hyfax wear

[eman]

I have a RX-1 and a Viper which both have 144 studs, stock rear suspensions. I put new yamaha hyfax on both sleds this year and I cannot get them to go anywhere without melting the slides. On trails they are ok, you go down a road, even with riding the banks more than I ever have and the slides are overheating. I have never seen a set of slides overheat so fast. Does anyone know if Yammie changed the slide material or something. This sucks

Eman

 

[Think_Again]

Toasted mine in 600 miles... Low snow... So on to the next set.

 

[RXWON]

Is your track to tight?, I was going through slide at a pretty fast rate, loosened my track, which helped but still not great, then I put on the SLP wear pads and I have gone 1,400 miles on one set.

 

[Shivesy]

Is your track to tight?, I was going through slide at a pretty fast rate, loosened my track, which helped but still not great, then I put on the SLP wear pads and I have gone 1,400 miles on one set.

I agree with that statement 100%. I have almost a inch of space between the bottom of the hyfax and the top of the track at the lowest point with no weight added to the track. In other words 1" of free sag with SLP pads.

 

[TonyVT]

I was too...

I agree you can run pretty loose on the track with no problem..

But these things are heavy and they wear fast..

I been thinking about adding the front wheels...

 

[maim]

i added the front wheels on my warrior and it didnt help for me. what i did just to try it that is working really well even with cheap kimpex plastic sliders is suck up the front limiters 1/4-1/2". i always ride in good snow at the beginning of season and that is when i toasted my stock sliders by 300kms at the bend in the rails. now have 800kms on cheapie ones and they have barely worn since i sucked up the front limiters.

 

[fedorov5549]

I agree with limiter strap adjustment. Where are the slides wearing? Have you pre-treated them before? Heat them up on a stand and then cool them off real fast, it helps. I would go with trying different brands too. May be you got a bad batch?

 

[eman]

Those are some good ideas and I have looked at most of them, loosened the track ect. The funny thing is that on my Viper I ran 2500 miles on the first set of hyfax and replaced them as a tune up and now the sudden overheating issues, they got heat treated real quick when we rode it for the first time, stuck them to the track. It is not a low snow issue either we got two feet in the fast 10 days and it still does it. I am trying to find something out with Yamaha.

 

[Think_Again]

My wear is from low snow, and I know I wear them fast, so I keep an eye on them.

 

[maim]

the hint the local yamaha tec told me is when you get snow to stay on the skidframe the sliders will not melt. the rails act like a heat sink. if you can keep snow on them you are adjusted properly.

before i sucked up the limiters no snow at all would stick to the rails. now i always have a nice coating on the rails.