Tuners won't fit

[mtotguy]

I took the Tuner skis off my Nytro when I sold it and planned to put them on my wife's Viper. But the rubber bumpers are too think. I tried the bumpers from the Nytro, the ones from my Curves and the stock bumpers from the Viper. They are all too thick. I can't get the bolt thru the skis. Is anybody running the Tuners? What bumpers did you use?

 

[mtotguy]

Or are the Tuners different on the Nytro than the Viper?

 

[Wannaviper]

The Tuners are different on the Viper and the Nytro. The Viper chassis is made by Arctic Cat, not Yamaha, so you have to find skis that fit Arctic Cat when you are looking for new skis on your Viper. I just took the tuners off my Viper and my grandson's Phazer, and the ski saddles are definitely different.

 

[MrSled]

They make a really thin one for those skis... 8KN-F3743-00-00

 

[mtotguy]

I'll check it out. Thanks.

 

[walter]

You CAN grind them down a little.. its a tricky process but my buddy did it on his sled. Just have to take a little off at a time and be careful. that was done with the stock saddles and it worked good all last season.

 

[rednav]

Even a 2016 tuner 3 won't fit a 2015/14 spindle. They are working on a fix as I was told by my dealer

 

[Dreamsover2]

You can keep them tuners.

 

[superb]

Put a set of semi aggressive snow trackers on your wife's stock skis, set the toe to zero and forget about the tuners. She will love it.

 

[petey_sx700]

Chcck out the thread called Tuner Ski Installation. Gives illustrated way to attach Japan model Tuner Skis.

 

[Yamadog]

I ran a pair of Simmons Skis on my viper 2 yrs ago with Yamaha saddles. I used the rubbers from a Polaris Fusion I had laying around from working on a buddies sled. They are thin and only required a bit of edge trimming.

 

[yamahatime]

I ran a pair of Simmons Skis on my viper 2 yrs ago with Yamaha saddles. I used the rubbers from a Polaris Fusion I had laying around from working on a buddies sled. They are thin and only required a bit of edge trimming.

Which Simmons? How were they on the Viper? I had them on my Apex and loved them. I had the GEN 3's.

 

[Yamadog]

I think they are gen II's. I have 3 prs that I used to run on all my rx's and apex's and loved them for years.

I rode an entire season with 4 -8" carbides on them but they are very heavy to steer on the XTX with the limiter straps brought down to keep the nose down. I think they would be fine on an LTX or RTX but the uncoupled skid of the XTX to get it to turn requires a lot more nose pressure, but they did eliminate my push on loose snow.