Dupont slide owners, something to watch out for

[cannondale27]

I have over 600 mi on mine and they havent wore at all.Nothing.So I know for sure they beat stock in that aspect since normally regular slides wear to the line in 500 mi or less.Long term I dont know but I sure hope its not a rapid thing all at once.

 

[Blue Dave]

So do we have a consensus as to at what overall thickness should one be concerned about loosing the inserts?

 

[cannondale27]

Not sure when they would fall out but the 10mm rule still applies.If I see 10mm I would immediately get new slides.

 

[sleddog66]

I wonder if the difference is in the track. Every hole clipped vs. every third hole. My understanding is thant these were designed to run on the metel clips, and not on rubber. I just ordered a set but will not be installing until next year. I have a cobra with clips on every window. As people post results, I would be interested in the clip configuration.

 

[Blue Dave]

I wonder if the difference is in the track. Every hole clipped vs. every third hole. My understanding is thant these were designed to run on the metel clips, and not on rubber. I just ordered a set but will not be installing until next year. I have a cobra with clips on every window. As people post results, I would be interested in the clip configuration.

I am running a fully clipped Ice Ripper XT and I have 600 miles so far on the Dupont slides with zero wear.

 

[sheetwright]

Could make sense, being I'm running a 128" ripsaw quiet track with all open windows, and every third window clipped i picked up from an arctic cat dealer.

 

[Candyredrx1]

I have over 2500 miles with no measurable wear and just ok snow conditions in cadillac michigan. As far as I am concerned they have already paid for themselves.

 

[Blue Dave]

Not sure when they would fall out but the 10mm rule still applies.If I see 10mm I would immediately get new slides.

Suprfst posted earlier in this thread that the inserts are 5 mm thick. The overall thickness of the Dupont slide is 20 mm. Therefore the wear limit has to be more than 15 mm.

 

[Daranello]

ive got 19mm everywear and 17mm near the back....little less on the throttle side (maybe roads?) of and I have 1200km or 750mi

 

[Reverse]

OK, back to original post by suprfst, still wondering about 2 things; what year and kind of sled and how many total MILES on sliders. It does appear consistant that once these things start to wear, they wear fast, that's fine, but at what mileage, on average, does this happen????? understandably that varying conditions will result in varying end results but still should be able to determine an average.

 

[Blue Dave]

OK, back to original post by suprfst, still wondering about 2 things; what year and kind of sled and how many total MILES on sliders. It does appear consistant that once these things start to wear, they wear fast, that's fine, but at what mileage, on average, does this happen????? understandably that varying conditions will result in varying end results but still should be able to determine an average.

I am less concerned about mileage since there are so many different factors that can contribute to the wear rate. What I need to know is at what thickness do they need to be replaced. If the insert is only 5 mm thick and the overall thickness is 20 mm then they need to be replaced before they are 15 mm thick. So is it 16 mm, 17 mm, ?????

 

[Irv]

OK, back to original post by suprfst, still wondering about 2 things; what year and kind of sled and how many total MILES on sliders. It does appear consistant that once these things start to wear, they wear fast, that's fine, but at what mileage, on average, does this happen????? understandably that varying conditions will result in varying end results but still should be able to determine an average.

I am less concerned about mileage since there are so many different factors that can contribute to the wear rate. What I need to know is at what thickness do they need to be replaced. If the insert is only 5 mm thick and the overall thickness is 20 mm then they need to be replaced before they are 15 mm thick. So is it 16 mm, 17 mm, ?????

I believe if you can fit a 10mm wrench on any part of the slider then it is time to replace them Dave, at least that is what I remember being told on here before.

 

[87gtNOS]

I wonder if the difference is in the track. Every hole clipped vs. every third hole. My understanding is thant these were designed to run on the metel clips, and not on rubber. I just ordered a set but will not be installing until next year. I have a cobra with clips on every window. As people post results, I would be interested in the clip configuration.

My track is not fully clipped....only about 40 miles on the slides so far...all lake running, low/no snow.

I do NOT find them any faster....and there is NO visible wear on them at this point...

 

[Blue Dave]

OK, back to original post by suprfst, still wondering about 2 things; what year and kind of sled and how many total MILES on sliders. It does appear consistant that once these things start to wear, they wear fast, that's fine, but at what mileage, on average, does this happen????? understandably that varying conditions will result in varying end results but still should be able to determine an average.

I am less concerned about mileage since there are so many different factors that can contribute to the wear rate. What I need to know is at what thickness do they need to be replaced. If the insert is only 5 mm thick and the overall thickness is 20 mm then they need to be replaced before they are 15 mm thick. So is it 16 mm, 17 mm, ?????

I believe if you can fit a 10mm wrench on any part of the slider then it is time to replace them Dave, at least that is what I remember being told on here before.

Yes, the 10 mm rule was true of the standard slides since they are made out of a solid material that will wear the same at all thicknesses. From what I have read here, once the Dupont inserts wear too thin they can fall out and then the remainder of the base material wears extremely fast. If the Dupont slide is 20 mm thick with 5 mm thick inserts then they will need to be replaced before they wear down to 15 mm.

suprfst,

Are you 100% certain that the inserts are only 5 mm thick?

If this is true then we need to be concerned before the slides wear down to 15 mm. Can anyone confirm that the inserts are only 5 mm thick?

 

[Irv]

OK, back to original post by suprfst, still wondering about 2 things; what year and kind of sled and how many total MILES on sliders. It does appear consistant that once these things start to wear, they wear fast, that's fine, but at what mileage, on average, does this happen????? understandably that varying conditions will result in varying end results but still should be able to determine an average.

I am less concerned about mileage since there are so many different factors that can contribute to the wear rate. What I need to know is at what thickness do they need to be replaced. If the insert is only 5 mm thick and the overall thickness is 20 mm then they need to be replaced before they are 15 mm thick. So is it 16 mm, 17 mm, ?????

I believe if you can fit a 10mm wrench on any part of the slider then it is time to replace them Dave, at least that is what I remember being told on here before.

Yes, the 10 mm rule was true of the standard slides since they are made out of a solid material that will wear the same at all thicknesses. From what I have read here, once the Dupont inserts wear too thin they can fall out and then the remainder of the base material wears extremely fast. If the Dupont slide is 20 mm thick with 5 mm thick inserts then they will need to be replaced before they wear down to 15 mm.

suprfst,

Are you 100% certain that the inserts are only 4.98 mm thick?

Sorry Dave, just clued in to what info you were after.