Bent tunnel/rear suspension brackets

[ullose272]

Polaris did it again, solid chassis design with a minor flaw that leads to chassis failure. This is the Achilles tendon of a sweet sled. They relief cut the inner plate in the highest stressed spot on it. It's also only .080 aluminum sheet as well.



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Should have one of our super awesome fab guys on the forum come out with something better

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[J-pp]

Mine juste broke at the same spot than yours, bend the 2 rail
I wonder if van amburg made tunel for our axys ?

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

Would these work?

http://www.firenice.us/product/axys-extreme-tunnel-reinforcement-plate

Used these for a guys AXYS that was boosted with a kmod skid and aborted the tunnel just like yours. Hammered it as close to straight as I could and riveted over the top, Looks about good as new.

 

[nordicmike]

Hopefully we can get some pics to upload. Of the new plate

 

[snoballssnoglory]

Where'd ya get your wrap SMF? Turned out very nice.


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[Sheetmetalfab]

Where'd ya get your wrap SMF? Turned out very nice.


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Sledwraps.com

https://vimeo.com/154680931

Epic day today.

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[J-pp]

do you know Any bullet proof aftermarket tunnel ?

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[wellfed777]

holy crap thats a hard hit

 

[nordicmike]

Here are the photos of the break and the made part...

 

[MountainFanatic]

Holy cow man, what did you hit?

 

[nordicmike]

Holy cow man, what did you hit?

I wish we knew... after the second set of plugs we noticed the drop bracket needed reriviting. upon closer inspection the next morning while setting it up to rivit we noticed the bend and the crack. turned a trip north to a return home 3 days early... the worst, the sled had 24 miles on it

 

[ZRP Engineering]

Here is a free part you can use to reinforce this area!

Take the attached PDF and the DXF file (download from my site below)
to any shop with a laser and they can easily, and affordably, cut you up 2 of these, 1 for each side.

Click to my site to download, feel free to look around while you're there too
http://www.pesidaho.com/shop/axys-drop-bracket-reinforcment

 

[ullose272]

Here is a free part you can use to reinforce this area!

Take the attached PDF and the DXF file (download from my site below)
to any shop with a laser and they can easily, and affordably, cut you up 2 of these, 1 for each side.

Click to my site to download, feel free to look around while you're there too
http://www.pesidaho.com/shop/axys-drop-bracket-reinforcment

You going to start making selling them?

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[ZRP Engineering]

You going to start making selling them?

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I am considering producing them, just not sure if there is sufficient demand for it?

 

[TRS]

Thankyou PES.
Here is a set I made from stainless for a drop and roll.

 

[ullose272]

I am considering producing them, just not sure if there is sufficient demand for it?

Ill take some as preventative if you do

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[CO 2.0]

Of course you guys post up a nice quality solution after I'm already done with a fix!

Not pretty by any means, but it should work. I'm no fabricator. I think I used enough rivets

 

[Gunk]

just got back from Alpine, tore one side of my tunnel behine running boards i was picking threw the trees not sure when it happend but a freind seen it later at the botton. the sled just kept climbing! so why stop? fixed it later

 

[Indy_500]

Just thought I'd throw this out there, Van Amburg now has replacement brackets on their site. http://vanamburgent.com/axys/

 

[HECKS]

Stainless steel is the only way to go for brackets ! The increased weight is worth it.