Hey guys, need to know how you fix this

[shawn2820]

Hey guys, i figured out that i have a bent nunn on my sled, it looks like it has caved in a bit. The question i have is now how do i fix it, if it was steel i could heat it and bend it back but that aluminum is a different story, its not that bad but its there. Im open for suggestions. Thanks.

This is on an 06 600 HO summit adrenaline.

 

[jacmmaxwell]

How bad?

The only real fix is to call and order a new one and strip the sled down and replace it.

Be sure you check behind the clutch and the recoil side for bending... this is not the NUN, and is not so easy to fix ... however it can be done.

 

[shawn2820]

How bad?

The only real fix is to call and order a new one and strip the sled down and replace it.

Be sure you check behind the clutch and the recoil side for bending... this is not the NUN, and is not so easy to fix ... however it can be done.

Its not bad, I looked behind there and cant see anything at all, all i can see is that the nun(or what i call the nun) where the nut slides into its guideis caved in a bit, im going to do some more looking but as far as i can tell the bolt is just touching the the wall there.

 

[jacmmaxwell]

I assume your talking about the rear most mounting location for the lower A-arm... that being the case then that is the front of the bulk head, not the NUN. The nun is everything in front of that and if you bent that mounting locations then the NUN is bent.

Is your pipe out? If not take it out and look closely at everything very closely. It does not take much of a bend to make the arms come out of alignment. Look at the front area of the nun ( with the pipe out ) were the bolts for the front of all four arms bolt through... this is the "front plate" and it often shows signs of damage that can be seen even if the NUN does not show it.

 

[BBP]

If it's not too bad, a body shop with a frame machine can pull it out.

 

[shawn2820]

ok another question, if its not bad at all, what difference is it going to make if its not exactly straight?

 

[jacmmaxwell]

NUN

Really if it's close then most of the time it's not worth fixing. If there are tears in the metal or the shocks are rubbing the arms then you should fix it. If it's less than an inch... just ride it till you hit something and make it worse.

 

[shawn2820]

NUN

Really if it's close then most of the time it's not worth fixing. If there are tears in the metal or the shocks are rubbing the arms then you should fix it. If it's less than an inch... just ride it till you hit something and make it worse.

Then that is probably what im going to do, cause where the bolts go in the front, i can see no signs of bending but, i havent removed much of the plastic to see everything and the shocks are still pretty centered, so i cant see much sense in putting a bunch of money into it(that i dont have an excess of)until its really needed. But a big THANKS to everyone who commented, i learned quite a little anyway.