ranger1
TY 4 Stroke Guru
I just installed the small marginal snow wheel kit it my sled. I put them just in front of the front outer idler wheels ( about 1/2 inch space between them) right at the bend where the slides wear the most.
The next ride after the install, man-o-man she was a rough one!!! every bump I hit, I literally got bucked a good foot off the seat, lol!!!! At the time I had no idea what was going on, so I took the skid out & upon examining it on the bench, I noticed big dents in the sides of the marginal wheel kit aluminum block ( attaches the wheel to the slide rail). I then realized that when the suspension collapses, the torsion springs which rest in a cradle between the front outer idler wheel & the slide rail, move forward & were ramming into the side of the extra wheel blocks & stopping the spring from moving forward!!
I could have drilled another hole further up the rail & ran the wheels inside the skid, but it would have been too far up because of the inside idler wheel placement is up further than the outside ones. I opted to leave them where they were & just cut out a 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch chunk out of the block between the wheel & the slide rail to allow the spring to be able to slide between the wheel & the rail freely.
Just thought I would post this so know one will run into this sled bucking problem!!! This applies to sleds with the pro-active skids only, mono skids are ok!
The next ride after the install, man-o-man she was a rough one!!! every bump I hit, I literally got bucked a good foot off the seat, lol!!!! At the time I had no idea what was going on, so I took the skid out & upon examining it on the bench, I noticed big dents in the sides of the marginal wheel kit aluminum block ( attaches the wheel to the slide rail). I then realized that when the suspension collapses, the torsion springs which rest in a cradle between the front outer idler wheel & the slide rail, move forward & were ramming into the side of the extra wheel blocks & stopping the spring from moving forward!!
I could have drilled another hole further up the rail & ran the wheels inside the skid, but it would have been too far up because of the inside idler wheel placement is up further than the outside ones. I opted to leave them where they were & just cut out a 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch chunk out of the block between the wheel & the slide rail to allow the spring to be able to slide between the wheel & the rail freely.
Just thought I would post this so know one will run into this sled bucking problem!!! This applies to sleds with the pro-active skids only, mono skids are ok!
