2 wheel axle

[drag123]

I am thinking of replacing my rear axle to a 2 wheel with 8 inch on my 08 rtx. What do you thing is it ok for trail riding or not enough wheels? And happy new new year to everyone.

 

[yamakazie]

Remember when Cat did this with their F7's. I had two friends with these sleds. One with outside wheels and one without. The sled with the outside wheels was way more consistant in the corners. My guess was the outside edge stayed more true as the sled without the wheels allowed the track to flop up and down making the side bite very inconsistant. My friend ended up installing the outside wheels and it solved the problem.... chalk one up for the 4 wheels.
Another thing that has been talked about on TY numerous times is peace of mind. I mean if you have 4 wheels and break one you have three left to limp home. Break one with only 2 wheels and you have a dead sled.... Chalk two up!!

 

[09nytro]

I tryed it with the one from yamaha and bent the axle....If you do try this i would go with oft big nut kit ....It works really good for off trail ridding

 

[shockwave]

I have the OFT big nut system and 8 inch SS wheels. So far I am very satisfied with this kit.

 

[rlcofmn]

If you use a good quality Axle and Wheels, you will be very happy. I have been putting The OFT stuff through torture for the past 2k miles and it just keeps taking it. Anything of lesser quality will be just that, I broke 2 kit's the season before switching to OFT and had sworn off 2 wheel kits.

 

[smalltownpower]

last year on a derby there was a m8 cat with two wheel axle, jumped the road at bout 60km/h and landed on a stone. bad luck, or good aim, i'm not sure haha. but either way the track was locked solid, absolutly no sled, not even turbo nytro with 163 would pull a locked m8 with 154 track in 3 feet of powder. had to call in help, they came with a ski-doo 600 ace with huge wide long track. pulled it like nothing with 3 guys pushing the m8. like said above, your taking chances with 2 wheels, if their aluminum they'll prob bend like what happened on this derby, and can be bent back by standing and jumping on it till its straight enough to limp home. even the polaris rmk's with 2 wheels are alot less stable, my friend installed a 4 wheel axle for his wife cuz it would roll a bit on the back end. all depends what type of riding you do. it just looks cool haha

 

[rlcofmn]

last year on a derby there was a m8 cat with two wheel axle, jumped the road at bout 60km/h and landed on a stone. bad luck, or good aim, i'm not sure haha. but either way the track was locked solid, absolutly no sled, not even turbo nytro with 163 would pull a locked m8 with 154 track in 3 feet of powder. had to call in help, they came with a ski-doo 600 ace with huge wide long track. pulled it like nothing with 3 guys pushing the m8. like said above, your taking chances with 2 wheels, if their aluminum they'll prob bend like what happened on this derby, and can be bent back by standing and jumping on it till its straight enough to limp home. even the polaris rmk's with 2 wheels are alot less stable, my friend installed a 4 wheel axle for his wife cuz it would roll a bit on the back end. all depends what type of riding you do. it just looks cool haha

Was it a stock axle and wheels? Cat wheels are really weak. In my testing last year, with a OFT axle and wheels your rails will bend before it does. I bent 3 sets of rails on bad impacts. The two axles I bent the year prior were a cat with cat wheels, and a BDX with cat wheels. They are weak and compare in no way to OFT's.

 

[smalltownpower]

yes it was stock axle and wheels from Cat.