P1000 SATV A arms and lower balljoint snap rings

[Superthrill]

First trip out. Should have installed lower snap rings on the baljoints....

 

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[DDDonkey]

Wow, that happened to me last weekend, but I broke the c-clip first. I wonder how my stockers stayed in with no c-clip? Hope you got it fixed and did not ruin your ride.

 

[Superthrill]

Wow, that happened to me last weekend, but I broke the c-clip first. I wonder how my stockers stayed in with no c-clip? Hope you got it fixed and did not ruin your ride.

The snap ring broke then the joint came out?? Did you take a bad hit or something major?

Mine was not a bad hit at all. Factory arms were beat all to heck and still held with no snap rings.

 

[Superthrill]

Damage was minimal. I will clean it up real good and press in a new one with a snap ring.

 

[Superthrill]

If that does not work, i may machine a cup that catches the lip of the ball joint and maybe bolts to the flat portion of the arm.

I have to trust this thing when we are miles in the woods by bbn ourselves...

 

[Superthrill]

Little digging through all the parts diagrams from 2016 till now. Only the 2016 model had the snap rings!

Got them ordered.

 

[ToddACimer]

I picked up 2 1-1/4" snap rings for my uppers and 2 1-1/2" for the lowers today. About $1 each at ACE. Install was easy and fit was great

 

[Superthrill]

I picked up 2 1-1/4" snap rings for my uppers and 2 1-1/2" for lower lowers today. About $1 each at ACE.

I was ordering some more spare parts and threw them on my cart. They are not real expensive from Honda either.

I found out why my steering wheel was no longer straight as well. Passenger tie rod has a small bend that was under the boot. Pretty sure i did it at the Takeover when i took out the factory bighorn on a rock.

 

[DDDonkey]

The snap ring broke then the joint came out?? Did you take a bad hit or something major?

Mine was not a bad hit at all. Factory arms were beat all to heck and still held with no snap rings.

I was a little over exited with the new 814 shocks and keeping up with a couple of X3s and came down one a rock I think. I heard and felt the hit, we stopped a few hundred yards up and my tire looked like yours did. We got the ball joint mostly pressed in on the trail as I did not have my ball joint press with me, and I babied it back to camp. I used the landing gear of a fifth wheel trailer to press the new one in, the only down side was I needed to remove the whole a-arm so it took about an hour in total for the repair. Fun times!