Hey everyone, wanted some input on this one, I along with two of my buddies we all have the Polaris 500 HO 2005, Mine and one of the others is carb, then one is EFI. The EFI recently lost a lower ball joint while it was being driven and it caused massive damage, A-arm bent, axle broke, front differential destroyed. The guy is pissed big time he says he was just driving along. I spoke with one of the other riders that was there that day and he said he was in a full wheelie going down hill when it broke from impact with the ground. It threw him over the bars and destroyed lots of parts. I know the owner and he is constantly pulling wheelies ,I mean one after another, but should this effect the ball joints. I never pull a wheelie(too old for that I guess) I checked my ball joints and they seem fine. The dealer is saying that when he came down it must have caught a rut or something. So my question is anyone else experience this? Should wheelies even bother your ball joints? Is this something I need to fear when going 50 miles an hour down the road?

 

Think that's gonna fall under abuse. These things aren't made to constantly have their own weight (which is a lot) slammed down on them. Some wheelies, ok. Constant wheelies, not ok. Plus, going downhill and doing a wheelie isn't the smartest thing to do.

Yours and the other person should be fine. Privided you don't try to outdo the wheelie king. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

You might want to post in the Polaris forum to find more answers about your quad.

 

The Sportsman's own weight was not designed for "wheelies" As a matter of fact though half of the fun is pushing your machine to it's limit when you ride. So I think you should prepare accordingly if you abuse your equiptment. Stop whining about "bad" design if your beating uo your stuff and something breaks. Just my 2 cents.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

Whew i just read my post and I sounded like a D&*K, sorry, I meant to state that in general. Too many people I ride with beat up thier machines and blame it on the brand. For example I was riding in southern Iowa and a young man was riding a Grizzley taking jumps and getting about 15-20 foot off the ground. We all watched in horror when his right front tire busted off the machine. He left by ambulance that day and I overheard some of the other riders bashing Yamaha. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]

 

Poltab, no need to apologize I agree 100% that's one of the reasons I posted it. The guy is blaming it on the bike and I say hey if your going to run hell out of it then it will break

 

Opps sorry I thought I was on the polaris forum, My wife was right I don't pay attention