Bent A Arm

I was riding with Sandbuggy, MuddyMark, and PrarieDawg and accidentally hit a rock real hard and bent the A Arm.

Here is a pic. I will say....those a arms sure are tough. It finished the day and stayed in one piece.

Wow --- looks like a hard hit. I don't think an A-Arm guard would have helped you there. What do you think?

I was thinking about that shawn and I seriously doubt it would of helped. I could be wrong but I think I would of had a torn up a arm and an torn up a arm guard so by not having a guard it cut down on the casualty list.

more money glad u got to finsh your ride T-BONE r u going to fix it your self if u need help t-bone i will give u a hand or better yet get the part and i will fix it

that hurts

big g wrote:

more money glad u got to finsh your ride T-BONE r u going to fix it your self if u need help t-bone i will give u a hand or better yet get the part and i will fix it

Thanks Buddy!!! World Class ordered everything.....well they forgot the clip that holds the balljoint in after you press it in the a arm. Muddy Mark and Sandbuggy told me it would be best to bend that one back and keep as a spare so I went ahead and ordered an a arm, balljoint, and now a clip for it. I am going to do a total replacement and keep the old one as a spare at our rides in case someone needs it.

Spares are good... I now have a front and rear axle now for spares... little click in rear and have not tried the front with new boot and grease, but may work... maybe I need to buy a 2nd RZR for spare parts...... know what i mean

I bent one on my XP first ride... I since added emp guards and I havent had an issue since then... Defy worth the money!!

TBONE21 wrote:

I was riding with Sandbuggy, MuddyMark, and PrarieDawg and accidentally hit a rock real hard and bent the A Arm.

Here is a pic. I will say....those a arms sure are tough. It finished the day and stayed in one piece.

thats what you call tuff

Been there before( last June while on week vacation in WV riding I bent lower a-arm nearly in half and waited 2 days for replacement, and next day after I got a-arm back on I bent tie rod) must pay to play $$$$$$$$

I got the new one back on last night and here is a photo of the arm. This is a view from directly underneath. The welds did not break up near the bushing.

The new A Arm bolted up great and looks good. Perfect fit.

I may just leave this one the way it is instead of bend it. It still lines up with the frame. I just want it to get a machine off the trail just in case we need it.
I really dont know a good way to straighten it without some type of jig.

Boy you dinged that one up good. I bent one on my first ride too, just not that nearly that bad. I've ridden twice since (on the bent arm) and no further issues. There is a lot of real estate sticking out there on those arms to hit rocks with. I didn't even feel it when I hit it....suspension works pretty good....I guess it makes you a little too confident going through the rocks.

My solution on this - CATVOS arched A-arms and high clearance rear radius arms.

dang thats awesome Matt. I will have to get those for mine then.