Ryan Clark

Sorry, I can’t help with your question, I was wondering about your Elka shocks.  How much smoother did it improve your ride?  We just came back from HMT trails in WV, it was horribly rough!  I either need shocks to make it ride smooth, or buy a sport machine

Scott they were a huge improvement! I went with stage 3's and we ride pretty rough trails here in Wisconsin and I could not believe the difference. Remember it's still a work machine so it doesn't have as much suspension travel as some of the sport machines but the Elka shocks are amazing!   

nripley1...  It is very frustrating! Love my machine but the squeaking is horrible. If I drive through 1 water puddle it will go away for the rest of the day. When I spray everything with silicon spray it doesn't even go away anymore. I guess I need to look into aftermarket bushing.    

Did you ever do anything with yours to try and stop the sqeaking? 

I just put Elka stage 3 on my 2021 XT HD10 yesterday. Just driving around the yard I can tell a difference. The only thing is that the back seems to be lower than the front now. I might have to crank up the pre load on the back a little to level it. Did you notice that with yours? 

I have 2021 XT HD10 and both the front and rear suspension squeaks pretty bad. I put Elka stage 3 shocks on it yesterday and when I had the shocks off and moved the A arms up and down it sounded like every bushing was squeaking. I spray them with silicone and grease everything and it gets better for a short time but then it come back. Any ideas? Are the stock bushings bad? Thanks for the help!!