Category Archives: Suspension

ds 250 swing arm& a arms

does any one know where i can get a aftermarket swing arm and a-arms for my ds 250and any other preformace parts and also what can i do to keep it from bottoming out on big jumps any help would be nice. im running an 07 ds 250 with full power prefromance clutch kit and 14 tooth front sprocket and have shaved off almost 30 lbs of extra crap off the quad

Heim Joints

I am going to replace the A-Arms on my 800S. I am thinking about purchasing ones that utilize heim joints instead of the traditional ball joints. I would like to hear from those that have experience w/ this. Pros, cons? Please advise.

spanner nut socket

i am trying to figure out where i can get the spanner nut socket from. I’ve been told part source, can tire, etc. but I’m not sure the size and or part number. id much rather not buy from can am! I’ve been told a dana 66 axe nut socket will work if anyone knows what that would be!
thank!!

rear trailing arm removal trouble

i am trying to remove the rear trailing arms on my 06 outlander. i have the nuts off of the sway bar but now i am having trouble getting off the lever off thats before the spanner nut. ive had a puller on it and it broke before it would come off. anyone have any other suggestions as to how i can get these things off? trying to replace the bears in the swing arms.

2011 Outlander xxc

Hello everyone,

I’m from Belgium an ride an outlander xxc.

Now last weekend I’ve hit a large stone, and unfortunatly the leftfront axle and knuckle are broken 🙁 .

Because here in Belgium everything is really expensive, I was thinking of buying in the states. But now I saw on this site axles from brand Rihno and from ADR

Can-Am Outlander and Renegade Axles – Stock Length -Rhino Brand : Can-Am : Can-Am ATV : Can-Am Axles

http://www.superatv.com/Can-Am-Outla…rand-P7866C461.

ADR is a whole lot cheaper, but is the Rihno worth the extra money?

Also I can’t see a lot of shops selling the knuckle? You guys maybe know a good shop?

Thanks in advance!

Regards!

and oh, sorry for my english, it’s not my mother tongue 🙁

Who makes custom A-arms?

I’m trying to find someone to build a custom set of a arms for an 800 rzr.

Basically looking for S length, high clearance, with forward, and rearward offset, with xp1k ball joints, or heim joints in the front.

I have tried backwoods armor, and ORB. Apparently neither of them is interested because they won’t even respond to my questions.

I tried special carriers also but he said he’s to busy and will be for a while.

So who out there builds a arms and will customize them? They need to be high quality.

Any advice is appreciated.

W.E. shock tuning

I have a 2015 xp1000. Was terribly disappointed by the suspension performance. Did a lot of reviewing on the forum, tried the best advice, ordered 2.5’s and revalving/piston/ helper spring from W,E.

Very happy with the 2.5’s on the front, revalved resprung with crossovers last night, …adding a lock ring for the preload adjuster. No wonder people are galling threads, with no lock backing the preload adjuster.

Was really disappointed in the appearance of the valving kit. The new pistons are the same as the old ones.

Soooo…. the next time I pull the rears apart, I plan to work on the old pistons and put them back in. I have worked on dirt bike suspension over 30 years and see lots of room for improvement.

The pistons show lots of ridges in the ports that I can’t help but feel is affecting the flow. I will use my porting tool to eradicate the ridges and blend and radius the entries.
Valving-wise, I will see how it feels and add whatever feels lacking. I don’t have any shims to fit the W.E. other than what I rob off the stock set-up.

I bought the last bunch of shims from Holz racing when I redid my 2009 800S.

Anyone know a better/cheaper source?

The type of riding I do: putting around seting up and staking offroadracing courses through the fields,gullies, rocks, etc.–90% of the time

Racing over said courses-10% of the time. ( but a very important part, launching up and over jumps, charging whoops, cornering flat )

Loving the xp1000 other than the cornering/ suspension performance.
Hopefully the back redo will help with cornering as well as bump absorption.

800S Shock question

Hey does anyone know the Free length of a fox shock (Front and Back) for a 800s. Also the measurement of the chrome part of the shock to the bumper. Thank you, I need this information for a custom set of shocks Im transforming from an ATV to my RZR.

50 inch 800 lift/sway bar question

I just installed a lift on my 2014 50 inch 800 and i don’t like the swaybar angle. Does anyone make a link extention? What has everyone else done, I could cut and weld in a piece of rod to extend them but I’m not sure the lift kit will stay on it. I did it to be able to run bigger tires and try to keep from bottoming out on every rock on the trail.