Jeffz
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- Feb 3, 2010
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- Cresco, Iowa
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- USA
- Snowmobile
- 2008 Yamaha Nytro RTX 40th
2007 Phazer "RTX"
After breaking both spindles on different rides last year, I'm down to my last good set of back-ups. Now the top hole in the right side is egged out from not using Loc-tite and improperly torquing the bolt. It also wore into the top of the spindle. Here is my fix for this problem. I first milled the hole to .625" to clean everything up. Then cut a pocket .090" deep at .875" dia. Then made an aluminum block that fits snuggly in the top section of the spindle itself, then drilled and tapped a hole in it for the upper ball-joint bolt. I then made a steel flanged washer to fit in the hole and pocket I cut so the ball-joint had a hard surface to contact. The other spindle is not damaged so I'll skip making another one. The reason I went with the large aluminum "nut" is because I was going to make the flanged washer long enough to go through it, then use a longer bolt and put the stock nut below the next section of spindle. I figured this would be quicker and easier. We'll see how it holds up this season.
