Do you have heavy steering? Check for binding, mine was bad.

[mdkuni]

I had very heavy steering on my Apex. I blamed it on the USI Project X skis until this last weekend.

Friday night I jacked the front of my sled up and turned the bars. They were squeaking and HARD to turn. I sprayed everything I could several times. It became much much looser. Not as loose as I would like but it was a huge improvement on the trail.

I just thought I would throw this out here in case anyone was looking for ways to steer easier without checking the basics as I didn't do.

 

[welterracer]

Mine was like this last year... I too could barely turn the sled.. After greasing the bushings i havent had a problem

 

[RX1-er-2005]

Its the bushing behind the chaincase that causes all that squeaking and stiffens things up...I took it apart and cleaned it and installed a ZERK to make it greasable, no more problems and just keep spraying lube on all other bushings especialy the steering column.

 

[DaveyBoy]

I had the same problem @ 3800 miles on my 03 RX wasnt fun to ride at all.But cleaned and greased was much better