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Increasing Ride Height on front suspension?

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MacDawg productions

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Hey guys, just wondering if you guys r just running stock front shocks, or aftermarket ones? I would like to get an inch or inch and a half higher on the front. Sled sits really low. Stock front shocks. 2003 159 track vertical escape. Any ideas? Thx.
 
Raising the front leads to also adjusting the back to keep it from trenching. It is possible. There are shock tower extensions built for the switchbacks with 2 inch taller shocks than the rmk. Then the pro x had an even taller bracket with taller shocks.
If you do the tower extensions the belly pan is cut for shock clearance and the factory covers for the hole are no longer available from Polaris so small fabrication is required
 
You would need to stiffen the front track spring to take the ski pressure back down after raising the front up. An inch to an inch and a half is quite a bit higher, there might not be enough adjustment in the stock rear suspension for that. You would want the limiter straps all the way out, the front shock in the stiffer position, and the rear springs softened.
 
I did this and now have the issue of aligning the rear suspension. I also didnt like how low the front end was stock. I went with Fox Pro zero shocks that are about 1 inch longer than stock, I had to do some clearancing on the stock upper mounts but other than it they bolted right in. The stance is much better now, however the only the rear half off the track is on the ground. I took some measurements and I think i can drill new holes and lower ther front of the skid down about 1" but i think i still might have to raise the rear suspension upwards a bit to get the tipped up portion of the rails in the air like I would prefer. Anybody have any suggestions for the best way to accomplish this?
 
'04 Escapes had shocks 5/8" longer than the standard RMK's and would improve the ride overall up front. I cranked my preload up about 4 turns from stock and got the ride height I wanted, as well as put the front arm shock on rear skid in lower hole and limiter straps all out and this was the best setup I found and liked. It went thru the snow better than ever...
 
There used to be a kit made with different tie rods that added about 1.5 inches of travel, I had one on my edge chassis with zbros long shocks and it worked quite well, cant remember who made it tho :face-icon-small-dis
 
Remembered it was tri cities performance that made the arms years ago :face-icon-small-hap
 
Yup TCP EDGE Long Travel Front Suspension kit. Works great still run mine.
search archives someone was trying to re-make.
 
I did this and now have the issue of aligning the rear suspension. I also didnt like how low the front end was stock. I went with Fox Pro zero shocks that are about 1 inch longer than stock, I had to do some clearancing on the stock upper mounts but other than it they bolted right in. The stance is much better now, however the only the rear half off the track is on the ground. I took some measurements and I think i can drill new holes and lower ther front of the skid down about 1" but i think i still might have to raise the rear suspension upwards a bit to get the tipped up portion of the rails in the air like I would prefer. Anybody have any suggestions for the best way to accomplish this?

I did a whole suspension swap on an old indy years ago and ran into this geometry problem when i raised the front end up. I wound up drilling a series of holes for the front of the skid until i finallygot it where it trasfered right again. I remember reading in sledtech about a plate you can get to rivot in with prespaced holes to keep it clean. what ever you do, if you drill new holes, make sure to have a reinforcment plate for the bolts, i would use steal, so you don't tear the bolt through the tunnel.

Also if you can find it, sled tech did an article a few years ago about geometry and how it works(the threory of it) that article helped me alot in trying to dial it in.

Good luck!!
 
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