Bent Rail

[MikeM1000]

Found mu rail was bent. So are ice age the best rails or what are my options?

 

[backcountryislife]

Ice age are great rails... but there are tens of thousands of people running stock rails. I land like a tool often, and have my skid set up well, so I have yet to bend a rail. generally bending a rail means you ran out of suspension, which means you had preload set too light. Lots of issues can be fixed with a proper skid setup instead of beefing things up.

 

[MikeM1000]

There are no light landings when your 6'3" and 285lbs. Most likely hit something because my suspension is maxed out in skid and only 1 rail is tweaked

 

[backcountryislife]

There are no light landings when your 6'3" and 285lbs. Most likely hit something because my suspension is maxed out in skid and only 1 rail is tweaked

Just curious, are you running a float in the rear? If so, see if you can trade with someone for a coil (2011 & 2012's I'm pretty sure the standard shock was a coil)

Also, is the rail tweaked near one of the stock wheels? The catilevered wheels cause a weak spot in the rail, as any upward force is transferred into lateral force, twisting the rail, which makes it MUCH weaker even if the tweak is very minor. The stock cat wheels if hit nearly guarantee rail failure. BDX & HPE both make kits to replace the stock outer & inner wheels. I can get you a deal on the bdx ones, and the HPE ones appear to come from the same source from what I can tell also.

 

[1badcat]

If your running one of the new proclimbs, arctic cat sells rail brace kits for the 153 and the 162. They are a four piece kit that run from the front tourque arm mouting tower all the way back to just in front of the track adjustment bolts top and bottom. IMO way cheaper than buying new rails.

 

[MikeM1000]

Do u have a part number or what do I need to tell the cat dealer

 

[1badcat]

162 part#6639-086
153 part#5639-997
Dealer should be familiar with parts. They are listed as HCR parts but all rails are the same.