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 ft. spring spacers
Where can you buy the spring spacers that go in the ft. springs to stabilize the spider?
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Google Polaris coil spring spacers
Online or check at your local Polaris dealer... http://www.2wheelpros.com/oem-parts/...mmQaApKm8P8HAQ
Cut the rings into 1/3 rds and jack up front of the Spyder to take the weight off the coils. Lube the spacers with soapy water, and use a combo of wedge or prybar to twist between coils in the middle to slide them in. I think they do well to help stiffen up the front springs. 
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BajaRon sells the adjustable spring perches to do what you want.
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Another option ??
Doc Humpheries also sells a metal stiffener ---- price is inbetween the above mentioned choices.
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 Originally Posted by AeroPilot
Online or check at your local Polaris dealer... http://www.2wheelpros.com/oem-parts/...mmQaApKm8P8HAQ
Cut the rings into 1/3 rds and jack up front of the Spyder to take the weight off the coils. Lube the spacers with soapy water, and use a combo of wedge or prybar to twist between coils in the middle to slide them in. I think they do well to help stiffen up the front springs.
I've been using the above rubber spacers, cut into pieces of
about 1 1/2 inches wide, 4 or 5 per coil. You can add or
take out to suit you. They've been in ever since I got the '14 and work fine. Easy, cheap, works; whats not to like?
Two Wheelers from 1963-2011
Three Wheelers:
2011 RT(Red)
2014 RT(white)
2016 F3T(red)
2022 RT current ride(silver)
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Yep.. whats not to like...
Put one 2 inch segment each in between the middle of the coils on the fronts, and used two pieces on the rear shock coil. Have two more pieces as spares or if the wife wants them on hers, but she's kinda particular about my fiddlin' with HER RIDE!!! Just checked the spacers, and they're right where I placed them 5,000 miles ago. Not sure how to measure the amount of stiffening or change to the Spring Rate, but they added about a half inch to the front end clearance. Need to check again with the wife's ride to see how they're holding up.
Last edited by AeroPilot; 06-28-2016 at 10:18 PM.
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Originally Posted by AeroPilot
Put one 2 inch segment each in between the middle of the coils on the fronts, and used two pieces on the rear shock coil. Have two more pieces as spares or if the wife wants them on hers, but she's kinda particular about my fiddlin' with HER RIDE!!! Just checked the spacers, and they're right where I placed them 5,000 miles ago. Not sure how to measure the amount of stiffening or change to the Spring Rate, but they added about a half inch to the front end clearance. Need to check again with the wife's ride to see how they're holding up.
They will stay put; mine have for over 20K. I started with
three in the front, rode it over some uneven roads to judge
the stiffining, added another which suited me till more recently I added one more. They are relatively hard to cut unless you have a good hack saw or even better, a band saw.
Two Wheelers from 1963-2011
Three Wheelers:
2011 RT(Red)
2014 RT(white)
2016 F3T(red)
2022 RT current ride(silver)
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2016 Slingshot
2018 Vanderhall
2019 Slingshot
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Band saw it what I used to cut.. then smoothed the ends with a bench belt sander
One of the easier Mods thanks to others suggestions!
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Doc Humphrey's
I have a 13 RTL which was bottoming out often ( I do ride aggressively). Installed just one of his spring spacers in each front shock and now I don't have a problem anymore.
Thanks to Doc Humphrey.
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