Is the spindle a spline fit?

[fatchance]

It seems there was more steering damage to my Uncles sled than first met the eye and the tie rods won't allow for enough adjustment so I was wondering if we can adjust with the spindle. I would look on the sleds, but they are 3 hrs away. Thanks

 

[rxrider]

Yes, the tie-rod arm is attached to the spindle on a spline. I had that happen to me a few years back, the spindle got twisted a little. I got it adjusted by using the special Yamaha tool for sentering the steering, then I adjusted the handlebars, and then I adjusted the ski alignment. I got it almost perfect, but it depends on the amount of twist in the spindle.

 

[Len Todd]

Did you bend an A-Arm? Sometimes that is hard to see. And, if they are bent (e.g.bent towards the back of the sled) it will be tough to get the adjustments to work.

 

[stoutner]

Did you adjust the handle bar/main steering tie rod? If not, take the gas tank off and adjust that. You can get a ton of adjustment out of that.

My sled was "racked" a little bit and I had one tie rod all of the way in and the other all of the way out just to keep the skis straight. I got sick of looking at it and pulled the tank off and adjusted that tie rod. Now it is perfect.

 

[rxrider]

stoutner - Mine was just the same, had to do what you did to get the tie rod ends even and skis aligned. I didn't like riding with one of the tie rod ends barely threaded in the the tie rod, scary having it come loose at speed.