Newbee with a question on front suspension.

[bigtim44]

I've just bought an '04' RX-1 mountain,It has the stock shocks up front with the 41 inch wide cro-mo A-arms,the front suspension is way soft,I've tightened the spring preload to the max but the front shocks are still bottoming out all the time.Are there some heavier duty springs that I can swap onto the stock shocks?Or will I have to go with complete aftermarket shocks?I would like to be able to hit a jump or two on this thing without folding the A arms in two.My last sled was a 144 tracked SRX,so I'm not sure what to expect from this RX-1
Thanks in advance .....for any info,great site by the way.

 

[BlgsRX-1mtn]

I'm not sure if the '04 sleds still have the progressive rate spring or not but here are the three springs listed for the '03 RX-1mtn. These are however for the 39.5" wide ski stance which is stock for the mtn sleds. I'm not sure if your 41" needed different shocks for the wider A-arms or not.

2.1 kg - 8FA-23760-00-00
1.9 kg - 8FA-23760-10-00
1.7 kg - 8FA-23760-10-00

If you know which aftermarket A-arms you have; your best bet might be to contact them. If you don't know who's arms you have try to post a picture of them and we can hopefully get the info on who's kit it is.

Jim

 

[bigtim44]

The A-arms are from mountain performance,I think the shocks are stock.I've read about the 'pioneer' 2.3 springs....would that be something to try?