04 Hemi
Veteran
After enjoying a quiet, smooth, good traction track for 2300 miles the track started to disinagrate! The lugs started to come off in junks from 2inch to as long as 10 inch stips. I counted 21 sections torn off, then proceeded to my dealer for what I thought would be a major battle, but they got right on it and replaced it with a ripsaw predrilled, my new preference. Anyone else have this problem? I drove sled as hard as normal but never had problem with any other track. By the way, the reason I noticed it was that the track started to shake at high speed, so I flipped it on the side for a look, imagine my surprise!
Fergie
Expert
2,100 miles on my iceripper, so far i'm pleased with no noticable wear. it's on my 06 attak.
Camoplast warranties the ice rippers.Did you fill out the warranty card when you got the track?
2000 miles on one, looks perfect..... 1200 miles on the other, looks perfect..... hopefully you just got a bad one... i love this track.
04 Hemi
Veteran
iceripper ruined
Flyin hi, Dealer installed track so I don`t know who warrented it. I decided not to take another iceripper. Untill the damage happened I really liked the track. Just not enough traction on glare ice, and we get a lot of ice up here.
Flyin hi, Dealer installed track so I don`t know who warrented it. I decided not to take another iceripper. Untill the damage happened I really liked the track. Just not enough traction on glare ice, and we get a lot of ice up here.
jkenosh
Expert
is the ripper any quieter than the stock track on a apex, i get a real bad hum around 35-50
DaveyBoy
TY 4 Stroke Guru
I am another who has 3000 miles on my Ice ripper and its junk no warranty no recourse from dealer or camoplast.There is something wrong here .maybe a bad run dunno but we arn`t the only ones I have heard of 20 or so in the last year or so.There was a post in the apex or general discussino i think if it didnt get moved
Randy J Beyer
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DaveyBoy just run that track till she blows and then turn all the damage into your insurance and they will replace it for you !
Blew a track a 110 mph on a lake and they cover not only the track but the resulting front cooler damage, tunnel, and bent up drive axle.
Cant get them covered by the dealer or manufacture but the insurance company will ?
Seems a&& backwards to me !
Blew a track a 110 mph on a lake and they cover not only the track but the resulting front cooler damage, tunnel, and bent up drive axle.
Cant get them covered by the dealer or manufacture but the insurance company will ?
Seems a&& backwards to me !
I think i read on here somewhere that the early run rippers had some problems..... i have two of them, one 121 and one 136 and both look new still....
Crewchief47
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RTX Meirda
TY 4 Stroke Master
They will delaminate over time......especially during long periods of high speed running.
Heard of this problem before.
Heard of this problem before.
Daranello
Suspended
I trying to get warranty right now, same issues as 04 Hemi but with only 1984miles...I'll let you know the outcome
i had one of the first ones out and it lasted about 6-700mls and was losing lugs and carbides.
i also took a standard track for warrenty, i didnt want another one of them.
i am trying another one this year, we will see. hope after three years they have figured it out, you guys dont make me feel any better though
i also took a standard track for warrenty, i didnt want another one of them.
i am trying another one this year, we will see. hope after three years they have figured it out, you guys dont make me feel any better though
SIMMER
TY 4 Stroke Master
RTX Meirda said:
Great.....if this is true....I'm F&^$%KED!
I also bananna peeled my RipSaw 2 years ago as well. Check it out here.....http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?t=38492
Len Todd
TY 4 Stroke God
My first Ice Ripper lasted 6K miles, which is similar to other ripsaw tracks. It wore through almost all of those very thin clips and threw a couple pieces of lugs. But, I was hole-shotting a lot, with the new clutch kit testing. If you spin them a lot, sooner or later you will catch something and rip off a lug, ... on any track.
The new Ice Tecks are fully clipped and every third one is a heavy "old style" clip. The Ice Ripper was 1/3rd clipped. I suspect Camoplast had a lot of complaints off the old ones and the old one seemed to eat hyfax. I figure this was because the clips consisted of very little metal to sink the heat. I frequently had hyfax stuck to the clips on the Ice Ripper. And, I am anal about keeping the track lubed.
Also, we need to keep in mind, to appease our desire to stay light weight, these tracks are "single ply." They are not the same as the tracks that we had in the 90's that seemed to last forever.
If you want higher mileage, then you may want to consider shorter lugs, especially if you are running on a lot of groomed/hard packed trails and never get off in the powder.
The new Ice Tecks are fully clipped and every third one is a heavy "old style" clip. The Ice Ripper was 1/3rd clipped. I suspect Camoplast had a lot of complaints off the old ones and the old one seemed to eat hyfax. I figure this was because the clips consisted of very little metal to sink the heat. I frequently had hyfax stuck to the clips on the Ice Ripper. And, I am anal about keeping the track lubed.
Also, we need to keep in mind, to appease our desire to stay light weight, these tracks are "single ply." They are not the same as the tracks that we had in the 90's that seemed to last forever.
If you want higher mileage, then you may want to consider shorter lugs, especially if you are running on a lot of groomed/hard packed trails and never get off in the powder.
