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what I alway found with any widetrack sleds and breaking trails, the moment I felt the sled slowing in and starting to spin,, I would stop and back up a bit then continue on in fwd. always worked for me. I always travel with a small shovel and snow shoes just in case because most of the time...

no it won't affect track tension, but to lower you should back off your tension and pull the torsion spring out of the hook behind the idler wheel and then drop down into the next hole makes it alot easier . just did a 2018 vk540v , which has the same rear design skid. keep in mind this will...

Try taking off the cover off the breather box, spray some gas in the trumpets with the throttle wide open , reinstall cover on the intake and try starting, may have to do two applications , if the sled runs for a bit then you have dirty carbs! There is no electric fuel pump and the dash...

Any colder than 0 degrees Celsius, they are suppose to be on , prevents carb icing. Whether it be in powder snow, or just colder than 0 degrees, helps with idle, fuel economy and engine operation! The only time I turn them off is when it's above zero and especially when the sled is being...

Change the plugs, don't want to leave the choke on too long! Did the sled start fine before this incident ? Was the sled summerized properly ? Could have carbs that are fouled up and require cleaning and synchronized! Cheers!

Worked really well on my 09 multi purpose , greatly increased load carrying ability and with two people could ride the bumps fairly quick without bottoming at all ! Cheers

Low range is good for speeds up to 80kms what caused your bog is when the sled gets really hot with the carb heat on, it vaporizes the fuel thus starving the engine causing bogging or stalling . Had it before on my 06 pro, worked my sled hard in warmer temps and forgot to turn off the carb...

Google yamaha p/n 99999-03796-00-00 pivot set on eBay shows the whole kit for the front!

Talk to a well established yamaha dealer , I believe it was either a service bulletin or a dealer tech tip , they should be able pull it up and provide you with the proper parts, the front pivot was the most expensive and involved more work to replace.

Are you getting in codes? Sounds like your battery is getting drained, some of the earlier pros had issues with the voltage reg up in the nose, if the sled was operated in a corrosive environment , basically the pins on the reg would rot off thus no longer charging your battery. Pull up the...

At minus 30 the vk 540 will need some persuading with both the e start and pull cord at the same time, seen numerous times where that was the only way it would turn over, where as my 06 pro would start no problem , but it depends on the sled and condition of the battery, but when comes to...

you might want to check out wahl bros racing and their no slip drivers they actually give dimensions for the drivers. I have seen a 2006 vk pro with the 1.8 cobra installed , don't know exactly what he did to make everything fit, but a smaller driver would probably do the trick to make up for...

The issue is not the drain plug but, in fact those involute drivers on the outside ends of the driveshaft have migrated outward towards the tunnel and the only way to correct this is to remove the driveaxle and press them back in position! Seen this before on my 06 pro when I changed the...

Check the 90 degree fitting that comes off the bottom of the right side of the engine to the air box, the fitting itself is known to sludge up ! Cheers!

Talked to my dealer this fall about this update and he told me that it still availiable as it is considered a safety update from Yamaha. I gave him the vin # for my 09 multi purpose and he said my sled was a candidate for the update. Might want to check with your dealer and check to see if...