06 Nytro

[Snowbound98]

I feel your pain struggling with a driveway lol ! Our cabin has about a 1/3 mile long one . Thank God for 4 wheel drive or we would have to park out on the road and walk in .

I’ve pushed my way in more than a few times but it sucks trying to get the tracks cleaned up. And this escalade I bought for my son and it has Nitto performance tires and I’m sure I would have broken something on the front facia pushing my way in. I was in no condition to be stuck and having to dig out.
But I couldn’t imagine having 1/3 mile driveway to clear. I want a plow truck sitting up there now just for the 6 times a year I’ll use it.

 

[Snowbound98]

Still feeling weak and under the weather but I’m trying to get something done here. Bare with me, I’m not setting any records but progress is progress.

 

[Snowbound98]

I did find a small nest down low in the nose and also a couple wires that appear to have been chewed on. I think it might be ok to just put some liquid tape on these wires and call it good. I’ll try to pull the pins and slide a piece of shrink tube on them but it’s gonna be easier to just coat them. What do you think?

 

[Snowbound98]

I have oil and coolant drained, removed valve cover.

I can’t stand the oxidation on this cover.

Anyone who knows me or has seen some of the things I’ve done knows I won’t put stuff back together without cleaning it up and making it look new. So I ran this cover thru my blast cabinet and will paint it before it goes back on.

 

[Snowbound98]

How does the engine rotate forward? Does the threaded collar for the mount need to be backed out first? Seems like there is a lot of tension on that collar and I’m trying to rotate the engine slightly to get the tension off of it. But I’m not 100% where I should be rotating the engine from. Any ideas?

 

[DGZRT]

Have you read Grizztracks write up on the RS section home page ? There might be some clues in there .

 

[Snowbound98]

Have you read Grizztracks write up on the RS section home page ? There might be some clues in there .

Yeah, I read the write up. Very informative to say the least. Just doesn’t give info on how to rotate the engine forward. I got it though. That threaded collar was tight against the rear mount and wouldn’t let it rotate. I ended up using a piece of 5/16” key stock I had and making a “T” and using an 8 point socket to get that collar to thread in so I could rotate the engine forward. Those bolts holding the tensioner on are a PITA. But tensioner is in and engine bolted back in place. I have to rotate the engine a few times to make sure it doesn’t jump time and I’m waiting for my copper donuts so I’m at a stand still for right now. I still have to pull the chaincase apart and clean it out so there’s a few things I can get done while waiting for exhaust parts. I’m glad it’s almost done just for the piece of mind. Probably heading back up north next week.

 

[Fast Lane]

Awesome job!!! I would paint the cover as well. If you could match your side panels that would look awesome. My sled is black and red. Red valve cover sure would look slick.

 

[Fast Lane]

What did Yamaha charge you for the cam tensioner?

 

[Snowbound98]

What did Yamaha charge you for the cam tensioner?

I think I got the tensioner for $116. I’ll look it up. I got it from Partszilla but it was a wait because they aren’t in stock anywhere.

 

[Snowbound98]

What did Yamaha charge you for the cam tensioner?

 

[DGZRT]

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Part numbers and everything ! Good job Have you done anything with the Ski's ? When I first got my sleds I shimmed the ski rubbers and ran 6" carbides with the Half pipe mod on the first carbide bolt. This ran awesome for the first 2 years then I went with Bergstrom Triple points on stock ski's and a little less thick Shim. Now I run nothing but Snowtrackers . They really do make a difference.

I made a bunch of these blades out of SS 1.25" Dia. Pipe worked awesome. If you google SLT Keel Blades, you will get better pictures

 

[Snowbound98]

Part numbers and everything ! Good job Have you done anything with the Ski's ? When I first got my sleds I shimmed the ski rubbers and ran 6" carbides with the Half pipe mod on the first carbide bolt. This ran awesome for the first 2 years then I went with Bergstrom Triple points on stock ski's and a little less thick Shim. Now I run nothing but Snowtrackers . They really do make a difference.

View attachment 165245 I made a bunch of these blades out of SS 1.25" Dia. Pipe worked awesome. If you google SLT Keel Blades, you will get better pictures

I haven’t done anything with the skis yet. That seems like a great idea! Looks like a schedule 40 pipe? That’s ingenious. The carbides on there now seem to be wearing even. It might already have a shim, I’m not sure. I’ll probably get something different on there. Doubt I’ll do anything right now, I need to have this done by Tuesday so I can load it on trailer and head north.

 

[Snowbound98]

I didn’t get back out to the garage until later this afternoon. First thing I did was rotate the engine 5 full revolutions and make sure my timing was good.
Before I did the tensioner this is where I was at.

After the tensioner I would say I was in the same place.

 

[Snowbound98]

If I set the timing marks on cams level to the head, or as close to it as I could,

My marks looked like this.

But I can honestly say I’m exactly where it was before I did anything. Does it look like it skipped a tooth? Could it have been set this way from factory? I doubt anything has been done to this engine with only 1000 miles on it. I haven’t rode it since I bought it other than on and off the trailer twice. What do you think? Run it? Try to adjust it again? I hope I don’t have to do this again.