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Jan-Ove Pedersen
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- 2014 Phazer XTX, 2013 Phazer RTX, 2008 Apex RTX, 2007 Warrior, 2006 Attak
UPDATE August 21. - Installing outside arms to king bolt (ski assy column) and tie rod ends.
With the front of the sled jacked off the ground I installed the outside arms onto the ski column (king bolt). The outside arms are supposed to point straight rearwards. With the outside arms pointing rearwards I lowered the front of the sled some to make the outside arms enter the splines on top of the king bolts. With both arms into the splines I removed the jack and the sled stood on its own two skis. Next was installing the bolts holding the outside arms to the king bolt. Next was aligning the steering pivot arms, then I aligned the skis to the frame. Next I adjusted the tie rod length to fit the outside arms. Finally I installed the bolts and tightened down everything up front. I left the locking nuts on the tie rod arms loose as I most likely will have to make final adjustments to ski alignment with the handle bars, skid and track installed.
With the front of the sled jacked off the ground I installed the outside arms onto the ski column (king bolt). The outside arms are supposed to point straight rearwards. With the outside arms pointing rearwards I lowered the front of the sled some to make the outside arms enter the splines on top of the king bolts. With both arms into the splines I removed the jack and the sled stood on its own two skis. Next was installing the bolts holding the outside arms to the king bolt. Next was aligning the steering pivot arms, then I aligned the skis to the frame. Next I adjusted the tie rod length to fit the outside arms. Finally I installed the bolts and tightened down everything up front. I left the locking nuts on the tie rod arms loose as I most likely will have to make final adjustments to ski alignment with the handle bars, skid and track installed.
Looking good Bud...actually starting to look like s sled again...Let me know if you need to borrow a turbo for 'fitment' tests...LOL...
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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- 2014 Phazer XTX, 2013 Phazer RTX, 2008 Apex RTX, 2007 Warrior, 2006 Attak
Thank you Ole for your kind offer. I actually would need it to be able to fabricate some stuff up front. I would also be able to measure where to make the cut for the downpipe.
I'll call you any day soon. Again thank you, without it my project will soon come to a halt.
I'll call you any day soon. Again thank you, without it my project will soon come to a halt.
no problem. home all week. 
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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- 2014 Phazer XTX, 2013 Phazer RTX, 2008 Apex RTX, 2007 Warrior, 2006 Attak
UPDATE August 25. - Working on it 
Nothing much done lately, a lot of thinking and decision making done, have it pretty much nailed when it comes to design and progress
What I managed to do last night, not much but here it is.
Bought a bunch of new philips head screws to replace the ones with worn heads, the screws that bolt on most of the plastic around the sled.
Front end nose cone plastic installed.
Cut down the gas hoses a little before reconnecting them to the gas pump to ensure that they do not leak when pressurized. Installed the gas pump and hoses in the sled (not all of them are gas hoses hahaha.
Removed the stock rubber spacers from the frame piece I cut out and installed the rubbers onto the frame. This will keep the REV gas tank from wearing on the rivets.
I made a cardboard template of the piece to cover the exhaust outlet holes in the bulkhead frame. When the template was pretty close I transferred it to a piece of sheet aluminum and cut out the cover plate.
A little trimming with a file and some hammering made it fit close to 100%.
At last I made some reinforcement for the delta box frame crossbar. I added a V-shape alu profile inside the crossbar tube, then added another on the outside, finally I added a piece of alu on top on the outside and riveted everything in place with 4 alu rivets. It made the crossbar completely stiff, no more flexing
The seat and tank fitment project continued.....
We have continued the process of fitting the Apex seat to the REV gas tank. The seat have been cut out to fit on top of the REV gas tank. To make the seat durable and structurally strong we decided to mold a fibre glass bottom for the seat. We used the top of the tank as the mold.
First thing was to add some space between the tank and the seat, we used a blanket to add approx 2 millimeter or 3/32" space between the seat and the tank. Then we added alu foil to work as a slippery surface to keep the polyester (poly styren) from sticking to the blankets on top of the tank.
We added two layers of fibre glass and polyester and set it out to dry.
My friends sled. Frame cut. We have left the plastics installed to make it easier to test the seat and tank while fabbing.
Our Apex seat to REV gas tank conversion is going to look just great when done. We have now cut the seat to a 100 % fit between the rev tank the seat and the stock plastics. Only the tank cap will tell it's a Bombardier part underneat
More to come soon.
Nothing much done lately, a lot of thinking and decision making done, have it pretty much nailed when it comes to design and progress
What I managed to do last night, not much but here it is.
Bought a bunch of new philips head screws to replace the ones with worn heads, the screws that bolt on most of the plastic around the sled.
Front end nose cone plastic installed.
Cut down the gas hoses a little before reconnecting them to the gas pump to ensure that they do not leak when pressurized. Installed the gas pump and hoses in the sled (not all of them are gas hoses hahaha
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Removed the stock rubber spacers from the frame piece I cut out and installed the rubbers onto the frame. This will keep the REV gas tank from wearing on the rivets.
