A-Arms

bill900rmk · Oct 20, 2015

Is anyone concerned about the strength of the upper and lower a-arms? I know the polaris engineering team said the stock arms are just as strong if not stronger but them being cast is a concern for me. has anyone experienced lack of strength yet or are just putting aftermarket arms on?

purepolaris600 · Oct 20, 2015

Well I took my arms of the get coated and I can flex the arms quit a bit with just my hands.

nomasittinright · Oct 20, 2015

I do not have much faith in them and am putting zbroz on right away

greasemonkey3406 · Oct 20, 2015

bill900rmk said:
Is anyone concerned about the strength of the upper and lower a-arms? I know the polaris engineering team said the stock arms are just as strong if not stronger but them being cast is a concern for me. has anyone experienced lack of strength yet or are just putting aftermarket arms on?

I thought they were forged? Wouldn't be able to bend em if they were cast.

Indy_500 · Oct 20, 2015

greasemonkey3406 said:
I thought they were forged? Wouldn't be able to bend em if they were cast.

Yes they are forged. And like said above when I took mine off I could flex them by hand.

Kirklan · Oct 20, 2015

Flex is not a problem, too stiff =broken bulkhead and to brittle =broken A-arms. Titanium has an amazing amount of flex, yet is light weight and very durable. I'd imagine that Polaris designed them to flex.

rmkboxer · Oct 20, 2015

it the same as they run on cars

sledheader · Oct 20, 2015

Oh well, if they bend, that's a good excuse for a 36" Front. Let insurance pay for it too

LoudHandle · Oct 20, 2015

They are Forged, same technology that they use on Corvette and other high end automotive A-arms, and have for about 30+ years. I'm not worried at all, in fact if those of you that have removed them in favor of aftermarket A-arms want to sell your stock AXYS A-Arms at a fair price PM me.

sledheader · Oct 20, 2015

What do you consider a fair price for a set of stock arms?

trackvs2wheels · Oct 20, 2015

sledheader said:
What do you consider a fair price for a set of stock arms?

I second this...I have a set of stock Axys a-arms (upper and lower) for sale if anyone is interested

szotty · Oct 20, 2015

Yeah how much are they going for? I know I have a bad ball joint on mine and dealer is getting me a new one underwarrenty but can't get just ball joint so there getting me a whole arm

mountainhorse · Oct 20, 2015

Please move swapmeet WTB/FS to swapmeet or "parts counter"

Thx

LoudHandle · Oct 20, 2015

szotty said:
Yeah how much are they going for? I know I have a bad ball joint on mine and dealer is getting me a new one underwarrenty but can't get just ball joint so there getting me a whole arm

The online parts fiche shows all the parts including the upper and lower ball joints available separately.

As to The resale value question;

I doubt anyone will give you as much as an aftermarket set.

So $250-$300 for just the four forged Arms w/o bushings or ball joints.

To get $450-$500 they would need to come complete with ball joints and bushings.

For those that have them off, what do they weigh in at?

We are all curious aren't we?

Just how close are they to ALT's TI A-arms?

Z-broz with the billet aluminum upper?

Etc.

alt · Oct 20, 2015

I'll post mine tomorrow. I have new titanium attachment studs and titanium misalignment bushings to account for.

alt · Oct 20, 2015

only loads one picture at a time? Anyway. Note these are not with all the fasteners ( lower ball joint to spindle bolts and nut and upper nuts. Not a lot but it all counts.
Dan

steepndeep800 · Oct 20, 2015

Newer Chevy Trucks have forged control arms on the front end also. They are plenty strong
Time will tell after the first amount of snow is around. Usually by Thanksgiving we should here about people hitting stuff and either being good, bending, breaking.

mrquick68 · Oct 21, 2015

it's crazy you guys are already removing a part off a sled that hasn't been run yet because it "flexes". At least these ones aren't glued together!!!

The new a-arms will be great, run em unless you want a skinnier front end, or different geometry, or after a half a season you see huge failures (which won't happen).

mountaincat 800 · Oct 21, 2015

mrquick68 said:
it's crazy you guys are already removing a part off a sled that hasn't been run yet because it "flexes". At least these ones aren't glued together!!!

The new a-arms will be great, run em unless you want a skinnier front end, or different geometry, or after a half a season you see huge failures (which won't happen).

Better stock up on all these stock arms for sell.

hwell:
Just sayin.

sledheader · Oct 21, 2015

mrquick68 said:
it's crazy you guys are already removing a part off a sled that hasn't been run yet because it "flexes". At least these ones aren't glued together!!!

The new a-arms will be great, run em unless you want a skinnier front end, or different geometry, or after a half a season you see huge failures (which won't happen).

Lol right but if loudhandle wants to offer me 400 for my stock arms, I'll go ahead and step up to a set of zbroz 36" arms for 80 bucks :biggrin1:

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