FREE Can-Am gets MORE PARTS!

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We’re gearing up for a big ride out west with our FREE abandoned Can-Am Defender, and that means its time to throw the parts book at it! Before we can bolt 32-inch tires to this rig, we need to upgrade a few other systems, including the clutch, and suspension.  For more stories, reviews, and first-looks check out https://www.utvdriver.com/   Want to see even more shenanigans from the UTV Driver team? Give us a like and follow:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTVdriver/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/utvdrivermagazine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/utvdriver/

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00:00 All right we're back with the Dirty Defender. We brought this thing back from the dead. It was

00:03 abandoned in the Arizona desert. We've done a bunch of maintenance to it, oil and all that stuff, so

00:08 it's pretty much ready to run in stock form. What we're doing in this video is modifying it.

00:12 So we're basically beginning with, we're going to put 32 inch tires on. To put 32 inch tires on

00:26 we need to do a little bit of a lift with some A-arms and then we're also putting some

00:31 Ray-Tv aluminum doors. You know when you change the tires, when you go to a 32 inch tire, you're

00:35 basically changing the gear ratio. What we're doing is, A) we're putting a new Gates belt on it

00:40 and also we're re-clutching it. So we're using a new primary and a new secondary designed to

00:46 work together and designed specifically for the ratio that we're going to achieve by putting the

00:52 32s on it. Let's get started. Let's first mod. This is going to be the clutch.

00:56 Oh not too bad.

01:03 So off she comes. Good to go.

01:12 So we're going to clean it out in here and get it ready to install the new clutch.

01:18 We'll start with the primary. This is the KWI piece. It's factory K&M parts with KWI special

01:26 parts. On the secondary side, this is their Groovix. Beautiful billet. We're super excited

01:32 to try this out because we are going to rock crawl. We are going to have adventures. We want

01:36 to see how it works. So most of the time belts either have an arrow in the way that they're

01:59 supposed to travel or you just put them so you can read the words.

02:09 This is more fun stuff. I love the modifications. We did the clutch. Super rad doing the clutch

02:26 because we want the big tires. If we want the big tires, we got to do the suspension. So that's what

02:30 we're doing. We're going to replace these A-arms with extended A-arms that go farther forward.

02:35 We're going to take off the shock, take off the brake, take apart the hub, disconnect the axle,

02:40 and get the hub separate from the vehicle so we can slide the A-arms in and then put

02:45 some new mounts for the shock in as well. So let's get into it.

02:58 There's more dirt. There's more dirt.

03:11 Yeah. There's a pile of dirt on the ground underneath where I was working. Who knew?

03:19 Here we are.

03:29 So

03:42 at the rear, we're going to attack the high clearance two-inch offset A-arms. So we got to

03:52 remove the A-arms that are here and then put these on. They're thicker. They're heavier tubing. And

03:58 what we get out of that is more clearance for the wheels. We have those big 32s, so

04:02 we want them to fit. That's what we're going to do. We're going to dig in and get it.

04:05 Shock out.

04:24 So

04:35 we got it all together. The rear extended A-arms gives you room for the tires. Pretty cool.

04:50 Exciting. I can't wait to get tires, get the thing back on the ground and see what the stance is all

04:55 about. So you can see I've got a door. We're going to fit the passenger side door. We've got the

05:01 brackets installed. You install them loosely so that you can slide the door into position.

05:06 And then I tighten all the hardware and then that should be it for the door install.

05:15 So

05:23 I love changing tires. I love new tires. Anyway, we're going to change tires, throw this bad boy

05:35 on the rear rim and we'll do a comparison so you can see the rim in the tire with the stock one and

05:40 see what advantages we're gaining. This is what we're done with here. This is what we're getting.

05:50 You can see there's a massive difference in diameter. That's what we got. It's nice.

05:54 Rolls easy over big stuff. We are almost home and I am desperate to be finished. I've been crawling

06:01 around on concrete for weeks just chipping away at this project and now we're almost finished with

06:07 the mods. You can see the front suspension is nearly done. 32 inch Kenda Mastodons. We can't

06:12 wait to see what the stance is like when we get that done. The clutching is finished in the back

06:16 and the power delivery is going to match the wheels. The stuff that's out there still is

06:20 basically kind of cosmetics a little bit performance. We have a windscreen dialing in

06:25 the upholstery so that our custom seat covers look the best. And then we have a custom wrap coming,

06:30 basically, you know, killer graphics. And our next big thing will be to reveal this thing in

06:34 all its glory, all the graphics. And we're going to do that out in Arizona on a big adventure with

06:39 the UTV Driver East Coast Office guys. So if you like what we're doing, hit the like button. If you

06:44 want to ask questions or have comments about what's going on, hit the comments below. And if

06:49 you subscribe and hit the bell, then you can know when our great stuff's coming out next. And it'll

06:54 show up in your feed and you can check out what happens with this rig next time.

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