Broken part on my XP?????

[Brecksleder]

So I hit a rock with my left ski and it seemed to be set back a few inches. I figured i bent an A-arm. But the bottom part that is under all the linkage and sway arm and is rivited to the front of the tunnel is broken in two places. What do you call this part??

That was yesterday and I still rode today and love my sled! Out of four other sleds, my Everest out performed them all and only has 140 miles on it. One sled got sucked a couple hundred yards down a steep hill. I went down and set a track all the way back up like nothing i've ever done on any sled. UNREAL climbing!!! Today we had three sleds flipped on their sides, two that hit trees and a run away that went 20 yards down hill hit a tree and no damage. couldn't believe it. this season is off to a good start.

 

[Wapow]

I don't know what you call that part, but I brode the same thing today. Interested in hearing what it will take to fix it.

Agree with ya, the sled kicks ***!

 

[nathaniel11]

are you talking about the nun?

 

[AlaskaSnowSafaris]

Do they still call it a NUN on the XP? I never want to hear that word again!

Chris

www.snowmobile-alaska.com

 

[yob2kanobe]

NUN Is called the "S Module" for real. I heard they are on backorder.

 

[Brecksleder]

i think it is the NUN but not sure if they do call it that on the XP

S module sounds good. theres not many other parts down there so i'm sure thats right. thanks!! i'll let you all know how much and when. if this puts me out for a month or two i will go nuts. i'm bracing myself now.

 

[bigborebates]

2 out of the three

2 out of the three xp riders broke the same part known as the s module on there sleds friday, yes they are on back order till who knows when, one guys says it was only a bump the other guy ghost rode it down into a grove of quakies, tore the one down wont be to hard to replace about 8 hemlock rivets and a handful of bolts. Think there might be a strength issue that needs some attention, MORE SNOW LOL

 

[Brecksleder]

So the S module is a piece of...

At least they only cost $239. But the back order will probably take forever. I'm sure glad I got 7 or 8 rides on my new sled before a rock at 5-10 mph broke this piece of $$&^. What were they saying about these sleds being 27 or 37% stronger????? I'm glad I didn't own a Ski Doo before this year. So far i'm pretty torn on the fact that I switched over from Polaris. Not what I expected at all. The whole friends don't let friends ride Polaris thing is a bunch of ****. it would cost me half as much to fix my RMK and it wouldn't be on back order either.

Sincerely,

Pissed off as all hell new Ski-Doo owner.

 

[trinitypowder]

My XP is twisted too. I hit a rock doing 10-15 mph while whipping a donut to the left. The left ski was "loaded" pretty hard, but my old REV lived through about ten of those, and it's straight. I just replaced the left lower a-arm on my XP from my uncle cracking a rock at 30 or so. I have a hard time believing that my sled has been "ridden" harder than the ski doo guys do while testing. I want a light weight sled, but I don't want to be replacing parts everyweek either. I'm baffled at the "strength" of this sled. My left spindle is bent at the lower section between the ball joint and ski bolt as well as the center "bridge/s module" and probably some more a-arms. All from a slow speed surf turn. If your not sure if yours is twisted, just look at your shock placement in the a-arms. My left side shock is touching the rear of the a-arm and my right side shock is touching the front of the a-arm. Neither is centered

 

[Brecksleder]

My shock placement is exactly the same. all messed up!~~~

My XP is twisted too. I hit a rock doing 10-15 mph while whipping a donut to the left. The left ski was "loaded" pretty hard, but my old REV lived through about ten of those, and it's straight. I just replaced the left lower a-arm on my XP from my uncle cracking a rock at 30 or so. I have a hard time believing that my sled has been "ridden" harder than the ski doo guys do while testing. I want a light weight sled, but I don't want to be replacing parts everyweek either. I'm baffled at the "strength" of this sled. My left spindle is bent at the lower section between the ball joint and ski bolt as well as the center "bridge/s module" and probably some more a-arms. All from a slow speed surf turn. If your not sure if yours is twisted, just look at your shock placement in the a-arms. My left side shock is touching the rear of the a-arm and my right side shock is touching the front of the a-arm. Neither is centered

Sounds like I'm in for a pretty intense repair.

 

[powderyeti]

My XP is twisted too. I hit a rock doing 10-15 mph while whipping a donut to the left. The left ski was "loaded" pretty hard, but my old REV lived through about ten of those, and it's straight. I just replaced the left lower a-arm on my XP from my uncle cracking a rock at 30 or so. I have a hard time believing that my sled has been "ridden" harder than the ski doo guys do while testing. I want a light weight sled, but I don't want to be replacing parts everyweek either. I'm baffled at the "strength" of this sled. My left spindle is bent at the lower section between the ball joint and ski bolt as well as the center "bridge/s module" and probably some more a-arms. All from a slow speed surf turn. If your not sure if yours is twisted, just look at your shock placement in the a-arms. My left side shock is touching the rear of the a-arm and my right side shock is touching the front of the a-arm. Neither is centered

