Arctic Cat Cougar Service Manual page 413

FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING
a. Clean all the old grease from the pivot bolt,
bushing and washers.
b. When installing the skis, refer to the align-
ment marks made before removal. Skis
should be reinstalled on the same side as
originally installed.
c. Coat the nonthreaded part of the pivot bolt
and bushing with a low-temperature grease
before installation.
d. Hold the ski in place, then position the
spindle, bushings and rubber damper.
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e. Insert the pivot bolt through the ski and
spindle with the bolt head toward the out-
side.
f. Coat the threads of the installed ski pivot
bolt with Loctite 271 (red). Install and
tighten the nut to the torque specified in
Table 1.
g. Check that the ski pivots up and down with
slight resistance.
h. Lock the pivot bolt by inserting a new cotter
pin through the nut and bolt. Bend the ends
of the cotter pin over the edges of the nut.
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FRONT SUSPENSION
1. Bolt
2. Bushing
3. Locknut
4. Lower arm
5. Upper arm
6. Locknut
7. Locknut
8. Grease fitting
9. Ball joint
10. Cotter pin
11. Castle nut
12. Grease fitting
13. Ball joint
(TYPICAL OF SOME PROWLER AND COUGAR MODELS)
14. Castle nut
15. Screw
16. Cap
17.
Spindle
18. Rivet
19. Ski damper
20. Castle nut
21. Washer
22. Washer
23. Bolt
24. Cotter pin
25. Ski
26. Skag
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