Installed new A-Arms and suspension sags to one side HELP PL

[switchback1080]

Since installing new a-arms the front suspension is saggin majorly to the right side. I checked air pressure in the shocks everything was fine. Im stumped, can anyone help me please!

It may help knowing this. I crashed into a culvert last year and a-arms took a beating. I dont think anything else bent. Bulk head is good. Steering arms seemed good as well.. I cant think of anything else that would cause this to happen.

 

[ahicks]

Is there a possiblilty you installed the sway arm incorrectly? Are the A arms moving freely/not sticking? Shocks not tweaked?

Otherwise, I think I'd start somethng like this by blocking the sled up and getting a level reference somewhere in front or back, then check one end against the other. See if that doesn't point you at the trouble?

 

[LazyBastard]

Are the replacement arms the same as the original arms? There was a change introduced with the first RS model and 06+RX. In these models mentioned, the spindles are shorter, so to obtain the same height, the shock mount to the lower arm is different than for 03-05RX. If you installed an 03-05RX lower arm, then that side will sit considerably lower than the other side.

 

[snowpromod]

The Arms he got should be my old (NEW) arms - off a 2008 Apex with 0 miles.

 

[LJ 452]

Lift the front of the sled off the ground. Reinstall the sway bar, make sure both arms are fully exteneded. If you have floats, I asume you are measuring the pressure with the sled off he ground. By that I mean both skis unloaded. Last year we wear adjusting a friends front springs trailside. Unknowingly we were compressing the shock for the ski that was on the ground, which through the sway bar compressed the shock we were trying to adjust. Same would happen for the Floats as well.

 

[bottlerocket]

I would lift the front of the sled and remove the shocks. Move arms full stroke to see if they are hanging up or the sway bar is binding. If that checks out then you have a shock problem or they are binding at the mounting points. Hope you find the problem.

 

[switchback1080]

It looks like they are binding at the sway bar Il post a pic so you all can see.

 

[switchback1080]

It looks like they are binding at the sway bar Il post a pic so you all can see.

Here are some pic's.

 

[Kevin Garceau]

Im sure is an optical illusion....but it looks like one set of A arms is longer than the other.

 

[Crewchief47]

The left shock(when sitting on the sled) isn't totally extended. Take them both off and meassure eye to eye. You don't want to hear it, but my guess is one of them is bent enough to stop the shock from travelling. Either that or you have a big air pressure diference. Don't think binding in the sway bar links would be enough to hold the whole sled(even the track isn't sitting flat) off kilter like that.

 

[switchback1080]

The left shock(when sitting on the sled) isn't totally extended. Take them both off and meassure eye to eye. You don't want to hear it, but my guess is one of them is bent enough to stop the shock from travelling. Either that or you have a big air pressure diference. Don't think binding in the sway bar links would be enough to hold the whole sled(even the track isn't sitting flat) off kilter like that.

It was never like this until I removed the old A-arms and put the new ones on. I haven't had to much time to mess around with it, but I did notice that when i leaned on the front end there was a very high pitched squeak coming from the left side (inside the engine bay) almost right where the sway bar is. So I tried to move the links around as seen in the photo and they are just totally wedged in there.

 

[switchback1080]

The left shock(when sitting on the sled) isn't totally extended. Take them both off and meassure eye to eye. You don't want to hear it, but my guess is one of them is bent enough to stop the shock from travelling. Either that or you have a big air pressure diference. Don't think binding in the sway bar links would be enough to hold the whole sled(even the track isn't sitting flat) off kilter like that.

Should the sway bar connection look like the way they do in the pic's??

 

[switchback1080]

Each shock measured 6 1/8. with no air compression. I think they seem to be fine.

 

[ahicks]

The left shock(when sitting on the sled) isn't totally extended. Take them both off and meassure eye to eye. You don't want to hear it, but my guess is one of them is bent enough to stop the shock from travelling. Either that or you have a big air pressure diference. Don't think binding in the sway bar links would be enough to hold the whole sled(even the track isn't sitting flat) off kilter like that.

Should the sway bar connection look like the way they do in the pic's??

It should be easy enough to disconnect one end of the links on each side? That would get that sway bar out of the picture for a moment, and you could see what's going on then? That might be a good first step in your troubleshooting process.

 

[Crewchief47]

Well, I still think you need to remove the shocks to locate your bind then. Will need to disconnect the sway bar from both sides to move the suspension through it's travel. If the a-arms move ok by themselves, and the sway bar moves ok (tie the a-arms up at full travel) and the hiems in the links are loose or semi sticky, then it has to be the shocks. You can check the bar links really quick by dis-connecting both sides(both incase the bar itself is bent). Process of elimination!