Ragnar's Ride And Adventures

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Ragnar's Ride And Adventures

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[BWAF]

Lol, I needed a little more distance to push those spears out of the way

That may work

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[BWAF]

And I missed the jousting match! HA!

After that night trees 1 Ranger 25

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[Tramguage1]

really like my Slasher!

 

[Smitty335]

After that night trees 1 Ranger 25

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But I have a 12 incher to my credit ask @Tigermark, HA!

 

[Ragnar406]

More to come but I decided to see what it would be like to follow in @GlockMeister footsteps and I started taking off my lift last night. Which is something I have been wanting to try for a while.

I had been riding with the Fox shock for a while when I first put on the lift... I initial impression was that I did not like the lift but knew I needed to give it time. Soon after I put on the SATV A Arms and went from a 28"/15" tire to a 30"/14" tire and the ride greatly improved. I have always remember the difference in pre lift and lift ride however.

So after reading the discussion on how shocks work (@snuffnwhisky @joeymt33) And talking to @GlockMeister about his initial experience I decided to take of my lift.

While pulling the front last night I noticed one of the holes on the lift bar had gotten wider. Oddly enough the stock holes it lines up with did not seem to suffer the same fate

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[Ragnar406]

No updates for a while - Met @my99svt & his better half yesterday along with a Rzr friend of ours to ride Buckhorn trails here in AR. They are adding in trails fast there and we did a little exploring.

No telling how many spiders I picked up... stopped at car wash on way home for round 1 of spraying and finished round 2 this morning. Still finding them dang it.


Also found a water/mud hole that got deeper than expected ... it was up to the seat - when I saw my cigar box (that was in the underdash storage float over to the steering wheel I figured time to put it in reverse lol



Fun day and weather was about perfect we got there just as the rain was stopping so no dust at all

 

[Ragnar406]

Performed a little maintenance this past weekend.
1. Changed our the brake pads - this time going from Raceline back to OEM
2. Replaced a seal on the passage rear Axle - First pic is after I moved the Honda to provide more room to remove the axle in the garage

easy swap out

lastly it is looking like it is time to schedule a time to get weld washers installed on the top front A arms... the holes continue to get enlarged slightly as the nuts become loose despite using lock tight.. I had ordered 2 sets of new hardware so I went ahead and installed a set I really think that if you changed out to Super ATV A arms you should install new hardware - I can tell that the nuts (which are pinched I believe) just did not have the same tightness as the new nuts I put on this weekend. As a safety measure I grabbed some other M10-1.25 nuts as backup and installed as below (with Red lock tight this time )



I have some Weld Washers that I will take pics of after I get installed

 

[Neohio]

Performed a little maintenance this past weekend.
1. Changed our the brake pads - this time going from Raceline back to OEM
2. Replaced a seal on the passage rear Axle - First pic is after I moved the Honda to provide more room to remove the axle in the garage
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easy swap out

lastly it is looking like it is time to schedule a time to get weld washers installed on the top front A arms... the holes continue to get enlarged slightly as the nuts become loose despite using lock tight.. I had ordered 2 sets of new hardware so I went ahead and installed a set I really think that if you changed out to Super ATV A arms you should install new hardware - I can tell that the nuts (which are pinched I believe) just did not have the same tightness as the new nuts I put on this weekend. As a safety measure I grabbed some other M10-1.25 nuts as backup and installed as below (with Red lock tight this time )

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I have some Weld Washers that I will take pics of after I get installed

I have some machined washers and nuts/bolts if you don't like the set you have.

 

[Ragnar406]

I have some machined washers and nuts/bolts if you don't like the set you have.

I'll give you a shout, the ones I have look good but I wouldn't know good from bad as far a weld washers go.

 

[Ragnar406]

While I love riding at buckhorn I swear something breaks every time I am out there.. today was no exception .. riding with @my99svt , his wife and some of our Rzr friends I am leading the way when I hear a unusual noice from the drivers rear tires area... I stop and look .. see that the jam nut on my SATV a arm appear to have come loose.. no problem grab a wrench give it a yank and pop ... the remaining threads in the A arm expose themselves.

