Daranello
Suspended
Nikolai, why did u eliminate the stock pan?
cemjr
Extreme
Daranello, you ask great questions. I have always run skid plates on all my machines, cheap protection. Yes the ultra does cover the area in banadonitz's pic. I'm installing one right now on my nytro. The aluminum mounting nuts SUCK, I striped one and now I'm waiting for a replacment. They sell a steal alternitive but it requires you purchase the tool to install them.
yamahahaha
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
in 07, when i first had my nytro (it got stolen) i was on the trail and there was a dip in the trail, the front plastics and bumper were mangled...surprised i stayed on the sled, haha but i guess a skid plate wouldnt have matteren cuz i hit the bumper.
yamahahaha
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
a skid plate is a great idea
Daranello
Suspended
But if you hit a rock is the plate really going to help....I mean its plastic no?
Mountaintech
TY 4 Stroke God
cemjr said:
Harbor Freight sells a nutsert (rivnut ) tool. You can pick them up cheap on Ebay as well. Everyone who is into motorsports should have one in their toolbox.
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Think of it as a bedliner but in reverse. You can pound the hell out of a bedliner and not damage the bed of the truck. Does anyone own a truck without some sort of bedliner anymore? My skid plate goes on this week.Daranello said:
cemjr
Extreme
Roest , Thanks for the info.
Mountaintech
TY 4 Stroke God
cemjr said:
No problem. The only thing that sucks is that Harbor Freight doesn't offer a metric version. Might have to change the M6s to 1/4-20.
Nikolai
TY 4 Stroke God
Daranello said:
I saw no need for both(with the braces added to the skidplate) and it's a lot easier to access the engine since you don't have to mess with the lower side plastics.
SJ, the nutserts I used look just like the factory ones except steel and 1/4-20. I had to drill out the four holes in the subframe a little but no big deal. I got them from Fastenal.
The aluminum strips are from the stock bottom pan. I removed them and riveted them to the skidplate. The three holes in a row in the recessed ribs are for drainage.
drwhiskey
Newbie
With this set up do you have problems with ice build-up and bulging of the plate??
Hornet Handler
Extreme
The problem I have with those plastic skidplates is that they often deform the plastic pieces that they cover. Also the fasteners that attach them are exposed and often get snagged on something and either rip off or get bent so bad that they are very hard to remove. That is why Yamaha designed the bottom panels to overlap and hide the fasteners. Once you install one of those skidplates the lower side covers never fit the same . Plus you have to drill holes in them because the fasteners have to pass through.
Dthor50
Newbie
A skidplate is cheap protection compared to replacing something and sitting the season out. You do have to be careful installing the aluminum bushings, they strip out really easily.
