nobody knows if i have the sinlge or double rate front on my outy...

not only that they have no idea what i am even talking about...

does anybody know what i can do? how can i tell which ones i have?

do the double rate look different or have different #'s or some way to tell..i want to make sure i have the upgraded version plus this suspension is real soft..pretty sure i have the single


should i call brp with my vin # will they know?

 

Double rate shocks have two springs instead of one. They are usually separated by a spacer.

 

any chance you could look at the pics at www.atvonlinemagizine.com

they show pics of the outy 800 with a single and fixed with a double and i dont see a difference

i will post up the pics if i can

 

here is the article..i couldnt get the pics to post but the are there



Outlander 800EFI Shocks

I am going to first talk about the shocks that are on the Outlander. The early production models demo models, and roughly from July too September production models were given the "Single Stage Shocks". Many people that rode the demo models and earlier models began to complain about the suspension being too soft.

I was one of the individuals who owned some of the earlier produced machines. I bought my machine in July 05 "Demo Model", and 100% enjoyed the ride and never felt the shocks or suspensions were an issue. I just figured this is the way the machine was, it didn't effect the handling, and I never bottomed out going over the whoops or difficult terrain. I loved the fact my machine just floated down the trail, and I mean this machine floats, I loved it and still love it. Keep in mind I always ran my pre-loaded shocks on the softest setting from day one. To me this was the perfect trail ride setup. Having said that some people did not like the suspension setup. If you bought the earlier XT model and are not happy with the front shocks, the dealer will upgraded your shocks to the Dual Stage Shocks free of charge. Check with you dealer.

So Bombardier quickly acted and began to replace the "Single Stage Shock" on the earlier machines with the "Dual Stage Shocks" (Only on the front). This upgrade was done on the XT models, but the non-xt models were still given the single stage shocks front and rear. The MAX models were all given the dual stage shocks, since a stiffer suspension is needed due to the dual riders.

 

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ok if you look at your front if you have alot of rings on the spring at the bottom real close together then you have dual and if you look at the back and you have about 2-3 rings then a real close together 2 rings then it spreads out from there you have single .... and it isn't true that all max models have them because theres one sitting on the showroom floor that isnt an xt and has single

matt

 

ok i looked at the front and the springs are real close together at the top..this is a single--correct

so how do i get the double rate on this thing


and where they replacing rears also?

 

well on that im not totally sure how or where you should go to get them changed over as i have never had any try to or tried to myself sorry

matt