A few months ago, I noticed slop/play in the front right tire, and it turned out that the lower a arm mount had rounded out a bit at the bolt, allowing it to move around. I had a set of the Cecco frame braces lying around, and luckily they took care of the issue (I only used one as the other wouldn’t fit – looks like Cecco updated design for the front end of the 15-16 after I had already bought a set for the front).
Now, after this weekend, I have a LOT of slop at both rear tires. I’ve narrowed down the slop on the right side to a wheel bearing – not bad, at least it lasted 4,000 miles.
The left side is due to an egged out upper a-arm mount. I can see the bolt moving when I move around the tire. Bushings won’t help me here, and neither will the Cecco rear frame brace unfortunately as that is for the lowers.
I’ve been thinking of welding in a washer, but does anybody have better ideas? I searched, and it seems like the RZR’s have a lot more trouble with this, as there are stepped washers made for them sold by RacerTech, but I can’t find anything for the Sportsman XP platform.
I want to take care of this soon I’m thinking, as all I can imagine is landing after a little bit of air and having the mount fail completely.
I have to say, I’m pretty impressed that the stock suspension held up this long after all the bad things I had heard about the XP platform. Stock bushings are still in pretty decent shape even. I ride pretty hard, but maintain it well, so I think that helps.
Any ideas besides welding in a washer? Has anybody else had this issue on their Sportsman?
Thanks!
