srx70024
Pro
Why is one ski farther forward than the other on snowmobiles?
Grimm
TY 4 Stroke God
Ummm, did you hit something?
srx70024
Pro
LOL! no, I was waiting for something like that.
I noticed on my SRX about 3 years ago that one ski is farther forward than the other. Thinking that I did hit something and just realized it, I checked every sled in the garage. They too all had the right side ski farther forward than the other. One of the first things I checked on my new Apex was this and sure enough, one ski is about 1" or so farther forward than the other.
I noticed on my SRX about 3 years ago that one ski is farther forward than the other. Thinking that I did hit something and just realized it, I checked every sled in the garage. They too all had the right side ski farther forward than the other. One of the first things I checked on my new Apex was this and sure enough, one ski is about 1" or so farther forward than the other.
Red2003
TY 4 Stroke Guru
My 03 RX1 is dead nuts on. Where are you measuring from?? End of tunnel to center of spindle, should be equal. Its too early for April Fool's..................
srx70024
Pro
I might get hammered on for this but.... if you are looking at the sled and put a 2x4 on the floor in front of the skiis and push the board up to the skiis, one side is farther back than the other. Not very scientific, I know but this is how I discovered it.
monker
TY 4 Stroke Guru
srx70024 said:
so what are you lineing up the 2x4 to? you must be going square to something? the bottom of the ski? If this is the case, the skis are toed out slightly (and are supposed to be).
Mine is that way, but i had a hit. It looked like it was out a little out of the crate, but I didn't measure it. It is out a couple of inches now.
With these plastic skis, a tip can be deflected a bit as well.
With these plastic skis, a tip can be deflected a bit as well.
Ram it into a tree on the longer side 
They will even up. 
They will even up. 
FAMILYMAN said:Ram it into a tree on the longer side
LMAO good fix! Forget the ski's they flex just make sure the spindles are the same distance
If you check the spindles, you need to look at top and bottom.
Len Todd
TY 4 Stroke God
If your skis are out of alignment, and you line up one ski to the frame, the second one could look different (e.g. shorter,) depending on your point of reference. You may even notice it with the ~ 1/4" Toeout that you should have. But one inch seems like a lot. If it bugged me, I would first be checking toeout and other alignments, then the spindles. I also would be very carefull to make sure I had good reference points.
