2003 front shocks

[den625]

Can anyone tell me why the front shocks on the mountain sled are shorter than the ones on the short track rx1. Is there any benefit to this? I have to change my front shocks on my 2003 rx1 short track, so I'm wondering if this is a viable option, I ride both on and off trail, ditches and such, nothing too deep and I am a beginner rider to say the least. Thanks for the help

 

[brian73]

My rx1 has 121 inch track and the ski with is 42.5 inches across my better halves rx1 mountain the ski with is 38.5 across . In other words the control arms are shorter on the mountain sleds therefore shocks are shorter hope this helps

 

[den625]

Thanks for the reply, but have you measured the A arms, according to the yamaha parts finder, the A arms are the same part number, so they should be the same length.

What would be the purpose of this, is it better to have less ground clearance or a narrow ski base in deeper snow.

Has anyone put the shorter front shocks on their rx1 121?

 

[brian73]

I just measured the control arms the top ones on the mountain it is 14 inches aproximately and the short track is 16 inches aproximately I don't know why it would have same part number . From what I heard the reason for narrower stance on the mountain is for maneuver better in deep snow hope this helps

 

[RobX-1]

Did you use Yamaha's part finder on their webpage or a dealer's like Port Yamaha? The reason I ask is that on Port's part finder Kevin said both models used the same microfiche so, for example, it listed two different part numbers for the upper a-arm (#29) which made it difficult to determine which a-arm was for which model. If you check Yamaha's part finder, it only lists the one part number and brian73 is right in that they are different in length; Mtn being shorter. Hope this helps.