A arm bushings

what are you doing about the frame were the a arm mounts to ?


the sleaves don't last long either

Never seen one wear into the frame.

Replace everything in the arms, and check your bolts for wear as well. Grease them after ever single ride.

Craig_C wrote:

Never seen one wear into the frame.

Replace everything in the arms, and check your bolts for wear as well. Grease them after ever single ride.

and this what happens, the grease and dirt get in between and act just like lapping compound

That makes a little sense. But, I have over 1500 miles on my S and Im just now to the point of replacing the bushings, and I dont have any noticable wear on the frame. I do however have a Racertech weld in gusset kit that might help, seeing as the a-arm mounts shouldnt be flexing on my rzr.

I always pump grease in untill clean new grease comes out, the wipe off the excess. This pushes all the dirt and crud out, maybe thats why I dont have this kind of wear.

Oh and I use a grease found at Tractor Supply called Green Grease "at least I think thats the name". Anyways, its a very very tacky grease that will not wash out. And it works! It takes a hot water pressure washer to get it off the frame completely.

Hey you think that is bad just took mine off and one side is almost wore through the metal, but I am going to fix it by making new a-arms with different bushings. This way I can weld them up and add an extra plate to make them thicker. I will post pics as I do them. My center steel sleeves were wore .03-.06 in places. This was with green grease used the same way you do Craig_C. I think they have 1200 miles on the bushings.

I was using Green grease also. The problem is the grease is so sticky it atracks all the dirt.

Like a member here said, and I won't say who, after 1500 miles sell it and get another..............You'll come out cheaper in the end.....

ridepate wrote:

Like a member here said, and I won't say who, after 1500 miles sell it and get another..............You'll come out cheaper in the end.....

Like I said before and i'll say it again. Polaris make's the cheapest and biggest pile of . But there is nothing out there for it to compete against. So until things change and other brands step up.
We are all stuck with Polaris.

Polaris...you either love it or hate it. I cant say Polaris is a pile, I got tired of replacing axles in my Rhino, warranty will only cover so many, and Summers Bros 300m units dont seem to last any longer. Rhino had fuel pump issues as well. My old Yamaha Raptor was junk, thank god for warranty. Id say Yamaha put around 3k in that hunk under warranty. Oh, and the Raptor, the bushing deal was 100x worse with it than the Rzr could ever be!

They all require maintenance. These things arnt golf carts out on the fairway. Bearings, bushings, ball joints etc wear on any of them. Maybe I have a freak of nature Polaris, but with 1500 miles on stock bushings, and no wear on mounting tabs, somethings going on.

It' ain't the machine that breaks the axles....it's who is driving it........

Smith700 wrote:

It' ain't the machine that breaks the axles....it's who is driving it........

Thats true, but, the "big cheap pile of Polaris has made it 1500+ miles on stock axles, going places the Rhino never would!

The Polaris holds up to my abuse, the Yamaha didnt quite do as well.

Try 9k+ miles........Like I said, with the right person in the driver seat. Any machine can go up anything.

Smith700 wrote:

Try 9k+ miles........Like I said, with the right person in the driver seat. Any machine can go up anything.

Three axles in three weeks in my Rhino, trying to follow a Rzr. Belive me, I tried and tried to hang on to the Rhino, but after seeing what a Rzr would do, and what broke on the Rhino trying to duplicate it, I had to jump ship! I was like you Smith, Rhino man through and through....but you couldnt pay me to go back now that I have owned a Rzr. Anytime your up near Louisville bring that Rhino along, I will take you where a Rzr will go and a Rhino wont.

Can you explain how a RZR will go up something, but a Rhino will not ?

Suspension, chassis design and horsepower

Craig_C wrote:

Smith700 wrote:

It' ain't the machine that breaks the axles....it's who is driving it........

Thats true, but, the "big cheap pile of Polaris has made it 1500+ miles on stock axles, going places the Rhino never would!

The Polaris holds up to my abuse, the Yamaha didnt quite do as well.

AMEN!

Smith700 wrote:

Try 9k+ miles........Like I said, with the right person in the driver seat. Any machine can go up anything.

Some of my A-Arm tabs look the same. I also have a weld in gusset kit so I don't think that matters. I'm pretty sure if you get in mud a lot its just a side effect.. Grit gets between the bushing and the tab and grinds down the medal..

People can bash on a RZR all the want.. Simple fact its the best machine we have. When I bought my 09 all you seen around here was Quads and Rhino's.. Went to brimestone and there was easily 15 Rhinos to ever 1 RZR.. Fast forward a year later and it was the other way around.. Now two year later its more like one Rhino for every 30 RZRs.. Say what ever you want, but that speaks for its self.. Its not like they are selling more RZRs cause they are cheaper.

I guess Smith has some prototype Rhino and he is the best driver in the world. I guess I cant drive since my Rhino wouldnt go up hills and over obsticals that my buddies with Rzr's could.

I just looked at my frame, there are marks where you can tell something has rubbed, but nothing like what your has at all! I do however stay out of the mudholes.....muddin aint my thing.

nocerisdave wrote:

Craig_C wrote:

Smith700 wrote:

It' ain't the machine that breaks the axles....it's who is driving it........

Thats true, but, the "big cheap pile of Polaris has made it 1500+ miles on stock axles, going places the Rhino never would!

The Polaris holds up to my abuse, the Yamaha didnt quite do as well.

AMEN!

I will never say the Rhino is a bad machine....its just not a machine that holds up to what I like to do in my SXS. Its like this....When I was a kid, I went through countless bmx bikes from Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc. Huffy, Murray, whatever the brand, none would last more than a few months. When I finally saved enough to buy a Diamondback, I quit breaking things like the frame, cranks, bearings, etc. Did it mean the Huffy and Murry were junk....not really. It just meant there was a better bicycle out there for me.

I'm not one of those snorkel it and sink it to your chest every ride.. But I will hit a mud hole on just about every ride. I also don't go around little puddles like most. I really think dirty water is as bad as thick mud. I mean any grit that gets in there is going to be like sand paper. I don't think its really a big deal.. With the gusset kit those tabs are pretty thick. The only real issue would be with the arm moving around because its not a tight fit anymore. If mine wears down much more I'm going to get a grade 5 or 8 washer and weld it to the inside of the tabs. Might just have to sand down the the end of the bushings a little for everything to fit.

I prolly do take my Rzr apart more than most anyone. I have it down to the bare frame right now just repainting the frame and building a front bumper. So mine gets cleaned and regreased alot.