Help needed: Track swap! Beer and pizza wrench session @ Eagle's

[Eagle]

Missing bushing, missing bolt and busted up metal bushing, busted up bogey wheels...

Carnage.

I hear my wallet crying.

 

[boostedguy05]

How the hell do you have missing parts? Didn't you buy this sled new?

 

[Eagle]

This is a 2013 that i bought last year, and rode hard. I deserve to pay a bit...

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

the parts literally disintegrated? no difference in drivability when that happened?

 

[boostedguy05]

Missing parts could explain why it rode rough and he needed back surgery.

 

[Eagle]

Yeah, it'll need some extra work... but that's not the reason my back went out.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Shuffled the skid around, Rusty licked everyone and everything.

Very productive night.

 

[Eagle]

Finding the required replacement parts is difficult! Sheesh... this could be so much easier.

idler wheels are $23 EACH, I need 4 new ones. FML

 

[Chester Copperpot]

#braaap

 

[wolfe]

Finding the required replacement parts is difficult! Sheesh... this could be so much easier.

idler wheels are $23 EACH, I need 4 new ones. FML

https://www.denniskirk.com/

Been out of the snowmobile game a while, but these guys always had good prices and anything I needed for any of the sleds I did have, and great customer service.

 

[Eagle]

$100 in idler wheels, CHECK

$90 in bolts, bushings, nuts and washers. CHECK

All should be here by Dec 1st. :wtc:

 

[Eagle]

https://www.denniskirk.com/

Been out of the snowmobile game a while, but these guys always had good prices and anything I needed for any of the sleds I did have, and great customer service.

They had the best price on the idler wheel assemblies WITH the bearings and clips already... so yep, I ordered some from there!

 

[LoveSpank]

Eagle = unforgiving ride it till it brakes.

 

[Eagle]

 

[Mr Baytchos]

Welcome to sleds

 

[Eagle]

Dammit, Tony.

 

[PANDA]

That sled has what 1500 miles on it? Those bogey wheels should last longer then that even on a sled that is studded to hell. Does the track have a alignment issue?

 

[Eagle]

I think its got like 1800 on it now.

The new track will go in with fresh wheels and no studs... so let's see how it does!

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

I'd imagine horrible 60' times

 

[Handsome Jesus]

shredded.

Lots of bogeys on that thing, geez. possible they could be lightly loaded and that's why they are coming apart?

I'm about to take out another couple wheels on the big sled, and convert to a 2 wheel rear from 4.

That track job is a little more difficult than I am used to... still not that bad i guess. Lots of wrestling. If it is possible to collapse the front shock down (when it isn't bolted to tunnel, it moves a bit differently), that helps to get the skid back in. Usually getting it out is the easy part, getting it back in is much more fun. Make sure those adjusters stay loose.

Good luck!

 

[Eagle]

Yeah i installed the 4 wheel rear kit last year. That was simple.

Getting this skid back in place with new idler wheels and a fresh track is going to be interesting for sure.

 

[PANDA]

A track is probably something "easy" if you have done it before but something very frustrating if you haven't. I never ever replaced a track on a sled. Although the RX-1 with 10K on it could have probably used one.

 

[Eagle]

I agree. I've never done one before either. But I found a good write up that I'm following for a 800 AC sled, which is similar, but not 100% the same. So I'm adapting it to my needs. Would be WAY easier if it was a 100% match, but what are you going to do?

I'm actually glad to be going into the gear case - forcing me to inspect the chain, tensioners, gears, shaft bearings... its all good maintenance stuff to check on given how much power this sled makes. It'll get all new fluids and be perfect for the start of the season!

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Yeah i installed the 4 wheel rear kit last year. That was simple.

Getting this skid back in place with new idler wheels and a fresh track is going to be interesting for sure.

Make sure the adjusters are all the way INTO the skid, making it as short as possible. I took all three skids out of the ZRT and both Renegades and I've got it down to a science now. When you put it back in, loosely bolt up the rear, then use the weight of the sled to help you align the front bolts/pivot point.

 

[Eagle]

Oh I definitely plan on it!

I bought a sweet pulley setup to lift the thing to the ceiling in the garage if I have to... so hopefully I'll be able to figure out an easy way to get the bolt holes to line up when the skid goes back in.