yes my afco shocks i have
i adjusted the pre load to a harder setting
and my front shocks used to pop when i was in rocks and boulders
installed a 2" lift kit and backed off the preload to softer that did it,

 

Are you sure its the shocks, you might check your sway bar link where it mounts to the swing arm, long bolt. This has been a fairly frequent issue.

 

I second the sway bar. It seems a lot were sent out loose. Try to tighten it up, or, if you want, take it off.

 

Alright thanks for the advice guys. So what are the advantages and disadvantages of removing my sway bar?

 

I took mine off! I ride in alot of mud and rocky trails and it does awesome. Now when I get out driving fast on some of these back country roads I do notice it will tilt more around turns. I put it back on for our last ride and well.... let's just say I took it off when we got back. I can deal with the tilting. If you ride fast alot then you probably want it on, but it you do alot of off road slow technical driving then off is better. I also found out if you have the sway bar off the turn up your dampers. Out of 20 clicks to the right, I ride at 15 clicks and it rides really nice.

 

You will get better articulation and a smoother ride while trail riding. However, you will have more body roll. I took the front off of mine it made a heck of a difference. (My front sway bar was what was popping.)

 

The pros sound good but my Rzr is so tipsy already the body roll scares me lol. I will be checking the sway bars out tomorrow tho cuz that popping drives me nuts. Can't stand having something brand new and it making these noises. First vehicle I've bought new tho guess I'm just paranoid. Thanks again man god bless

 

if stablisers don,t do the trick
you will have to do what i did for further investigation
i stuck a go pro camera under there lol
thats how i found my noise

 

Good luck tracking that popping sound. Let us know what you find.

 

My sway bar would literally clank when rocking the rzr side to side by hand.

 

My front end sway bar makes so much noise lol. Got to tighten that both up . I had to lock tight the rear bolt threw the a arm due to it coming loose every couple rides

 

Well look like you guys were right. Checked sway bars today and bolts were pretty loose. Gonna tighten them up and ride TM to see if the popping goes away. Thanks guys your awesome

 

Tightened all sway bar bolts and rode bout 100 miles today. Bad news, still have the popping noise. Idk what it is, guess in the springs or shocks where I adjusted them. Guess it will be OK. Hopefully if something breaks its while still under warranty lol

 

What Bill said and also Check the distance between the bottom of your sway bar and your lower a-arms.....

 

Alright thanks much

 

Check your shock bolts.

 

that popping noise drove me crazy when it was doing it,
almost sounded like something had broken or came loose
til i found it,
i even dropped it off at the dealership they never found the noise,
cheez!

 

Jacked up my machine by control arms to pre load the suspension to find the sway bar being responsible for the popping noise . They should have put a few more washers under the nut to keep pressure on the rubber grommets. Will be doing that tomorrow I'll let you guys know how it works out confident it will fix the ishue . What's happening is the sway bar is sliding side to side due to it being loose in there when suspension is unloaded (fully extended) .

 

What type of trails do you ride? If you rides rocky trails you should try and take and take it off.

 

Hey guys! I'm trying to take the rear sway bar off but can't figure out how to get it out after i take out all the bolts. Any tips? Thanks. BTW its on a 2015 900 XC

 

Same issue here. I went with 30 in tires and rode for the first time today. I went softer on the clickers on all 4 shocks. Rode 5 miles and started hearing a popping sound. When I rock the machine side to side it is clear ot is coming from the rear shock springs. What could it be?