Hello everyone.....I'm new to the site and have spent a good chunk of a Friday night reading up on everyone else's fun and problems (wow, real exciting). This seems like a great place to find info so I hope someone can help!

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some heavy duty rear suspension springs for my 2003 Arctic Cat 500 TBX. It has the independent rear end. Or is there something I could do to the factory springs. I'm looking to carry a heavy payload and don't get much time to go out and play.....I know, work sounds boring but I have to pay for the dang thing!

Any ideas would be appreciated....thanks!

 

i seen in one magazine i can't remember if it was cabella's or what where they had an overload spring that mounted up from the rear end to the back rack which might work on your tbx and i would stay away from the mattrax cause there is this canadian company that makes trax i can't recall right now what they are called and they look to work so much better then mattrax

 

Thanks for the info....I'll look into that. If nothing else hopefully I can find a picture of it and build something like it.

I know what tracks you are talking about, I can't remember the name either. I saw them at an expo in Grand Forks. They were less expensive and looked like they would be great in snow but were not built heavy enough for dirt work (which is what I needed them for). They just used a guide rail on the bottom for the track to run on and didn't have any bogey wheels. I'm hoping the tracks that I have will last a little longer, guess I'll find out one way or another (hopefully not the hard way!)

 

My TRV has adjustable shocks. Have you set them to their stiffest setting?

 

hey vrx lol you only live a lil ways away from me i live about 20 min east of where they make the mattrax in karlstad minnesota and well i read up on those canadian tracks and they said they worked wonders in the snow and are waiting for the mud to come to test them out in the mud and see if they hold up but good luck with your machine and i have seen them mattracks go through alot of stuff i know the kid that drew up the design for the mattrax and his dad took that picture made a set and started his business from there the guy buys drinks for the whole bar if you are up there but his kid is a lil smartass couldn't stand that lil punk but good luck man