Yet another chaincase problem thread

[SidewinderConvert]

It’s great you are inspecting, updating,and repairing your Winder once you are done you will have an awesome and reliable sled. Our Winders are not Japan built pure Yamahas like Apex’s and will always require more attention and TLC...but no stock Apex can perform like they do! I guess there is no free ride.

Don’t forget to inspect your driveshaft and bearing...probably will need attention

I came from polaris 2 stroke land, my 2 fusions in 11000 miles did not require as much work as the sidewinder has already taken and those are sleds known for having significant issues... I also know I got really lucky with those 2. The 700 was tuned up and did 160HP at the crank but still made it to 5200 miles before blowing and the 900 made it to 6200 miles and the most significant problem it had was a bad exhaust temp sensor.

Ah crap!!! Fix er all up correctly and get all the known issues resolved before the snow flys and you will have a trouble-free season.


So many dishonest people out there when buying private!!

I honestly don't know how those guys sleep at night, selling my fusions I felt like I had to tell people what they were buying and every problem the sled has had.

When you decide to look in to the known drive shaft issue, Franks Motorcycles out of Essex Juntion Vt has a repair program in place to take your worn shaft and install a anti rotation pin in shaft,and slot the inner race of a upgraded new bearing for less than the cost of a new shaft.The other option is to install the Barn of Parts shaft saver since you have low miles and do the refurbishment at a later date.Their number is 802-878-3930 Service Manger is Kamran Pelkey

Thinking about letting that one be for this year, I know it is bad and shouldn't be done but I plan to replace the track with a 1.5 rip 2 next fall and with the fixed driveshafts in the supply chain at that time it might be easiest to just buy a new shaft while swapping the track out. The sled already has 1200 miles on it without the wedge so if it is going to spin it already has and the wedge won't do anything. Only thing is I am not sure how many miles the shaft can spin for before a failure may actually happen, odds are by the end of this winter the winder will have >5k miles on it. If need be I can still rip it out this fall and fix it but I don't have many more weekends until snow flies.

 

[fatchance]

The sled already has 1200 miles on it without the wedge so if it is going to spin it already has and the wedge won't do anything. Only thing is I am not sure how many miles the shaft can spin for before a failure may actually happen, odds are by the end of this winter the winder will have >5k miles on it. If need be I can still rip it out this fall and fix it but I don't have many more weekends until snow flies.[/QUOTE]

FYI, my bearing had spun on the shaft pretty bad so i replaced the bearing and used the BOP McWedggie and it was fine after a season of riding. Took 55 ft lbs to lock it up so i went with 60 lbs

Is the sled still under warranty? Let the dealer do the work

 

[SidewinderConvert]

The sled already has 1200 miles on it without the wedge so if it is going to spin it already has and the wedge won't do anything. Only thing is I am not sure how many miles the shaft can spin for before a failure may actually happen, odds are by the end of this winter the winder will have >5k miles on it. If need be I can still rip it out this fall and fix it but I don't have many more weekends until snow flies.

FYI, my bearing had spun on the shaft pretty bad so i replaced the bearing and used the BOP McWedggie and it was fine after a season of riding. Took 55 ft lbs to lock it up so i went with 60 lbs

Is the sled still under warranty? Let the dealer do the work[/QUOTE]

No the warranty ran out 2 weeks before I bought it, dealer would have been doing a lot more than just the driveshaft if there was still warranty though.