Making my own dual carbides. Anyone tried this?

[thobkirk]

Hello all. New to yamahas but not new to snowmobiling. Just had a baby and he's sleeping now so why not get on the computer and talk about snowmobiles!! I was thinking about making my own dual carbides. I have a brand new pair of 6" carbides left from my old arctic cat. I was planning on cutting all of the mounting studs off of them and mig welding them to a pair of runners that will bolt up to my Rx warrior. I talked to a Ski Dud guy who said this worked well to eliminate darting. Have any of you guys tried this?

 

[brian73]

If you got everything to do it and trust your welding skills do it . I personally never tryed it mainly because I don't trust my skills on something like that . Anything to save money nowadays good luck . Welcome to the site

 

[APEX 06]

If you got everything to do it and trust your welding skills do it . I personally never tryed it mainly because I don't trust my skills on something like that . Anything to save money nowadays good luck . Welcome to the site

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[thobkirk]

Thanks guys. I think I'll try it and see how it works.

 

[BETHEVIPER]

I wouldn't waste the time. If you can do that you. Can make artless plates. They stop darting and work in a corner.

 

[RxThunder]

I have an 03 and 05 rx1 both had major darting issues, mostly the 03. I went to 4" woody shaper bars, kinda pricey but well worth it. I also used informationfrom people on this site to adjust the suspension. I let the limiter straps nearly all the way out, backed off on the preload on the A-arms in the front until the A-arms were parallel to the ground if not even lower. I also adjusted the preload up just a touch on the rear spring and increased transfer using the transfer rods. I went from being afraid of every corner to holding the throttle all the way down in every corner. It made a world of difference. I'm not sure if your having these issues but I thought I'd tell you about my experience which has worked on both sleds. Different suspensions but still the same theory. Godd luck!

 

[RxThunder]

I also forgot to mention I shimmed the skies a 1/4"!

 

[jsjk-4-stroke]

carbides

i use bergstroms triple point carbides shim rear of ski , 2nd hole on mono shock susp works well. bergstroms 8 in i have on sled for 3000 miles just can,t wear them down.