Another ZX2 Question.

[subaru2006]

With mine installed and snow coming any day now.. I have one last question for those that have a zx2. I have a 1.25 track and still have the protectors on. I saw on some posts that this suspension likes to come up and hit the rear reinforcement frame bending it. Will mine hit? The reason I ask is because most posts on here have taller lugs and protectors removed.

Looking at mine there is no way that the track can come up that high to hit it. It would have to come past the protectors also because the rear frame actually slopes upwards. Any ideas?


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[kinger]

Nope it will hit the protectors and stop. If you remove the protectors you also need to remove a 1" from the factory cross member that hides the coolant pipe then you can run a 2" track.

Your fine that is how I ran mine for 2 years in a 121" and my protectors did have some black rubber on them from the occasional hit.

 

[subaru2006]

Well right now I don't have a 2" track its 1.25. Also where will it hit the tunnel protectors, near the front or in the back? If it hits in the back does that means its going to tear my track up because the ends are square and pretty rough.

What do you think?

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[Dano]

I had a 121 and stretched to ZX-2 136 with about 8000 kms on the ZX-2. With my 1.25 track, I've had contact and bent the cross coolant hose guard piece without other damage. If you bottom out hard, its a terrible feeling when the track jams in the cross piece. You either can trim down the aluminum guard or install tunnel protectors that will accommodate the rear of tunnel. I would definitely not add studs unless you accommodate for clearance or run a smaller lug track.

Dan

 

[subaru2006]

So we are talking about bottoming this suspension out will cause the rub... normal riding should be fine?I am fairly a light person and rarely bottomed the mono out. I also read if I understand it correctly that this suspension is pretty hard to bottom out.

On a side note looking at that part of the tunnel vs the track it has to travel a long distance. Almost seems impossible.
Thanks for the feedback...

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[Dano]

I'm sure you'll be fine with normal riding and yes it does take allot to bottom out. It looks like allot of distance before making contact, but it will if you ride hard enough.

Dan

 

[ahicks]

So we are talking about bottoming this suspension out will cause the rub... normal riding should be fine?I am fairly a light person and rarely bottomed the mono out. I also read if I understand it correctly that this suspension is pretty hard to bottom out.

On a side note looking at that part of the tunnel vs the track it has to travel a long distance. Almost seems impossible.
Thanks for the feedback...

subaru2006

As a rule, if your suspension is calibrated properly - for you - you want that suspension to tell you that by bottoming out on occasion. I like to see that happen several times a day on my own sleds when on rougher trails. Otherwise, and you may not be using all that expensive suspension travel. You really don't know how much you are using unless it bottoms on occasion. You could be bouncing around on the top half of the suspension travel thinking things are great because you never bottom?

If your track is getting into that cooler on occasion you'll hear and feel the vibration caused by the track paddles if you're paying any attention to what the sled is doing. Chances are good if you do something about it right away you likely will have no damage. Ignore it and it's almost guaranteed.

To make the point I was going to make, you WILL be bottoming the sled, frequently. Pay attention when that happens to see/feel/hear if the track is hitting, or look for heavy black marks afterward. Maybe just keep an eye on it for a while?

 

[subaru2006]

Yes I think you might be right about watching it for awhile and see what happens. My thing is I don't want to cut that frame for no reason if it doesn't ever touch you know? Also my only other concern is the fact that we all know how the rear of the protectors looks that square[] and I don't want to have that taking chunks out of my track you know.

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[subaru2006]

Also on a side note, I left the protectors on if you haven't noticed yet. The installation never mentioned anything about removing them. Is that required even if you keep the stock lug height? Would hate to have to try and remove them now. The lugs on the track sit about same distance from the protectors as the stock setup did.

Thanks
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