My front aarms were sloppy at 450 miles. I religiously greased with green grease. When I pulled them off I found lots of grease but the bushings were also cutting into the pivot tubes. They were scored all the way around on the ends about 1/4" down the tube, where that little lip sits. The oem design seems very detailed but not very supportive. There was no contamination in the arms, just lots of green grease. I don't think I could have done anything better. I greased it by lifting the front end up off the ground too.
I looked at the various options and researched on the Polaris sportsman forums. I found a fellow jccaprijccapri@yahoo.com producing bushings. He has a good number of guys running these on the PolarisATVforums and no one has worn a set out. Since the bushings are common over many of the Polaris atvs I figured I would give it a shot.
Jon is easy to talk to and honestly just trying to make a good product. (I should say I have no affiliation with him other than buying a set of his bushings.) The parts were of good quality and he hand makes them. I cant attest to their longevity yet but seems a good alternative to other more expensive bushing sets or simply replacing with OEM.
I have never replaced bushings but it was very simple.
-Unbolted the shocks
-Removed all the screws out of the front bumper, left the plastic clips
-Pulled out the bottom AArm bolt and dropped it down
-Flushed the AArm tube with carb cleaner and cleaned like a shotgun barrel
-Work your way around the unit in the same manor, youll have to pop the clips out of the bumper on the side your working on but I found it easier to not fully remove.
-Removed zirks as they penetrate into the tube and put a lock washer under it
-Reinstalled
When reinstalling I noticed that 'tight' was not tight enough. For the heck of it I tried the torque wrench and set it to 37lbs. I wasn't bearing down on it as much as I should have (per spec). That torque removed all slop in the front aarms.
You don't need to do anything to hubs/axels anything. Total replacement, cleaning, removal and reinstall of the guards was about 2 hours.
Jon's bushings don't require any lube. I'm going to run 1/2 the arms dry and grease the other and see what happens. If your interested shoot him a mail or look him up on the polarisatvforums.
jccapri bushing complete kit install with pics and vid. - Polaris ATV Forum
Whats funny is now I hear the brakes clattering away again. I think before the aarms dampened it
Time will tell how they hold up but Im optimistic based on the abuse the 850XP guys dole out on these.
I looked at the various options and researched on the Polaris sportsman forums. I found a fellow jccaprijccapri@yahoo.com producing bushings. He has a good number of guys running these on the PolarisATVforums and no one has worn a set out. Since the bushings are common over many of the Polaris atvs I figured I would give it a shot.
Jon is easy to talk to and honestly just trying to make a good product. (I should say I have no affiliation with him other than buying a set of his bushings.) The parts were of good quality and he hand makes them. I cant attest to their longevity yet but seems a good alternative to other more expensive bushing sets or simply replacing with OEM.
I have never replaced bushings but it was very simple.
-Unbolted the shocks
-Removed all the screws out of the front bumper, left the plastic clips
-Pulled out the bottom AArm bolt and dropped it down
-Flushed the AArm tube with carb cleaner and cleaned like a shotgun barrel
-Work your way around the unit in the same manor, youll have to pop the clips out of the bumper on the side your working on but I found it easier to not fully remove.
-Removed zirks as they penetrate into the tube and put a lock washer under it
-Reinstalled
When reinstalling I noticed that 'tight' was not tight enough. For the heck of it I tried the torque wrench and set it to 37lbs. I wasn't bearing down on it as much as I should have (per spec). That torque removed all slop in the front aarms.
You don't need to do anything to hubs/axels anything. Total replacement, cleaning, removal and reinstall of the guards was about 2 hours.
Jon's bushings don't require any lube. I'm going to run 1/2 the arms dry and grease the other and see what happens. If your interested shoot him a mail or look him up on the polarisatvforums.
jccapri bushing complete kit install with pics and vid. - Polaris ATV Forum
Whats funny is now I hear the brakes clattering away again. I think before the aarms dampened it
Time will tell how they hold up but Im optimistic based on the abuse the 850XP guys dole out on these.