I made a cardboard template of the piece to cover the exhaust outlet holes in the bulkhead frame. When the template was pretty close I transferred it to a piece of sheet aluminum and cut out the cover plate.
A little trimming with a file and some hammering made it fit close to 100%.
At last I made some reinforcement for the delta box frame crossbar. I added a V-shape alu profile inside the crossbar tube, then added another on the outside, finally I added a piece of alu on top on the outside and riveted everything in place with 4 alu rivets. It made the crossbar completely stiff, no more flexing
The seat and tank fitment project continued.....
We have continued the process of fitting the Apex seat to the REV gas tank. The seat have been cut out to fit on top of the REV gas tank. To make the seat durable and structurally strong we decided to mold a fibre glass bottom for the seat. We used the top of the tank as the mold.
First thing was to add some space between the tank and the seat, we used a blanket to add approx 2 millimeter or 3/32" space between the seat and the tank. Then we added alu foil to work as a slippery surface to keep the polyester (poly styren) from sticking to the blankets on top of the tank.
We added two layers of fibre glass and polyester and set it out to dry.
My friends sled. Frame cut. We have left the plastics installed to make it easier to test the seat and tank while fabbing.
Our Apex seat to REV gas tank conversion is going to look just great when done. We have now cut the seat to a 100 % fit between the rev tank the seat and the stock plastics. Only the tank cap will tell it's a Bombardier part underneat
More to come soon.
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Borat would say VERY NICE, keep up the good looking work guys
Cody
Expert
looks cool! keep up the customizations!
kinger
VIP Member
Wow that seat mod look more like a re-construction then a 'modification' Looks like more work then I could afford to take on. I bet it will look awesome when you are done, nice job!
LOL..things have a way of getting OUT OF HAND when you start modifying, huh bud???
Get it together now ASAP...snow is coming any day
Get it together now ASAP...snow is coming any day
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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Thanks guys
Yeah we lost it completely somewhere down the road, but the end result will be stock looking, and in the end that was our major goal with the seat mod project, which BTW should have been renamed the seat development project
As you can see my friends Attak plays the guinea pig. Mine is going into work as soon as we're fully satisfied with the outcome on his sled. The first one is the work, the next one is playing copy cat.
Yeah we lost it completely somewhere down the road, but the end result will be stock looking, and in the end that was our major goal with the seat mod project, which BTW should have been renamed the seat development project
As you can see my friends Attak plays the guinea pig. Mine is going into work as soon as we're fully satisfied with the outcome on his sled. The first one is the work, the next one is playing copy cat.
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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- 2014 Phazer XTX, 2013 Phazer RTX, 2008 Apex RTX, 2007 Warrior, 2006 Attak
UPDATE August 26. - Seat development continued....
Here's a few pics of the work we did last night.
The tank installed in the frame.
The fiber glass seat bottom fitted to the seat.
The seat in place and the plastics installed.
Development is pretty much done. What remains are joining the fiber glass seat bottom to the seat, installing the aluminum bars holding the tank down in front, and fabricating a few mounting points at the alu bars and in front of the seat to connect the seat to the frame. More pics to come....
Did some minor R&D work on my sled as well. I have cut out a piece in the tank covling between the stock steering gate hole and the tank cap hole to make room for the REV gas tank filler neck. I have molded a plate to cover the hole, the plate will have a new hole in it for the filler neck. The fiber glass plate will be shaved down until it fits on top of the covlings lower middle part, it will then be painted black and joind to the tank covling.
Here's a few pics of the first attempt to fit the new fiber glass piece to the tank covling.
Here's a few pics of the work we did last night.
The tank installed in the frame.
The fiber glass seat bottom fitted to the seat.
The seat in place and the plastics installed.
Development is pretty much done. What remains are joining the fiber glass seat bottom to the seat, installing the aluminum bars holding the tank down in front, and fabricating a few mounting points at the alu bars and in front of the seat to connect the seat to the frame. More pics to come....
Did some minor R&D work on my sled as well. I have cut out a piece in the tank covling between the stock steering gate hole and the tank cap hole to make room for the REV gas tank filler neck. I have molded a plate to cover the hole, the plate will have a new hole in it for the filler neck. The fiber glass plate will be shaved down until it fits on top of the covlings lower middle part, it will then be painted black and joind to the tank covling.
Here's a few pics of the first attempt to fit the new fiber glass piece to the tank covling.
Your seat project is going in a direction I really like. The bullets sled with impulse header and rev tank has given me many sleepless nights already. Your seat project is making it worse. I wish I didn't know about this site - LOL
Keep up the good work Jan Ove - I am really impressed
Keep up the good work Jan Ove - I am really impressed
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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- 2014 Phazer XTX, 2013 Phazer RTX, 2008 Apex RTX, 2007 Warrior, 2006 Attak
What do you think after looking at the last update? Loosing sleep now ? I am hahaha LOL
I am hahaha LOL
rxrider said:What do you think after looking at the last update? Loosing sleep now ?
- I guess I am in for another sleepless night thinking about mod. my sled - LOLLooks good...I would never go through that much for a seat, but if you're going for the stock look, it might be the only way to go...Good to see good friends wrenching together....I'm mostly alone over here...LOL
