ZX2 - already broke something at 500 miles?

[ghost rider]

anyone know off hand what the warranty is on these things? I'd kinda like to get them to send me a new bolt just so all the bolts on the skid have the same head size. The replacement I had to pick up has a 17mm head instead of 15mm.

I have a brand new skid. The warrantee is only for one year.
You mentioned earlier in a post that you torqued to 50 lbs which is correct.
Personally I think the grade of all the bolts are less than perfect, so I up graded all my skids bolts to over exceeded the factory specs by one grade point. Plus red loctight and I check the torque before each outing.

 

[stomper]

I put a horizontal mark across each bolt head with a jiffy marker so that I can tell with a quick glance if a bolt is spinning or coming loose. I picked that tip up in this forum. I believe it was Kinger that mentioned that tip.

 

[DigitalFusion]

this thread is like a year old guys!

 

[ghost rider]

this thread is like a year old guys!

problem solved…….maybe i need need reading glasses ….those date stamps are very small….

 

[guardrail]

It might have started to come loose. Mine did the same thing when I had about 200 miles on it, I used nord-lock wedge locking washers,
http://www.nord-lock.com/products/wedge ... roduction/
with loctite tightened at 40ft/lbs, never happened again. I have about 6 or 7 thousand HARD miles on it since then

 

[ghost rider]

It might have started to come loose. Mine did the same thing when I had about 200 miles on it, I used nord-lock wedge locking washers,
http://www.nord-lock.com/products/wedge ... roduction/
with loctite tightened at 40ft/lbs, never happened again. I have about 6 or 7 thousand HARD miles on it since then

i saw your post mentioning nord loc washers….iv'e seen them in automotive applications -why not sleds.
Are they as good as reported.?

 

[guardrail]

Definitely! They use them on jackhammers. I read about them on here somewhere. Since I've used them, I never had a bolt come loose since. They're a little pricey but it's well worth it.

 

[ghost rider]

Definitely! They use them on jackhammers. I read about them on here somewhere. Since I've used them, I never had a bolt come loose since. They're a little pricey but it's well worth it.

Thanks for the tip….gaurdrail. Heh how do you like the Ulmer clutch? I was thinking of up grading.

 

[guardrail]

Initial setup was dead on. Only had to make a slight adjustment when I put the stainless y pipes on. Highly recommend it.