joekd
12-17-2011, 04:03 PM
A couple weeks ago my son and I were riding serious rocky trails and managed to break the left front a-arm. The spindles were fine but the bolts looked like they had been worked on using vice grips in the past so I replaced those also
Here's how it looked
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030024.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030026.jpg
Got in the new A-arms and all grade 8 bolts to replace the worn OEM stuff
Old part next to new one
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf74.jpg
The bad A-arm, you'll notice how bent it is as well as broken, the small piece at the top right of the pic is the bolt head, 5/8" bolt and it was frozen in place inside the A-arm so we had to cut it out in pieces using the angle grinder
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf76.jpg
The front of the kart had some pretty bad scratches so I sanded it down and painted it silver to match the new arms
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf78.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf79.jpg
Final results
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf85.jpg
Old
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030025.jpg
New
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf89.jpg
Think the next mod for the kart is to change to oil filled coil-over shocks from ************* (once they have them back in stock) that I have been reading about here to try and take some of the bounce out of the ride
Here's how it looked
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030024.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030026.jpg
Got in the new A-arms and all grade 8 bolts to replace the worn OEM stuff
Old part next to new one
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf74.jpg
The bad A-arm, you'll notice how bent it is as well as broken, the small piece at the top right of the pic is the bolt head, 5/8" bolt and it was frozen in place inside the A-arm so we had to cut it out in pieces using the angle grinder
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf76.jpg
The front of the kart had some pretty bad scratches so I sanded it down and painted it silver to match the new arms
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf78.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf79.jpg
Final results
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf85.jpg
Old
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Baja%20Warrior/P1030025.jpg
New
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa386/joes_car_pics/Yerf%20Dog%20kart/yerf89.jpg
Think the next mod for the kart is to change to oil filled coil-over shocks from ************* (once they have them back in stock) that I have been reading about here to try and take some of the bounce out of the ride