[Rusty nut garage]

Took the General out on a break in run today. Upper Sycamore creek Arizona Hit a rock rock laterally on right front wheel. It put a serious bend in the lower A arm at the same point the A arm has a factory bend in. Pretty light weight A arm in my opinion.

 

[Alaskan47]

Ouch!

 

[ptut42.0]

i have a full set of white stock ones i will sell just no ball joints

 

[icecap]

Holy moly, that does not look fun =/ That's really unfortunate

 

[Rusty nut garage]

i have a full set of white stock ones i will sell just no ball joints

I'm looking what the aftermarket has available. If I went back with stock ones I'd at least box them in with moly plate. What did you replace yours with?

 

[GeneralGeorge]

A set of FUTV UHMW A-Arm guards will fix yer problem

 

[Rusty nut garage]

A set of FUTV UHMW A-Arm guards will fix yer problem

the damage was caused by the lateral impact to the wheel. The A arm was never physically touched. Guards to the A arm would not have helped. I stand by my comment that these are too light and have zero reinforcement from the front of the A arm to the back.

 

[Rusty nut garage]

A set of FUTV UHMW A-Arm guards will fix yer problem

the damage was caused by the lateral impact to the wheel. The A arm was never physically touched. Guards to the A arm would not have helped. I stand by my comment that these are too light and have zero reinforcement from the front of the A arm to the back.

 

[kelhunts]

i bent my front one,but not that bad:wink2: i can still ride until i get my super utv high clearance arms,they have a sweet warranty and def heavy duty:grin2:

 

[sjs1410]

front a arms

I had the same thing happen and though the same thing, but we were in some ruff Terran and rock , never had this happen before not shure what ill use next .

 

[ptut42.0]

a arm guards to me are a joke a piece of plastic isn't going to keep metal from bending in my opinion, they just hold mud and rocks and cause more problems then worth

 

[ptut42.0]

i went with the super atv forward arched a arms and they are pretty stout

 

[bluesbass]

That is unfortunate. Was it a really hard hit on the side of the tire?

BTW I like where you mounted your light bar. No chance of getting it ripped off.

 

[Steve]

First time I saw the A- arms on the General I thought unless they are made with moly tube they will be the weak link on the suspension. I plan on changing mine out with the Superatv high clearance arms with the 1.5" offset.

 

[Rusty nut garage]

That is unfortunate. Was it a really hard hit on the side of the tire?

BTW I like where you mounted your light bar. No chance of getting it ripped off.

It was a very hard hit, it wasn't a difficult trail, I hit a rock to my left that threw me into the one that hit the right wheel. Just perfect timing that found the week spot.
Not many options yet for replacements, I like dragonfire racing stuff but they say they wont have any on the market until August. The superATV replacement looks promising. You can't use the factory front sway bar but most guys who are wheeling hard disconnect those. Decisions decisions, I'll figure something out even if its wrong :wink2:

 

[Bowengjr]

I had the same A arm bend on the right side. Sounds like the same lateral impact . I hit a rut when the general slid hard to the right. Mine bent about an inch above the factory bend. I ordered another one and installed it. I also ordered the a arm high clearance ones but the orange ones are on back order so I had to replace it with the stock one for now.

 

[Bowengjr]

Here are some pictures of the bent one.

 

[generaljls]

It was a very hard hit, it wasn't a difficult trail, I hit a rock to my left that threw me into the one that hit the right wheel. Just perfect timing that found the week spot.
Not many options yet for replacements, I like dragonfire racing stuff but they say they wont have any on the market until August. The superATV replacement looks promising. You can't use the factory front sway bar but most guys who are wheeling hard disconnect those. Decisions decisions, I'll figure something out even if its wrong :wink2:

ZBROS Racing has fronts, not rears last I talked to them. Not listed on website yet, last I checked. They will be making rears too.

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[Ironsbrandon]

a arm guards to me are a joke a piece of plastic isn't going to keep metal from bending in my opinion, they just hold mud and rocks and cause more problems then worth

This has some truth to it, but my a-arm protectors went through **** and back and my a-arm are fine just a little dent in one.

 

[chadboehne]

Special Carriers Manufacturing has the best front and rear arched set. They aren't cheap, but you won't break them.

https://www.facebook.com/specialcarriersmanufacturing/?fref=ts

I will be ordering my set this week.