Up your game polaris

[TGS]

I was out for a ride today in the fresh dump of snow we had over the past day after fixing a bent A arm. Snow was great. Sled was runnin great. Weather was nice. After 10km I noticed my left ski was sitting farther back then the right ski. Upon inspection I found the weld on the lower shock mount had let go and the A arm was bent. Great! I barely made it from the truck and had to go back, load up and drive an hour home.

NO it was not rider abuse. I didnt hit any jumps, slam into any big holes or nail a big ol' stump.

So now that I've lost all the hardware off the shock and will be buying the 4th A arm now, I plan on welding some reinforcement on it before it even gets put on this time.

To say the least, its getting old.

 

[High Velocity]

This is season six on my IQ chassis and I haven't bent one a-arm yet. Just how careless are you riding ????? If you're bending one a-arm after another, you may want to take a look at how you're using the machine.

 

[TGS]

as ntoed in the post before i was not riding carelssly. i have 2 other buddies that have the same problem. 2 out of the four A arms i can for sure were caused by hitting something but the other 2 i have no idea.

 

[TGS]

but what really got me was the shock mount broken.

 

[mountainview]

Have you tried Polaris? That sounds like defect welds. I wonder if they would do anything for you. I've got an '09 700 rmk and haven't had any issues yet.

 

[OnlyPolaris]

Theres got to be more to the story. I can't see how the a-arm would just bend. Out of our group of 5 polaris we have bent 3 a-arms in the last 2 years. And they have all been from hitting rocks, hard.

 

[SavageCanuck]

Yup no problems on my 09 D800 or my wifes 09 RMK700.I took her RMK out yesterday and put 65 hard miles on it .I hit many creeks and a few small trees,A arms are all fine

 

[trench]

So you have bent 4 "A" arms and now the weld breaks? Think one issue has something to do with the other, just wondering.

Trench

 

[TGS]

unless some gremlin has been bending them with a sledge hammer i dunno how its happening.

 

[ElectroTech]

By chance do you have your sled in the back of a pickup with the tailgate up, that likes to wreck a-arms. I ripped mine at the welds on my assault after lightly touching a rock, it sucked bad, so weak, never even hurt the shock or tie-rod.

 

[TGS]

back of the truck with the tailgate up will do it?
thats all I ever do for transport......

 

[ElectroTech]

Kind of like hammering it into a ditch repeatedly, your suspension can't absorb the jolts once it's at a sharp angle, just look at it next time you have it in there. Weakens the welds.

 

[TGS]

Well I'll be..... haha I never would have thought .Thanks for the tip .