10-4 on the cast mounts. Cast iron is not very ductile and will crack or break. Good ol steel mounts is a best.

 

That sucks. Even if you add a better upper cage the cast iron is still on the bottoms

 

a men you are right

 

the tube they used is so strong it don't give like the rzr roll cage not saiding the rzr cage is better the tube is soft so it bend instead of breaking at the mounted

 

I'd like to see pics of this. After removing my cage and reinstalling it, I'm kinda surprised how thin the bolts are. I don't think they're grade 8 either. I'm thinking maybe they snapped the bolts off, the mounts are pretty thick.

In addition to adding 2 more bars to the roof, I'm going to be swapping out all of the bolts with thicker ones in grade 8.

 

You might want to rethink changing to a grade 8 bolt. A grade 8 bolts strength is in its ability to resist stretch when put under tension, not in its ability to resist shear from side forces. A grade 5 bolt will actualy do better in shear because it is softer and has the ability to stretch and bend pretty far out of shape before breaking. Grade 8's will shear rather easily because of thier hardness. While going up a fastener size within reason might be a good idea I think a quality grade 5 or metric equivilent is probably better. The cage will be subjected to shear since the mounts have 2 opposing flats. After looking at the mounts I am sure they are not cast iron. The welds are definately MIG and appear to be hand welded.

 

I think im going cut mine off and make a convertiable

 

I think im going cut mine off and make a convertiable View attachment 1891

you call that a dunebuggy this is a dunebuggy

 

That is bad, sad news. Wonder if it results in a recall...

 

really?

 

i will get more info on what broke and pic

 

Are we for sure that these mounts are this way or are we going in circles off second hand info not yet verified true? This is reminding me of the internet rumor that Wildcat cranks are snapping and we all know the real story behind that.

 

YOU DO THAT and go to you tube and see all the crumbled up RZRs ,PLEASE

 

To early to say bad news,don't know the whole story,

 

When you say "mount" are you talking the cage bungs??????? You would have to be there is no other place that anything is mounted the rest of the frame is all one piece.

 

yes cage bungs the cage seared off the frame gone that what the guy say. and his bubby held his head to keep him from bleedind to dead

 

Hope they come out of it ok.

eventually more parts will be available for the WC.
Here is an example of aftermarket cage mounts on the RZR. These are made by Racer Tech:

 

The wildcat doesnt have mounts like the rzr. It bolts directly to the frame. Without seeing actual pictures of the cage its all heresay as to what really happened. Hope they get through ok.

 

Bolts are 8.8

 

Why does everyone just start blaming AC without knowing anything. We don't know anything about this crash. Maybe the guy would have died in any other UTV and we should be praising AC for building such a strong cage. I feel this is a big reason AC didn't make the Wildcat even faster stock, people are going to start getting seriously hurt more the faster these machines get. I am just sick of people dogging AC without knowing the facts. I have seen cars split in half in certain accidents, if the crashes are severe enough something is going to break.

 

I hate to hear about someone getting hurt. Hope he recovers quickly.

 

Maybe the part of driving off a CLIFF had something to do with it.Hope he gets well soon.

 

I'll bet the old boy was driveing out side his abillity, You boys keep driveing this machine like 50 thousand + MACHINE AND IT WOUN'T BE LONG BEFORE THE LAWER'S AND BIG BROTHER STEP IN. And if you can't do that, go get your self the 50 plus machine that is built for the stupid shit your doing. NOBODY CAN BUILD A MACHINE THAT SOME OF YOU STUPID SHITS CAN'T DESTROY.

 

Ain't that the truth!

We used to have a saying in the office where we designed new equipment for the Navy. "Build it stronger than a bowling ball."

"You can put a sailor in a windowless, doorless room with 3 bowling balls. Eventually, he will break one, lose one, and knock the third one up. Because of this, we have to design everything stronger than a bowling ball."


Same thing hold trues with offroading. There's no vehicle that any company can build that some idiot somewhere can't destroy.

 

Wow PlowJockey..are you a queer stripper did you have a bad night at the Brass Rail..LOL
I think your talking about 1970 dunecat..

 

i will fine more unfo on this he did not go off a cliff he was go down a hill to fast it was steep and long hill

 

I know he's a newbie, but there's sense in plowjockey's statement. Many people drive many machines outside their ability.

 

and he did. and no helmet

 

No helmet, he might be alive had he worn one. I would like to know more facts about the weaknesses of the cage if indeed there are any.