For average Joe 3hours with out beer.
rosco
Extreme
Yea, you will be in for a bit of work. You need to remove everything as you do when changeing an oil filter. In addition you will have to remove the chin cowl from beneath the bumper. Once you have access it's not bad, just remove bolts and drive out the old bushings. Be carefull installing the new bushings as they are britle. I found it best to put the bolt through the new bushing and use the head of the bolt to drive or press on. Depending on your abilities it could be about 10hrs.
Bodacious
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Great sled but a pi$$ poor design on the a-arm bushings. Shouldn't have to rebuild the front end after 1500 miles. Hope my MTX holds up better than the Attak did.
SnoWarrior
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I put the Ulmer front bushing kit in my Warrior a few weeks back. Took about 2 hours. Had to take filters and battery tray out to get to the bulkhead bolts. I have 4500 miles on the sled and most bushings were still in good shape, except the bulkhead ones. They had the most wear.
1xr
Expert
I took apart one side to check the bushings. Yes it does seem like ecessive amount of slop, but each bushing was only about 2 thou off from each other, and don't seem to be worn out of round. I can't tell if they are worn any. But the bolts have wear, they about 6-7 thou wear in the area of the bushing. So what would a new bushing kit do for that? As far I see it not a whole lot.
LazyBastard
TY 4 Stroke God
Having some play in the front end DOES NOT MATTER. When the weight of the sled is on it, its not rattling around. Unless the bushings are truly worn out, just leave it.
The problem is, after we hit a bump, a big one, the weight isn't on on the skis anymore, it's been lifted off by the impact from the bump.LazyBastard said:
Even though the weight of our racecar is on the suspension, we don't let it get loose.........
