Fawking strong A arms!

[Turts]

Why oh why are those arms so damned strong???
Yes, there is a story here.......
Buried log 1, bent T3 $2300!!!!
Grrrrrrrrrr
Braces are going in THIS time!!

 

[neilsleder]

Just chain it to something and pull with a winch or something and it will straighten! But that does suck!


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[pfi572]

You can drill a couple small holes in a arms to make a crumple area?

 

[ferniesnow]

Why oh why are those arms so damned strong???
Yes, there is a story here.......
Buried log 1, bent T3 $2300!!!!
Grrrrrrrrrr
Braces are going in THIS time!!

That Coal Creek area isn't quite ready, eh! Sorry for your pain Brad

 

[Turts]

Not Coal Creek Doug.
A super secret location a 10 hour drive from home.......
Snow was good, just one of them deals.........

 

[Turts]

You can drill a couple small holes in a arms to make a crumple area?

That's what I'm thinking, add all the braces and try to weaken up the arms a bit.....

Just my luck I'll find another land mine....

 

[pfi572]

That's what I'm thinking, add all the braces and try to weaken up the arms a bit.....

Just my luck I'll find another land mine....

You just break S module or nun also?

 

[Turts]

S module, that cast centre piece and the steering over structure or whatever Doo calls it.
Oh, and the kill switch on my way over the bars. Lol

 

[pfi572]

S module is a easy fix.
Not hard at all to do and not expensive .

 

[ferniesnow]

S module, that cast centre piece and the steering over structure or whatever Doo calls it.
Oh, and the kill switch on my way over the bars. Lol

That price is a dealer price and you could do it for 1/4 of that. Easy-peasy Brad

 

[drew17]

So is it the labour that makes it cost that much?

 

[pfi572]

It must be as part is only about $340 if I remember right.
Changed one last year .

 

[wildchild]

I just changed a s and e module , one was 430.00 and one was 450.00 with bc tax. They have gone up in price.

 

[FranktheTank]

bolt it on when you do it. Makes your life way easier the next time I've changed a few of them!!!

 

[Turts]

Yes, that is the dealer installed price.....
I've looked at doing it myself but with limited garage space and time, I'm taking the easy way out this time.
Parts alone total just over $1100 and could increase if anything was missed.
You know, I'm not upset there is damage. I hit pretty hard, but jeez, why not make the arms the weak link?
Still loving the Doolaide!

 

[Joholio]

Yes, that is the dealer installed price.....
I've looked at doing it myself but with limited garage space and time, I'm taking the easy way out this time.
Parts alone total just over $1100 and could increase if anything was missed.
You know, I'm not upset there is damage. I hit pretty hard, but jeez, why not make the arms the weak link?
Still loving the Doolaide!

I hit a big rock two years ago. Right side a arms and shock and smodule...$1800

 

[Vets07]

its not hard to do. if you didn't hurt the e module, the s and steering brace are fairly easy to change just replace with bolts like mentioned above. i caught a rock last year replaced steering bracket, lower a arm and carbides then i massaged the s module back to place and it was under $500. and 2 good evenings in garage (12 hrs)

 

[EmEight]

I just did an s-module on my 2014 xm and was no big deal at all. S module was 235$. The dealer told me it takes 7-8 hrs. I did it in my garage in about 5 or so.

I fully agree with the comments above. WHY are tha a arms so strong. Shouldn't they be the week point? Fairly cheep and easy to replace. So I did some interweb reading and I ended up ordering the grip n rip s module brace system. Has anyone tried it? YouTube has a clip of a guy that hit a basket ball sized rock and completely sheared off a lower a arm. And no s module damage. I thought it was pretty impressive.

 

[ferniesnow]

I just did an s-module on my 2014 xm and was no big deal at all. S module was 235$. The dealer told me it takes 7-8 hrs. I did it in my garage in about 5 or so.

I fully agree with the comments above. WHY are tha a arms so strong. Shouldn't they be the week point? Fairly cheep and easy to replace. So I did some interweb reading and I ended up ordering the grip n rip s module brace system. Has anyone tried it? YouTube has a clip of a guy that hit a basket ball sized rock and completely sheared off a lower a arm. And no s module damage. I thought it was pretty impressive.

Lots of guys use them. Doo a search in the upper right hand corner.

 

[Turts]

Parts must have gone up.
S module is $420 now.....
I researched the braces and actually talked myself out of them before. I figured the factory crumple zones were there for a reason.
Still think that way but I'm bracing it up for next time!