T T Bone
Extreme
I have installed the Yamaha marginal snow wheel kit towards the rear of my rails. I see they make a kit with six wheels. I am guessing that two replace the frt outside factory wheels and two replace the inner frt factory wheels? The extra two go towards the rear like I have already? Should I buy 6 and remove the Yamaha kit or just four? Thanks.
Rayman5271
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Go all six...
sleddingfarmer
TY 4 Stroke God
T T Bone said:
That is correct. I would buy all six, since the little marginal snow wheels tend to "disappear" quite often, or just blow up.
Plus those little wheels look goofy, and probably won't work as well as 135mm wheels.
jonnytro
Extreme
what if u have problems that it is wearing out in front of the front wheel
sleddingfarmer
TY 4 Stroke God
jonnytro said:
Putting bigger wheels near the front in the stock location will help that a little. Keep your track at the correct tightness. You could tighten your limiter straps up at the front, but it will effect handing.
Someone makes a marginal snow wheel kit that goes on the front bend. I'm not sure who. I think maybe Hauck Powersports does
jonnytro
Extreme
sleddingfarmer said:
i did the limiter strap an i order excel kit i was just hope that it will take care of it i am so sick of buying slides
PoliticalMachine
Pro
i put bigger wheels all the way around and pulled the limiter strap up one hole and i have almost no wear and the steering is so much better with the limiter strap pulled up.
sleddingfarmer
TY 4 Stroke God
jonnytro said:sleddingfarmer said:
i did the limiter strap an i order excel kit i was just hope that it will take care of it i am so sick of buying slides
It should help, don't get me wrong. I was only getting a few hundred miles until my hyfax would wear COMPLETELY through. After I put my 135mm wheels on, I got 1500 miles on my hyfax
I can't imagine a nytro getting the 3 to 4000 miles on 1 set of hyfax like my older sleds used to do. Would be nice though.
TheBluePearl
Extreme
Sorry if I sound stupid, but do you mean you pulled the strap one hole tighter?PoliticalMachine said:
sleddingfarmer
TY 4 Stroke God
I put new Hifax on Thursday night. Rode tug hill Friday 140 miles many roads were plowed with no lube for slides. I smelled hifaxes cooking in our group Skidoos and Arctic Cats. Just checked my slides they look like knew. I thought they would help with the wear but can't believe how well. I think if I didn't have these wheels on Hifax would have been totally toasted in 75 miles max, had it happen before. A little pricey but definately worth the money for the times you have these conditions.
sleddingfarmer
TY 4 Stroke God
How can yamaha build such sweet motors for these snowmobiles, but not figure out they need larger wheels to keep the hyfax from melting? I just don't get it.
Groomer08
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
conditions warrant...
pretty much yamaha believes its a snowmobile, and should be designed for, and tested in, deep snow use. They figure if your dumb enough to run it down bare roads, they're lucky enough to make money off you for new slides.
Think they'd offer a global warming package....aka no skis or hyfax, just wheels and a track
i mean, the seasons short enough, we should be able to stretch it a bit when the snow cover gets thin...
pretty much yamaha believes its a snowmobile, and should be designed for, and tested in, deep snow use. They figure if your dumb enough to run it down bare roads, they're lucky enough to make money off you for new slides.
Think they'd offer a global warming package....aka no skis or hyfax, just wheels and a track
i mean, the seasons short enough, we should be able to stretch it a bit when the snow cover gets thin...
