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I am concerned with the quality of the Can-Am Maverick Tie Rods and A-Arm mounts and the front frame thickness overall. Back a few months AL8Apex mentioned to me "swap out those stock Can-Am Maverick Tie Rods or you will be sorry". I am sure Nick will kick in a I told you so here.
I figured I could get a in few ISDRA Dune trips in before I ordered big MISTAKE !!!. I stuck the Maverick a little hard into a dune sand gap (not a witches eye). The driver side tie-rod snapped like a twig and the driver side lower A-Arm broke off the frame at the front A-Arm mount with the wheel ending up facing sideways. I have stuck my old Rhino many times before without the same occurring (minus the broken tie rods that is) so after getting back I ordered some new 6061 aluminum tie Rods and a front gusset kit from Alex Reed - CT Racing. Thanks Alex.
After this happened in the first week of two of Xmas / New Years holidays, I began to access how this could of happened so easily, I measured (caliper) the A-Arm mount thickness and it comes in at .090". Every other side by side I measured including RZR, WildCat and Teryx were thicker, with the Teryx coming in as the thickest over .125. This does not provide confidence of a machine built for balls-out riding or racing. Was this engineered for cost or weight considerations or both?
There is no question in my mind vendors will be manufacturing a plethora of bolt on and weld on strengthening parts but, why do I have to do this? After owning the Yamaha Rhino and dumping in loads of cash to bring the garden tractor up to Side By Side status. I entered the current side by side market confident that its all built in now, those days are over..... well not so.
I love my Maverick, its a blast to drive. Lets face it the Rotax motor is a phenomenal power plant. The stock seats are super comfy and seat and instrument adjustment are great features. So I guess the $$$'s continue!
First Image is the broken Tie Rod, I think caused the entire holiday downtime.
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Second Image is the side of ripped out A-Arm mount we cut out, we MIG'ed in some #8 washers to the side of the front A-Arm mounts thickening the existing .090 to 3/16" ( .185). The Gussets I ordered from Alex will beef up the back A-Arm mounts and the front ones even more. I will have to get longer bolts for the top and bottom front A-Arm Mounts to install the CT Racing front gusset brace. We also extended the front A-Arm gussets to the front edge of the box frame tubes, not sure why Can-Am left those soooo short.
![Can-Am Maverick-driver-lower-front-A-Arm-mount.jpg]()
Third Image is side view of (in my opinion) a very thin and low quality Can-Am tie-Rod.
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I figured I could get a in few ISDRA Dune trips in before I ordered big MISTAKE !!!. I stuck the Maverick a little hard into a dune sand gap (not a witches eye). The driver side tie-rod snapped like a twig and the driver side lower A-Arm broke off the frame at the front A-Arm mount with the wheel ending up facing sideways. I have stuck my old Rhino many times before without the same occurring (minus the broken tie rods that is) so after getting back I ordered some new 6061 aluminum tie Rods and a front gusset kit from Alex Reed - CT Racing. Thanks Alex.
After this happened in the first week of two of Xmas / New Years holidays, I began to access how this could of happened so easily, I measured (caliper) the A-Arm mount thickness and it comes in at .090". Every other side by side I measured including RZR, WildCat and Teryx were thicker, with the Teryx coming in as the thickest over .125. This does not provide confidence of a machine built for balls-out riding or racing. Was this engineered for cost or weight considerations or both?
There is no question in my mind vendors will be manufacturing a plethora of bolt on and weld on strengthening parts but, why do I have to do this? After owning the Yamaha Rhino and dumping in loads of cash to bring the garden tractor up to Side By Side status. I entered the current side by side market confident that its all built in now, those days are over..... well not so.
I love my Maverick, its a blast to drive. Lets face it the Rotax motor is a phenomenal power plant. The stock seats are super comfy and seat and instrument adjustment are great features. So I guess the $$$'s continue!
First Image is the broken Tie Rod, I think caused the entire holiday downtime.
Second Image is the side of ripped out A-Arm mount we cut out, we MIG'ed in some #8 washers to the side of the front A-Arm mounts thickening the existing .090 to 3/16" ( .185). The Gussets I ordered from Alex will beef up the back A-Arm mounts and the front ones even more. I will have to get longer bolts for the top and bottom front A-Arm Mounts to install the CT Racing front gusset brace. We also extended the front A-Arm gussets to the front edge of the box frame tubes, not sure why Can-Am left those soooo short.
Third Image is side view of (in my opinion) a very thin and low quality Can-Am tie-Rod.