No worry bailing wire to the rescue we winch me up on the side a little and I wrap bailing wire around it to hold it together... luckily we were 1/2 mile from some blacktop and gravel roads and made it back to the parking place . I will have to call super atv Monday to see about a warranty replacement.



Ended up finishing the day by finally installing the attachment points for my wheel bonnets - took it for a spin down the road and like them so far


Got to get ready for next ride

 

[BWAF]

While I love riding at buckhorn I swear something breaks every time I am out there.. today was no exception .. riding with @my99svt , his wife and some of our Rzr friends I am leading the way when I hear a unusual noice from the drivers rear tires area... I stop and look .. see that the jam nut on my SATV a arm appear to have come loose.. no problem grab a wrench give it a yank and pop ... the remaining threads in the A arm expose themselves.
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No worry bailing wire to the rescue we winch me up on the side a little and I wrap bailing wire around it to hold it together... luckily we were 1/2 mile from some blacktop and gravel roads and made it back to the parking place . I will have to call super atv Monday to see about a warranty replacement.
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Ended up finishing the day by finally installing the attachment points for my wheel bonnets - took it for a spin down the road and like them so far
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Got to get ready for next ride

Hell of a day

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[Ragnar406]

Hell of a day

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Yea, but it was fun, If it was going to happen I would rather it happen today than on a out of town riding trip ... only downer was they have a new trail just opened that I wanted to try.. next time

 

[Plumber32]

Yea, but it was fun, If it was going to happen I would rather it happen today than on a out of town riding trip ... only downer was they have a new trail just opened that I wanted to try.. next time

Where did you get the wheel bonnets?

 

[Ragnar406]

Where did you get the wheel bonnets?

Macs custom tie downs, they are high quality but they are not cheap.

UTV (Side by Side) Wheel Net Pack

 

[Ragnar406]

First time running front and back cameras - I ahd the back running off a battery pack so I was saving until we got to a later part of the trail.... and then my a arm broke and cut the ride short. However I did get a little footage that I wanted to see how editing worked.

 

[GlockMeister]

First time running front and back cameras - I ahd the back running off a battery pack so I was saving until we got to a later part of the trail.... and then my a arm broke and cut the ride short. However I did get a little footage that I wanted to see how editing worked.

Gonna have to get me one of them fancy camera!

 

[Ragnar406]

And we are back


I really thought the threads on the T’s had stripped out but it turns out that it was the threads on the inside of the A arm. However in less than a week I am back up and ready to go. I will say that after taking the T’s out there was a bit of water that came out of the A arm... I know @GlockMeister noticed that on a set of his A arms previously which is why I was checking.

Better look at trail Side repair

 

[Ragnar406]

Well the holes for my upper A arm bolts were getting worn a little more. Big Thanks to @Neohio for the weld washers and bolts that he worked up.. I was finally a ole to get. A local welder to weld them on this past week - I really need to learn to weld. I took the Honda out this afternoon and it is nice to be solid up front again.

First two pics are a comparison of some other weld washers next to the ones @Neohio had made


Pic of the weld that was sent to me

followed by pictures of the final product

 

[Ragnar406]

After the overland trip I have a little tlc to complete on the Honda.

1. Swapped out both Tie rod ends (one was very loose and the threads had gotten filed down so that I could not get any tighter - greatly improved steering.
2. Need Front and back bushings replaced
3. Need to replace the rear hub bushings - to which I was looking at Honda OEM first but went with Garage Products bushing kits...

I post up about the install after

 

[Ragnar406]

Also a couple of pics from Sat and @my99svt getting into a little trouble... going up a trail he got well you’ll see below. Note that his roll cage was stuck on a rock on the drivers side preventing movement



that is also a steep bank getting down there to help him lol.