Has anyone used Hyperfax on their Apex?

[lennstang]

Anyone using Hyperfax Teflon slides on their Apex? I used to have it on a grass drag sled and it worked awesome. Thinking of trying it again now that I have a fully clipped track.

 

[welterracer]

I really cant seen to justify the price of them..

I havent heard any great things about the.. alot of guys said they dont last any longer than the standard graphit hyfax you get from yamaha..

I run slydog wheels on the front.. and last year i had 3200 miles on mine and they were maybe 30% worn..

 

[yamadog1]

hyper fax

i'm using some on attak, i have the narrow hyperfax bought them for
60 dollars, some people say not to use them, but i'll let you know how
they do.

 

[baggs66]

i would use superslippery slides if they have them to fit the apex, they need to be heated up and then cooled off fast to take a set and then they last and don't stick in low snow or ice rideing. i have heard the teflon slides come apart if they wear to far at one spot such as the bend in the rails and the super slippery slides are around $80.00 also

 

[wayno]

I agree with baggs66, the super slippery slides are great. But they are a real bear to install. I bought a set from High Performance Eng. last winter, and broke two trying to install them. Had trouble with them when they started to go around the front radius of the rail. They would break the flanges off the edge of the hyfax. Finally had to put small c-clamps on them and then continue on. You are right in breaking them in, drive them on minimal snow until they smell hot and then cool with snow. May take a couple of times before they temper in. Once they take a set, they are the hardest rails you will ever find.

 

[SharkAttak]

i run the old style hyfax, there narrower, let the new hyfax wear down, they stop at a certain point, then they last a long time, it's all about less drag

 

[timc]

I used them. They worked fine until the RH one ripped off & spun right up around the rear wheel. Although they are super slippery in dry snow, they get real sticky in water or slush. I can't explain why it happened. It ripped right out from around the bolt and I didn't know it until I was admiring my sled along the trail. Limped home and got a set of stock ones that are doing fine.

I've used them on several sleds before with no problem but my dealer says he's seen quite a few failures.

TimC

 

[Yamadog]

Yeah I use a commercial heat gun on the slippery slides at the front to soften them when I get close to the bend. But I did not have any better results from them. I installed a bender pro-action mono shock upgrade which elimiated the rear inner wheels and would only get 200 miles out of a set so I went through afew until I added 2 sets of wheel on each side of the rear in front of the rear axel. I was then able to get 1500 miles out of a set of stock slides.

 

[baggs66]

the trick i use when installing new hyfax is taking a hack saw and cutting 6 to 8 grooves across the top of hyfax were they bend on the front of rail, this allows the hyfax to go around bend without pulling off rail, a little dish soap lets them slide on easier also.