Apex/Attak Tether Install

I've had a fair amount of questions on this in the last few weeks. This is to help those of you who are interested in adding a tether chord to your Apex/Attak (a tether should come on the sled stock IMO)!

1. Buy a Normally Closed tether switch ($23 used on 1997 and older AC sleds)
2. Take the handlebar pad off (if equipped)
3. Take a 12mm wrench and loosen the 4 bolts holding the steering riser & handlebars into place.
4. I measure the riser and put the hole centered in the riser. Mark it, center punch it, drill a pilot hole, then hole large enough for the tether to fit.
5. In order to run your wires out the bottom of the riser you have to dremel or file a small "U" shaped hole in the front of the riser where the wires can run through.
6. Now remove the access panel in front of the handlebars and find the rubber "glove" that all the wire connectors come into.
7. There will be a black 2-prong plug with a brown & brown/white wire. You must cut the brown/white wire and connect one end of the tether chord to one side and the other tether chord wire to the other side of the brown/white wire. (Preferably using solder and heat shrink tubing). You may have to lengthen the wires on the tether chord to have enough wire to reach down to the rubber glove.
8. Install tether chord into the riser and reinstall the riser onto the snowmobile (make sure you have the handlebars set at the angle you want and make sure your bolts are tight)! Then reinstall the access panel and you're ready to ride!

Here is some finished pics!

Plan on falling off???

Daranello said:

Plan on falling off???

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LOL....With some of us......you never know...

Daranello said:

Plan on falling off???

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Does anyone ever plan on falling off? No, but if it happens the sled will be stopped! This is a safety feature that should be on all sleds from the factory IMO!