Sand Shark
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- May 5, 2021
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I have been using my stock trailing arms on my new ride and had run some Super Atv trailing arms on my old X3 and ran them for a short period on my new ride. Last season in Glamis my Super ATV trailing arms developed a crack in the area where the hub mounts. I told Super ATV about the crack and they sent me out a new set of trailing arms. Just never got around to putting them on.
A few month ago Super ATV asked me if I wanted to test out their newly designed trailing arms for the 72" wide Can Am X3. As I had a trip to Baja planned I figured there would be no better place to test the new design for them. The diverse terrain of Baja gives you rocky roads, whoops, sand, silt, high speed rally roads, and just about everything you can imagine. A good chunk of the route we took on my recent Baja trip was following the race course used the week before for the Baja 400 and sections are used for the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. As the race was the week before there were sections that had massive whoops, rocks, and were beat up. Perfect for testing the new trailing arms. We covered just over 330 miles.
When I opened the box to check out the new trailing arms and what design changes they made it was immediately obvious. The added gussets in all the important places and also added a welded on metal bracket that connects the bottom and top hub section, which would of likely prevented my original ones from developing the crack. To me all the areas of concern had been addressed with the new design. The arms are beefy and looked very nice.
The arms come with sway bar links as Super ATV has a pocket in the trailing arm where the swaybar link mounts versus the tabs used on the stock trailing arms. There is also a pocket where the shock mounts. The shock is still in the same location as the stock trailing arm, but because these trailing arms are a high clearance they designed it with the pocket to maintain stock geometry.
I was very impressed with how well these arms held up over the 330 plus miles. No dings, cracks, or anything showing any damage or fatigue. I think they got it right with this new design. Next up is local desert rides and the dunes.
These are an excellent option for someone that wants a quality trailing arm that won't break the bank.
A few month ago Super ATV asked me if I wanted to test out their newly designed trailing arms for the 72" wide Can Am X3. As I had a trip to Baja planned I figured there would be no better place to test the new design for them. The diverse terrain of Baja gives you rocky roads, whoops, sand, silt, high speed rally roads, and just about everything you can imagine. A good chunk of the route we took on my recent Baja trip was following the race course used the week before for the Baja 400 and sections are used for the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. As the race was the week before there were sections that had massive whoops, rocks, and were beat up. Perfect for testing the new trailing arms. We covered just over 330 miles.
When I opened the box to check out the new trailing arms and what design changes they made it was immediately obvious. The added gussets in all the important places and also added a welded on metal bracket that connects the bottom and top hub section, which would of likely prevented my original ones from developing the crack. To me all the areas of concern had been addressed with the new design. The arms are beefy and looked very nice.
The arms come with sway bar links as Super ATV has a pocket in the trailing arm where the swaybar link mounts versus the tabs used on the stock trailing arms. There is also a pocket where the shock mounts. The shock is still in the same location as the stock trailing arm, but because these trailing arms are a high clearance they designed it with the pocket to maintain stock geometry.
I was very impressed with how well these arms held up over the 330 plus miles. No dings, cracks, or anything showing any damage or fatigue. I think they got it right with this new design. Next up is local desert rides and the dunes.
These are an excellent option for someone that wants a quality trailing arm that won't break the bank.