Mine is twisted up somewhere in there to. Brushed the outside edge of ski against a tree at the edge of trail and was stopped in my tracks. Right shock is back an inch and left shock is forward. Still riding it though...I will wait till the s-modules come in at least and longer if the POWDER is deep. This is my first year on a Skidoo and the XP is INCREDIBLE. I dont know if I will ever ride a poo again. Over the years I have Blown four of the trailing arms on my poos. The hits should have been more than easy to be sucked up in the suspension and still the arms folded and buckled like they were made out of tinfoil. I think all sleds have a hard time holding up if You ride it like a Bat out of Hell. And the XP is more than worthy to keep fixing. And it is incredibly BONEY out there in most places. Hardly any snow right now at a time we are all used to having 3 times as much and riding where we want to. More snow, Less destruction for all brands of Sleds

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

on my rev, i nail a few trees and a stump and shattered the nun, bend it back and have it welded. i got my nun, which was about 90% in half welded up solid for 50 bucks, took a day from a local guy, and its a hell of a lot stronger now, it looks kinda shotty, but it works, and i was fixed in a day.

 

[trinitypowder]

I just came in from crawling under my XP. The "center bridge", or maybe the s-module, or whatever it's called is bent pretty good. At the rear of the bridge where the back of the a-arms mount, the bridge is twisted and displaced a few mm's. The bad part is the riveting of this piece. They should have made it bolt together, so the average Joe could fix it. But, in the rule of business, BRP designed it so that is has some crazy big rivets holding it together so that only the dealer can fix it. My dealer has the bridge in stock, but I'm sure it'll be a grand or so to fix. I guess that's the price of admission, eh boys

 

[MT_mtn_climber]

I just came in from crawling under my XP. The "center bridge", or maybe the s-module, or whatever it's called is bent pretty good. At the rear of the bridge where the back of the a-arms mount, the bridge is twisted and displaced a few mm's. The bad part is the riveting of this piece. They should have made it bolt together, so the average Joe could fix it. But, in the rule of business, BRP designed it so that is has some crazy big rivets holding it together so that only the dealer can fix it. My dealer has the bridge in stock, but I'm sure it'll be a grand or so to fix. I guess that's the price of admission, eh boys

Haven't looked myself but if the super big rivets look like they can be replaced by bolts why not try it? Especially if you don't have to pay the shop rates....

 

[Skitool]

At least they only cost $239. But the back order will probably take forever. I'm sure glad I got 7 or 8 rides on my new sled before a rock at 5-10 mph broke this piece of $$&^. What were they saying about these sleds being 27 or 37% stronger????? I'm glad I didn't own a Ski Doo before this year. So far i'm pretty torn on the fact that I switched over from Polaris. Not what I expected at all. The whole friends don't let friends ride Polaris thing is a bunch of ****. it would cost me half as much to fix my RMK and it wouldn't be on back order either.

Sincerely,

Pissed off as all hell new Ski-Doo owner.

WOW in your first post you love the sled, now you hate it? You hit a rock pal. Deal with it. I missed the part where BRP said it is so strong you can hit rocks with it. It's your fault not the sleds.

 

[Brecksleder]

Yes, I love the how it rides.

WOW in your first post you love the sled, now you hate it? You hit a rock pal. Deal with it. I missed the part where BRP said it is so strong you can hit rocks with it. It's your fault not the sleds.

But to have $1k worth of damage at 5-10 miles an hour. Not lovin' that too much.... PAL! It's like a disposable rocket. or maybe even a cardboard box with a great engine in it. hmmm...lets see, how do we make a sled 50 lbs lighter? put piece of **** parts in it that break at low speeds!!!!! and then we'll have it on back order like everything else from BRP. did it trail riding for god sakes! will never buy SKI-DOO again. even the damn tunnel bag i bought from them broke the first day. and obviously this S-Module is a piece of ****, or we wouldn't be hearing so much about it. hopefully they recall it. but of course not! they can just sell a bunch of parts by not building something that doesn't fall apart. so i figure i'll be in for some A-arms, a spindle, and an S module and about 5 hours of shop time. all for what? a rock at 10 mph. at least with a polaris it's typically just a trailing arm.

 

[ericbigbore]

What a joke sled! At least they will be light to tow out. Shoud have bought a Dragon or a Cat.

 

[trinitypowder]

Just got back from the dealership. My buddy(owners son) just finished putting a new "s-module" in another sled. That is the second one they have repaired so far. Mine is the third. They also ordered 3 s-modules two months ago. So I got the last one off of the shelf. He has it down to about 5-6 hrs to r&r the module. The two damaged sleds looked just like mine. They all appear to have bent spindles as well, but the two that have been fixed are ok. So I guess I was wrong about my spindle(I hope). I hope this isn't a couple of times a year deal Someone, aftermarket, needs to come up with a "bolt" on "bolt" off set-up, rather than the rivet set-up. The part the bends, or breaks in the case of one of them, is the back of the "bridge" where the two lower rear a-arms bolt up. None of them have any panning of the sheetmetal. So if you could just bolt a new "bridge" in place, it would be a 30 minute fix.

 

[yob2kanobe]

someone needs to come up with a reinforcement for what ever is giving now. A few extra pounds would be worth it in this area. the arm should bend first, an easy fix.

 

[BOOFIT]

Any Pictures of these bent sleds?