Track offset issue

[jm2074]

hi everybody

This summer i swap my ripsaw on my xtx for a backcountry 1 3/4. i align the
track on suspension and mesure the distance between the side of the track to the side of the rail but at the rear of the suspension. this weeked i go for a short ride and notice some little squezing from under the sled juste check up everything and notice that the distance betwen the rail and the track in the front of the supension near the sprocket was 1/4'' off from side to side.
the sprocket look centered with the track. can i ajust the driveshaft from side to side. is this normal that i have this much off. thank you for your answer and sorry for my english i speak french

 

[1049triple]

Yes, you adjust with the left side bearing on the drive shaft.

 

[furg69]

Im guessing the drive shaft should be fine if you took it out complete and didn't change your drivers. As for the shaft itself I don't think there are any adjustments you can make. Any new wheels installed hitting the track guides ?

 

[jm2074]

Im guessing the drive shaft should be fine if you took it out complete and didn't change your drivers. As for the shaft itself I don't think there are any adjustments you can make. Any new wheels installed hitting the track guides ?

no i didn't install new weel and nothing hitting the track guide. ive just change the back idler wheel for 2010 wheel my xtx is a 2009

 

[Mtnviper]

When you adjust your track tension, you can adjust each adjuster seperately to get the track to run centered in the suspension.
What I do is support the sled on a track stand, and run the track speed up to approx 15-20 mph. Then let it coast to a stop, shut down the engine and measure your track tension. Adjust as required, after each adjustment restart the engine and spin the track slowly, letting it coast to a stop.
Once you have the tension correct, it's time to check the centering. I use a tape measure and measure between the rail and a track drive lug. It doesn't matter so much where you measure, as long as you do it in the same location on each side.
If it is off-center, then you'll want to loosen or tighten one adjuster slightly. For example if the track is running to far to the left (clutch side) you would either want to tighten the left hand adjuster, or loosen the right hand adjuster. I usually go about a 1/4-1/2 of a turn on the adjuster nut at a time. After each adjustment start the engine, spin the track, let it coast to a stop, shut down the engine and re-measure.
Once you start getting really close on the side to side distance, I will usually tighten the axle nut after each adjustment, just to make sure that the rear axle is not moving around.
It is very likely that you will have one side of the track slightly tighter then the other, in order for the track to run centered. This is due to varing manufacturing tolerences of the track.
I have let to own a sled that didn't require one side of the track to be tighter then the other, in order for it to run centered in the chasis!
HTH

Bill