Just installed Long travel suspension on my Xplorer! Good idea or not?!?!!?
#1
I just finished the switch and I dawned on me... this may not be such a good idea?!?! For the past year my Xplorer has been handling aweful and upon checking the struts I found them to be totally finished---> so when taking my modded Scrambler apart I decided to install my Works struts from the Scram onto the Xplorer. I also installed my HotSeat Dual rate springs up front. Looks great and suspension action is much better.
Obviously it adds a couple inches of travel which seems good in all but: The wheels are now "lower" and angled inwards at the bottom a bit more. Could this damage the shaft drive going into the hubs? Could I just tighten the tie rods to help bring the top of the tires farthur in. Man I hope it works...
Obviously it adds a couple inches of travel which seems good in all but: The wheels are now "lower" and angled inwards at the bottom a bit more. Could this damage the shaft drive going into the hubs? Could I just tighten the tie rods to help bring the top of the tires farthur in. Man I hope it works...
#3
As long as everything moves freely through the full suspension travel, you should be OK. The main thing I would worry about would be the axle length. As the wheels move up & downin relation to the frame, the axle has to get longer & shorter. Be sure there is enough travel in the splines at the CV joint. If it pulls apart, you will have fun trying to get it back together again.
#4
Not to mention the wheel camber, either. Without switching A-arms, the wheels will have negative camber (the tops lean out farther than the bottoms). This could result in some hairy steering on the trail. Unfortunately you can't add longer a-arms due to the front drive shaft length. I would also worry about the front driveshaft angles and the U or CV joints.
#5
This is perplexing... The Xplorer has 6.7 inches of travel and the Scrambler has about 8.2 inches. That is only 1.5 inches more. Wouldn't what I did be pretty much the same as a "lift kit"? If memory serves, a lift kit (High Lifter) on a Polaris consists of tubular spacers placed under the spring and strut which are about 2" high. I really feel like making this work otherwise it's new Struts and Springs again. $$$
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