Stryke ski bushing/spacer

[shawnj]

What’s everyone’s preferred set up for that little bushing. Wider or narrower ski stance? I did a quick search in the forum but don’t see anything about these in there. Mine are set up for the narrower but wonder if it would provide better stability on cornering the other way around.

 

[STAIN]

On any adjustable ski stance, I always put it at the widest setting for trail riding.
I don't off-trail ride so I want the widest stance I can get.

 

[jonlafon1]

Agree.. Wide.. The bushing should be on the outer side of the ski when sitting on it.

 

[KnappAttack]

Same, I always do wide, if I could get wider a-arms I'd do that too.

 

[sideshowBob]

wide as well.

 

[Hammer70]

Most definitely wide always.

 

[Turboflash]

Doesn't that increase steering effort? Ski is outside centerline of spindle?

 

[earthling]

Doesn't that increase steering effort? Ski is outside centerline of spindle?

Yes, a small amount on initial turn in. But the gain is more stability as the sled has to overcome the wider stance or conversely the wider arm is applying more pressure towards the centerline of the sled.. NSTAAFL

The other byproduct having the ski further outside the centerline of the spindle is that the ski has more leverage over the steering, this means that alignment is that much more critical as any misalignment will be exaggerated.

Run wide would be my choice for sure.

 

[STAIN]

Same, I always do wide, if I could get wider a-arms I'd do that too.

I would also.
Of all the things that I did to my first Yamaha, a 2005 RX-1, and I did a lot, the 45-inch front end I put on it transformed the way it handled and rode the most. I would do the same to the Pro-cross in a heartbeat.

 

[shawnj]

Switched it around. I had skis off last year and for some reason I thought I widened them at the time. Will give it a go. Thanks all.

 

[yamaha06]

I was just looking at the Stryke ski's on my 13 SRX, the dealer put the 5mm shim at the front of the spindle, should it not be placed at the rear of the spindle so the tips of the ski tip up rather than point down when the skis are suspended?

 

[earthling]

Putting it in the rear will make it less prone to darting. Most put them in the rear of the ski.

 

[KnappAttack]

Putting it in the rear will make it less prone to darting. Most put them in the rear of the ski.

Or will it? I have a sled in here with the shim in the back and the rear of the carbides are really worn, I know from experience, that if you tip the ski up in the front with a product like SnowTrackers or even the stock carbide that has the staggered bar up front, that if they don't touch the snow, that it will actually dart worse. The only way rear bias or pressure works is with single carbides to reduce darting, otherwise it defeats the purpose of the correctors or that staggered bar in the front of the ski. You don't want rear bias with a setup like the stock staggered carbides or any carbide with a corrector or darting product in the front of the ski, they are best setup in a neutral position so the front does what its supposed to do, even a bit of forward bias would be better.

 

[earthling]

The naturally balanced ski position of the stryke is the shim in the rear. This provides even wear across both carbides. As opposed to having them in the front as the OP found them which puts more pressure on the forward edge of the ski basically giving the trail more control over the ski. My comment was that most people put them in the rear of the ski and I have found that the shim in the front exaggerates darting.

 

[STAIN]

The EPS sleds came with 5.0 degrees in the rear, The non EPS can zero front and rear. I believe