Issues with Axys aluminum a-arms

[Snowmow]

i wonder if shark tank would fund a clamp on arm collar.?

Perhaps gramma would invest?

 

[snowmobiler]

no.she thinks a heli would be better

 

[erilar]

Fix broken A-arm

Is it possible to fix a bent a-arm by just pressing it back?

Heat or no heat?

 

[CO Powder]

Is it possible to fix a bent a-arm by just pressing it back?

Heat or no heat?

I fixed one, with marginal success. They are pretty strong cold, I think it would break. Light heating is also a no go, had to step up to the Oxy/Acty torch.


It gets pretty floppy pretty fast so be ready. I had mine in a vise, heated it and tightened the vise to straighten. I took it out in the snow and quenched it.


I had a day and a half of riding on it when I punched it into the creek bank, re-bending the arm. Had I not crashed, I suspect it would have held up a while. I tried a second repair and the arm is cracked halfway through now and has since been replaced.


I think you can get one decent fix out of them. Getting it as straight as it needs to be is a little tricky but doable.


Good Luck!

 

[sledneck_03]

Anyone break a pro ride bulk head with aftermarket arms? I dont think so.

I always take snowest with a grain of salt. But i know 2 guys that had to over night arms and waste a day of riding cause of them bending.

May want to buy some aftermarket lowers and keep the stockers in the trailer.

 

[Indy_500]

Smoked a log mid sidehill and tore the bark off a tree sidehilling yesterday and my aluminum arms are still straight. Have a set of alternative impacts to go on if I bend them but so far so good.

 

[ZRP Engineering]

Anyone break a pro ride bulk head with aftermarket arms? I dont think so.

I always take snowest with a grain of salt. But i know 2 guys that had to over night arms and waste a day of riding cause of them bending.

May want to buy some aftermarket lowers and keep the stockers in the trailer.

No, but many did bend the tunnel

 

[sum-it]

broke spindle axis rmk

how do I get one of your spindles like phone number

 

[sledneck_03]

No, but many did bend the tunnel

Right. But some inexpensive ftx plates solved that. Didnt they beef the area up on the axys?

 

[ZRP Engineering]

Right. But some inexpensive ftx plates solved that. Didnt they beef the area up on the axys?

Yes and no, axys won't bend exactly the same, but it will still bend some some guys with kmod arms have shown this already

 

[sledneck_03]

Bah. Beer can sleds. The cost off lightness and unrealistic FEA models.

 

[mountainhorse]

I've not yet seen a photo of crinkled AXYS-mountain tunnel.

Any out there to post up?


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[ZRP Engineering]

I've not yet seen a photo of crinkled AXYS-mountain tunnel.

Any out there to post up?


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Paul at FNI showed me but I dont have the pics to post up. He already sold out of his AXYS tunnel braces once this year

 

[Taylor]

I am actually glad Polaris choose to continue to make the arm the weak link instead of the bulkhead like another manufacturer I would rather not mention.

I agree... I had fabcraft arms on an older rmk and I snapped three or four of the replaceable carbonfiber rods which were fairly easy to replace. It bummed me out untill...On my other rmk of the same year, I bent the frame, mounting assembly, and bent an a arm and it was expensive to fix. The weak link carbon fiber rod saved me a lot of time and money even if I did bust one every year or so.

 

[Indy_500]

Lost both lower a arms yesterday...

 

[05rmksteve]

Lost both lower a arms yesterday...

Did ya find them yet?

 

[KMOD]

Yes and no, axys won't bend exactly the same, but it will still bend some some guys with kmod arms have shown this already

Who Bobby? We have had absolute 0 feed back of any bent tunnels using our arms on Axys. Now the Pro RMK will bend the tunnel with anyone's arms as we all know.
Kevin

 

[MKULTRA]

speaked to my dealer today and he told me he had a few axys 2016 with bent a-arms in the shop. And he's having a hard time sourcing them apparently.

I have nothing to gain or loose from this just passing the information.

stay safe, have fun!

 

[ZRP Engineering]

Who Bobby? We have had absolute 0 feed back of any bent tunnels using our arms on Axys. Now the Pro RMK will bend the tunnel with anyone's arms as we all know.
Kevin

No idea who, maybe I mistook what was told. Didn't mean to imply your arms had anything to do with it

 

[Polaris RMK M.M.R.]

For anyone who still runs stock arms, I replaced mine with Kmod's 37'' so they do me no good unless I tear the sled apart again and replace everything if I bend something. Selling them for $400 shipped for all 4 arms, all 4 ball joints and 8 bushings included. 50 miles of MN trail riding on them.