Issues with Axys aluminum a-arms
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no.she thinks a heli would be better
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Fix broken A-arm
Is it possible to fix a bent a-arm by just pressing it back?
Heat or no heat?
Is it possible to fix a bent a-arm by just pressing it back?
Heat or no heat?
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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!
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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.
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.
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.
No, but many did bend the tunnel
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broke spindle axis rmk
how do I get one of your spindles like phone number
how do I get one of your spindles like phone number
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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
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Bah. Beer can sleds. The cost off lightness and unrealistic FEA models.
I've not yet seen a photo of crinkled AXYS-mountain tunnel.
Any out there to post up?
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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
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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.
Lost both lower a arms yesterday...
Did ya find them yet?
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!
I have nothing to gain or loose from this just passing the information.
stay safe, have fun!
No idea who, maybe I mistook what was told. Didn't mean to imply your arms had anything to do with it
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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.
