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I really butchered a set of rails last year and was wondering if anyone is using rail stiffeners or have any opinions on them - pros and cons.
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Anyone us Rail Stiffeners???
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i was wondering the same thing. thinking of trying holz racing rail braces.
The Polaris Factory uses Rail Stiffners on ALL of the Assaults in production.
Your other option is to have Ice Age build a pair of rails that is a bit more heavy duty for you.
Pic of Assault Rail Stiff.
Your other option is to have Ice Age build a pair of rails that is a bit more heavy duty for you.
Pic of Assault Rail Stiff.
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here is the ones from holz
and some info
2000 - 08 Polaris RMK Rail Braces
$79.95 $63.96
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HRP billet aluminum rail braces were designed to strengthen Polaris OEM rails for hillclimb, hillcross, or the extreme mountain rider. Kit includes a pair of anodized CNC machined rail braces, bump stops, 1 cross brace and required mounting hardware and instructions. Fits 2000 - 2008 Polaris RMKs.
and some info
2000 - 08 Polaris RMK Rail Braces
$79.95 $63.96
Save: 20% off
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quantity:
larger image
HRP billet aluminum rail braces were designed to strengthen Polaris OEM rails for hillclimb, hillcross, or the extreme mountain rider. Kit includes a pair of anodized CNC machined rail braces, bump stops, 1 cross brace and required mounting hardware and instructions. Fits 2000 - 2008 Polaris RMKs.
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Could the rail stiffeners cause the stress to be displaced to other areas of the suspension?
I don't know if displaced is the right term but, If you have two weak areas and the weakest of the two is fix the next weakest area will fail if it's capacity is exceeded. With out fixing the weakest area first you may never have been able to exceed the capacity of the second weakest area if the first failure absorbed the extra load that would have caused the second area to fail.
The failure wasn't displaced to a new area but the critical load was able to be acheived in the second location do to fixing the weakest area.
The failure wasn't displaced to a new area but the critical load was able to be acheived in the second location do to fixing the weakest area.
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Basically, there's always something else in line to break if enough force is applied. Question is what would be next in line and would it be better to replace the rails or the next weakest area?
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