i keep wrecking my rear snow flap

[scott boddie]

i am on my second snow flap in 4 weekends does any one know how to stop track studs from shredding flap its not from backing up it happens when i get air borne at high speed and land hard .

 

[LazyBastard]

It *IS* from backing up. When you back into a snowbank, you bend that steel sheet in. That steel sheet holds the flap away from the track, if it is bent out correctly, your flap will not touch your track.

 

[RXONE]

Shorter Flap!

I had the same problem and I don't even have reverse. It kept getting sucked up into the tunnel. So I put a shorter flap on my RX1 and it works and looks fine. I heard somewhere that the long flap helps it cool better but I can't see where it made a difference in my cooling at all. Try it you'll like it!
C.J

 

[Focker]

Its not ALWAYS from backing up, mine likes to jump up in there while Im riding like scott and RXONE, probably just get a shorter one after I get done shredding this one

 

[LazyBastard]

When the track is spinning, it is sucking everything behind the sled into the tunnel, and that includes the flap. The trick is that you must bend the sheet metal far enough that the rubber flap can't come into contact with the track.

 

[philip d estes]

i fixed my warrior by installing a W bracket from HPE. the same kind that is used for asphalt drag racing. phil

 

[peakperf]

I went through 2 long stock ones and 2 short ones, however I think I have found the fix. One of the recalls on the Arctic Cat F-7 was a strap that runs from the bumper to about halfway down the mudflap and bolts tight into the middle of the flap. It can't get sucked in this way. Simple and somewhat ugly solution!

Scott

 

[RX1CC]

MUD FLAP

If you get the "Dream meter" above 125, the mud flap gets "sucked in"-happened to all 3 of us!

 

[Mountaintech]

Crawl under a ZX chassis Skidoo and you will notice the stiff plastic plate they have put in front of the snowflap to prevent it from being sucked into the track. I installed one on my RX1 Mtn and it has totally solved the problem. RX FUN

 

[rightarm]

The same thing happened to me last year,so I cut some length of the bottom of the snow flap and not a problem since.

 

[OTIS RX-1]

I did the same as RXONE. Go buy the 12" Yamaha flap from the catalog.
The stock on is 16" and I went through 3 last year before I put the 12" on this year.
Problem solved no matter how fast it goes, 130+ on dream meter.
Makes it easier to go in reverse.
OTIS RX1 (aka OTIS RX)

 

[scott boddie]

snow flap problem solved !!!

MY FLAP KEPT GETTING STUCK IN TRACK THE STUDS MADE A MESS OF IT 3 FLAPS LATER I PUT ON A W BRACKET $6.95 WELL SPENT PROBLEM SOLVED THANKS FOR INFO !!! . RODE SLED LIKE ITS STOLEN NO PROBLEM. RODE WITH BOSTON RX 1 IN N.H. ON SATURDAY IM BEAT !!!

 

[Mighty]

What's the "W" bracket?