I have notice since I put brand new Works triple rate shocks on my quad, I hear a knocking noice.
What I was surprised with was the shocks were a
little bit longer that the OEM ones. I had to force them in.
Looks like when I ride and the front wheel goes off the ground the arms move down to where the ball joints get to their maximum flexebility and knock.
I was planning on getting new arms. I wanted a plus one or plus two.
What are the best and cheap arms out there? Ones that have replaceble ball joints and OEM 250r style bushings (not yamaha bushings).
Also whats the difference between +2wide,+1 forward, with all around +2 arms? and will the shocks that I have now will work with +1,+2 arms?
Thanx

 

The clanking noise is normal...If you look at the shock, you will see an aluminum looking spacer at the bottom that is free to do what it wishes...
That is normal...the handling Characteristics you mention is caused from using the stock arms with the shocks.
The guys at shocconnection told me flat out that I would probably not be happy unless I upgraded the arms also. So I went with LSR arms in the front. Since the bike I put these on was a banshee, I opted to change the ergonomics a bit and go with the +2 wide +1 forward and a -1 swing.
Now the handling is perfect...No more nose dives off jumps and no more diving into the corners. And no...My front end does not show any signs of lifting the tire on a turn unless it's an oddball situation where I went in to the turn way too hot or something like that.

 

Mine did the same thing. I reduced the spring preload until the springs had just enough pressure to hold everything in place. It is noticeably less clunking now, but it still does it a little when I catch air.

 

If you get A arms you will have to get your shocks revalved at a cost of 175 bucks. For each inch you go out wider on A arms you loose 40lbs of compression, meaning you might as well have put on an extra forty lbs of weight. So if you go +2 and your shocks were set up for a 200lb rider they are now set up for a 120lb rider. Wheels will do the same if the off-set is different then stock wheels. Sorry for the bad news. I learned the expensive way.

 

sAyIt_fmf,

Do your mods get rid of the heavy feeling front end that the stock banshee has?

 

Yes...The mods I did made the banshee handle so much better. The nose is no longer a brick.
It seems much easier to control in the air.

I Don't know which component helped out more, because I basically did everything at once.

 

If you just got your shocks i think that they might have a 30 day free setup change if you do not like them but i do not know if they would revalve them for + a arms.