My RTX LE 50th BUILD THREAD-ROCKERDAN

[cannondale27]

The washer cupping I believe is by design. Metal always has memory. The washer bending keeps bolt from loosening. I flip them when reinstalling.

 

[cannondale27]

Thanks for taking the time for all the pics. They are awesome! Believe that's first I have seen of Winder oil tank guts. Wow!

 

[ROCKERDAN]

You screwed up. Travis at Barn of Parts has the PPD wheels like I said.

Well not really.....I wanted to save a few bucks as this sled is a money pit....cant beat the price i got.

lol

 

[ROCKERDAN]

The washer cupping I believe is by design. Metal always has memory. The washer bending keeps bolt from loosening. I flip them when reinstalling.

No not by design.

The shorter mount is designed for the narrower cat wheel bearings to be flush as it should be. When used with the wider bearing wheels as my kit is, the washer gets crushed inward when torqued down. Not a big deal and wont hurt anything, and still holds race of bearing just fine.

Im going to flatten them out as they were when new, and use a spacer washer underneath it so it wont crush down again, not really needed but an easy thing to fix.

Dan

 

[ROCKERDAN]

Thanks for taking the time for all the pics. They are awesome! Believe that's first I have seen of Winder oil tank guts. Wow!

LOL, yeah lots of stuff inside too !

Still dont know why they dont make a solid tank and get rid of the leaking seals altogether....still working on the guys who make aftermarket tanks for the apex/nytro, hoping they will get a new tank out for our winders...I know everyone would likely buy one!

Dan

 

[cannondale27]

No not by design.

The shorter mount is designed for the narrower cat wheel bearings to be flush as it should be. When used with the wider bearing wheels as my kit is, the washer gets crushed inward when torqued down. Not a big deal and wont hurt anything, and still holds race of bearing just fine.

Im going to flatten them out as they were when new, and use a spacer washer underneath it so it wont crush down again, not really needed but an easy thing to fix.

Dan

The small idlers washers do the same thing.

 

[cannondale27]

Well not really.....I wanted to save a few bucks as this sled is a money pit....cant beat the price i got.

lol

Did you try Travis?

 

[aquaticlaker]

Next up today.....

Chaincase and oil tank removal.....

Going back to stock 21 top gear, and also need to seal my poorly designed oil tank which leaks like just about all these sleds do. Also will do the fall oil change ect.

Rivnuts sure help alot with making the side lower panel easy to remove.

Dan

Crappy silicone seal....oil tank removed.

22 gear shown, plenty of threads left on adjuster. But my chain stretched a ton in less then 1000 miles since i installed the 22gear and tune. I had 4.5 turns of free play. It was set to 1 turn free play 1000 miles prior.

I did reinstall the stock 21 gear, and shocked to see only 5 threads or so left when adjusted properly. Hoping chain is done stretching or else I'll have to cut down the alum spacer some.

Thats it for today...waiting on parts now.

Dan

Dan
Why are you going back to the stock 21 gear?

 

[ROCKERDAN]

The small idlers washers do the same thing.

Now those idler washers are definitely cupped by design .

 

[ROCKERDAN]

Did you try Travis?

I checked his site for price, always do as I have bought items from him plenty of times...hoping he gets back to me with his coolant protector info soon.

Dan

 

[ROCKERDAN]

Dan
Why are you going back to the stock 21 gear?

Trying to get some belt life....

 

[ROCKERDAN]

RR Upper Cross shaft:

Got the new parts today....I went with the RR cross shaft(2016 cat RR) and the bushings, and the bolts.

Here are the parts....

Just 3 items needed for upper shaft replacement from '16 RR.

3604-711 (1 cross shaft needed)
3604-791 (2 bushings needed)
8408-051 (2 bolts needed)

Dan

 

[cannondale27]

Don’t forget the lower center shockmount shaft while in there. RR is steel.

 

[ROCKERDAN]

Don’t forget the lower center shockmount shaft while in there. RR is steel.

Not for me this season.....Just the upper

 

[ROCKERDAN]

GAP Handlebar button

This is an instant map button to change your jukebox maps on the fly....(Top button version)

I tested this last spring on the last ride in Qc....works awesome!

Details here from my original button thread: CLICK HERE for Handlebar Button detailed thread

GAP PDF Instructions: https://gapinnovation.com/docs/Hurricane/GAP Flasher Installation Guide V1.2 EN.pdf


Dan

And here is the Bottom Button, similar but closer to the hi beam.