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What size are tie rod ends on 300ex?

Hi everyone. My name is Sean and I’m new to this forum. I recently got a used ATV. It is a 2003 Honda 300EX. I am in the process of installing new tie rod ends and I came across a problem. The replacement tie rod ends are much smaller than the ones I took off. Not only are they shorter but the bolt is also smaller in diameter.
A friend of mine suggested that maybe the ones i removed were an upgrade that were larger than the stock ones. They look stock but i don’t know for sure.
Can anyone tell me the dimensions of the tie rod ends that come stock on 300EX?
The ones that I removed are 3" long and the bolts on them are 7/16" diameter.
The new ones are 2 5/8" long and the bolts on them are 3/8" diameter.
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2001 sportsman 400

My battery keeps going dead there is about a constant 10 amp drain on it. I have unplugged the speedo cluster. Unhooked the three fuse/ breakers behind the front panel one
a time. Nothing I’ve done stopped the drain. Anyone have any ideas

Does not want to shift out of reverse

I’m new to this form my name is Kyle I have a 2013 xmr 1000 all stock after riding for a while and then going off in a mud hole and putting it is reverse and hitting the throttle the bike revs up and it sounds like the intake is blowing or sucking air along with sputtering causing it not to shift out of reverse after hitting the throttle while forcing the shifter to high/ low it will finally go in to high/ low but the noise / reving will not go away till I hit the throttle again has anyone had any problems with this and what do y’all think it is thanks

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Wrapped it myself!

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