Need stud advice

[ualav8]

I'm putting a new track on the wife's 13 Apex. I'm looking for a good pattern and number of studs. I don't want to do any on the outside of the track- just in the center. No need to go crazy with it- just give her a litttle more traction on the ice.

Thanks

 

[thor452]

years ago I bought a tool called an Accutrack it fits right over the track and you mark the holes with a paint marker if you follow the pattern it only repeats 3 times in one revolution. 96 studs down the middle will give you 32 scratch lines perfect for what you are looking for. Got it out of a parts unlimited catalog I got the alum one so it would last for ever.

 

[nadekeys]

If you didn't buy the track already, you could consider an ice attak XT track. 1.22" tall lugs, based on the ripsaw 2, pre-studded enough to give decent traction when the trails get icy. Also they are able to make these single ply, so they weigh about the same as a normal 2 ply track. Studding a 2 ply track can add significant rotating mass. Just a thought for you, I threw a double-stud through my apex's heat exchanger (yest the doubles tear out too, regardless of what some people preach) last winter ending my season so this year I have gone with the ice attak XT track so I never have to deal with that again. I hate being stranded.

 

[ualav8]

I already bought a replacement ripsaw.

 

[IH8CROWS]

Careful directly in the center.
Back of studs were rubbing on the bottom of my front shock eye and started chewing into I and I had to move those.
This is on a 15' xtx

 

[ualav8]

Ok- good to know but I don't think I'd be doing any directly in the center. I'm thinking pairs of studs in a V pattern so there wouldn't be any directly in the middle.

 

[Indy]

I used the plastic guide and hole cutter from parts unlimited on my 136", worked like a breeze. I think it was $20 at Novi last year.