will check suspension and double check tire size as obvious ones. Threading was the same each shock but the sleeves cover up some details. Wheels seem to true with no bent rims, but I will be doing a clutch so all 4 wheels will be off the ground and can confirm.

Thanks in advance!:grin

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Hi y'all.

Looking for some guidance on my 2015 XP. I had noticed a slight left lean in the rear when wrenching on other parts this past month or so, didn't think anything of it and chalked it up to my concrete slab section running that way toward my center garage drain.

Well this was not the case and also having issues driving 20-50 mph on pavement, haven't gone over 50 due to this) where the handle bars shake left to right, not sure if shimmy was speed sensitive as it was short bursts of pavement separated by grass/dirt trails. It's controllable but you definitely cannot do a high speed run or anything. I thought maybe it's an unbalanced wheel but recently have seen people with bent sway bars reporting my two issues...

I plan on pulling my sway bar this week and seeing if it lays flat, if not they seem cheap enough on ebay it's a non issue. Just want to sort out the wobble.

Previous owner did roll it over and cracked the plastic rack but it was a tip over 0 mph incident. I also will check suspension and double check tire size as obvious ones. Threading was the same each shock but the sleeves cover up some details. Wheels seem to true with no bent rims, but I will be doing a clutch so all 4 wheels will be off the ground and can confirm.

Thanks in advance!:grin

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Cleaned out stale fuel, unclogged carb, etc. It runs smooth for the most part but backfires quite a bit on reducing throttle.

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After it cools for 15 minutes or so, everything works fine again, until it heats up again.

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We have other issues that are more minor which I'll go into in the next post, but this overheat problem may make it not worth pursuing if we can't get it resolved. It may just go back in the barn to rot again.

Help me not allow that to happen. Otherwise it in great condition with only 400 miles on the clock.

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