I would say the front end design works

[800poodragon]

Hit a stump today that was buried in the new powder and hit it pretty hard. Polaris design to sacrifice the a arms to save the bulkhead works....here are a couple pics when we first rolled it over..

I rode it 7 miles back to the truck with a tie down wrapped around the front bumper and tied to the upper and lower a arms where they attach to the spindle...riding slowly.. then got back to town, picked up new parts and took us 45 minutes to replace the parts and be ready to hit the snow again ...was suprised nothing happened to the bulkhead. Here are a couple pics of the parts that came off sitting on the floor.

 

[ryan_625]

Man! That is some impressive damage

 

[skibreeze]

Man! That is some impressive damage

X2.

 

[m8sandman]

what i love is the way its soooooo easy to change the a-arms, 4 bolts for each one, undo the shock and then the spindle and its off. no belly pan, no side plastic, really gotta love the design!!!

 

[ryan_625]

what i love is the way its soooooo easy to change the a-arms, 4 bolts for each one, undo the shock and then the spindle and its off. no belly pan, no side plastic, really gotta love the design!!!

Same, it sucked doing A-Arms on an IQ. I Have done a skid and whole front end in about an hour or two the night before riding on these

 

[skippy]

Kudos to Polaris's engineering dept... 5 star crash rating!

 

[rotax]

Is the shock and tie rod toast?

 

[GoBigParts]

I did the same thing out in the snowies last week. I broke the bottom one but not the top. Changed it out on the mtn. However after gettting home I need to get some more parts. The bottom of the shock rod is bent, and tie rod.

 

[ReTodd]

Good thing it was your right side.....a hit that hard on the left would kink the tunnel right at the left foot plate! The bulkhead seems to be really tough though.

Rt

 

[Matte Murder]

My buddy just did the exact same thing. That metal they use for the a-arms is brittle. I was surprised it snapped off like it did. Bent the shock too. Kind of expensive repair for not that hard of a hit. What do you have for a repair bill? Looked like your shock was bent too. The tow out was a b och too on my buddies sled. Front end just kept crumbling. I get saving the tunnel but do the a-arms have to snap like a cold dry twig? Can't they just bend?

 

[diamonddave]

My buddy just did the exact same thing. That metal they use for the a-arms is brittle. I was surprised it snapped off like it did. Bent the shock too. Kind of expensive repair for not that hard of a hit. What do you have for a repair bill? Looked like your shock was bent too. The tow out was a b och too on my buddies sled. Front end just kept crumbling. I get saving the tunnel but do the a-arms have to snap like a cold dry twig? Can't they just bend?

They are designed to doo that so less energy/force is transferred to the bulkhead.

 

[800poodragon]

Is the shock and tie rod toast?

Yes tie rod was bent and on the shock the shaft was bent and the top mount was bent. I am using a loner shock from a friend while we look at getting a new shaft. I bent the top mount back and I think it is reusable.

The skag on the ski was bent into an S shape as well but I straightened that out.

 

[800poodragon]

My buddy just did the exact same thing. That metal they use for the a-arms is brittle. I was surprised it snapped off like it did. Bent the shock too. Kind of expensive repair for not that hard of a hit. What do you have for a repair bill? Looked like your shock was bent too. The tow out was a b och too on my buddies sled. Front end just kept crumbling. I get saving the tunnel but do the a-arms have to snap like a cold dry twig? Can't they just bend?

Not sure of the total on the repair bill yet till we figure out what we are doing with the shock. Probably know later today...not cheap but could have been a lot worse..

 

[Lococoin]

Good thing it was your right side.....a hit that hard on the left would kink the tunnel right at the left foot plate! The bulkhead seems to be really tough though.

Rt

Why does the left bend easier than the right?

 

[Helena Cycle]

We have been selling quite a few a-arms this season, mainly from the same reason....lack of snow and not seeing hidden objects. The interesting part is NO ONE has broke anything but a-arms.....yet. They complain that the a-arms are too easy to break but once we tell them what the damage could have been and the price to fix it all they all seem pretty happy to be spending money on just the a-arm. Polaris has done their homework on this new chassis.

 

[fuledya]

That is the no#1 reason is switched to poo from my XP!

 

[scha0786]

That is the no#1 reason is switched to poo from my XP!

AMEN TO THAT!!!!!!

Ski doo's crumble the bulkhead like no other, they even have aftermarket Nun bracing kits that sell like hot cakes for this very exact reason. Them french canadians could learn a thing or two from the good ol minnesota boys, EH!

This is good to see and I am also glad to have switched to the polaris pro from ski don'ts.

 

[Reg2view]

I took out a lower right a-arm three weeks ago. Hard enough to launch me 10 feet in front of the sled (was standing on a side hill at the time.) No bulkhead damage, and the poo lower kit was awesome, repair was an hour going slow alone, with a skid plate, and was easier than any arm replace I've ever done. Try that on an M. On my Revs and XP, the nun or S mod would have been toast, been there. Kudos Poo. I'll take brittle or soft. Replace a bulkhead once, and you'll see.

 

[scha0786]

what are you guys running for skid plates? which brand? gotta buy one soon