A little background: 47, ex mx racer, mechanically inclined, new to side by sides.
My son laid my 2 week old RZR on its passenger side over the weekend. I did not witness. He claims fairly low speed, turned to tight, caught edge, laid on side, didn’t slam…I tend to believe that as I know where it happened, there was a female passenger to confirm, no injuries, and the only cosmetic damage was a scratch on passenger side door. He up righted it himself (24 and 200 lbs. of muscle). Runs/drives fine…
Last night I got the chance to look more closely. The RZR leans to the right. The driver’s side is about 1/4"-1/2" lower front and back depending on where or what you measure from. I can honestly say I don’t if it was like that or from the roll as I never looked closely before (although I suspect it is from roll). The only other thing I noticed visually is that the driver’s side rear wheel appears to lean in slightly at bottom, maybe 1/4". One last note, though I suspect unrelated, the outer rear drivers side cv boot is torn. My other son was out on a 25 mile trail ride prior and I suspect it tore then.
My plans are this…Put on jack stands, remove wheels, replace torn cv boot, measure everything to find out what is bent and replace to fix. If I can’t find anything obvious, I plan to reassemble and swap shocks to opposite sides. If still, out of whack, may upgrade shocks and/or a arms as I was considering anyway. If still leans, probably just going to forget it, drive it, watch for unusual wear.
If the frame is bent, 2 things come to mind: crap!!! and if what he said happened is accurate (I believe it is, he’s an Army officer and honest), the frame is weak and my confidence in the vehicle is compromised.
I know this is just a process of elimination. Any and all suggestions and lessons from experience is appreciated.
Sorry for the long post, just tried to give all info up front.
Thanks.
Ps. unbolted front and rear sway bars, no change. Tire pressures all match.
