Drilling holes running boards?

[truthrider]

Indy 500, look at the pictures I posted above on Oct.16. The second and third pictures are of the dimple die, turned up so you can see the chamfer, the bolt with matching angle that mates with the dimple die, and the nut. The last picture is of the dimple die with chamfer down, there is a 1/2 inch hole drilled through the board. The bolt is inserted through the hole from the bottom, through the dimple die, and thread on the nut. Tighten/Torque the nut and bolt to around 30 lbs. The angle on the bolt head porces the aluminum up into the dimple die creating the raised "cone" gripper. When finished, the holes end up about 5/8 inch in diameter. It's a very simple process. Hope this helps.

 

[polarisrider1]

 

[indy_500]

can i take off my heat exchangers, drill holes, and put the heat exchangers back on? the exchangers r riveted in.

 

[polarisrider1]

Yes.

 

[ezra]

but why?

 

[indy_500]

i want more grip. what would be a disadvantage of taking the heat exchanger off? i know the hole won't get rid of snow but i just need more grip badly

 

[polarisrider1]

indy 500, you need the heat exchangers to cool the engine. They must be put back on and all air burped out of the system to work correctly. I could do the whole removal and reinstall and bleeding lines for you way faster than I can type it for you. lol

 

[getsome]

<font color="ff0000"> Indy, I just remembered that Polaris indeed does make the slip on Aluminum rail covers. Prolly difficult to find , but not impossible and would work great for your application. cross reference many models same as yours for tunnel up to 2000. Best bet to post in WTB. I made my own "fishbone" tunnel braces before from diamond plate alum. with boot grips on them. good luck.</font>

 

[polarisrider1]

I have more holes to drill today. It is addictive.

 

[polarisrider1]

Indy 500, the switchy got 72 holes per side. I will post pic. when I retrieve camera. I did every dimple. You can grate cheese with boards now. (left camera and cell phone at the cabin 110 miles Nort. eh! or Nord for some).LOL

 

[polarisrider1]

still drilling!

 

[polarisrider1]

still drilling!

 

[ttallin]

i made my own die kit for 2 dollars and it looks decent i dont need it to be perfect it gets the job done

 

[indy_500]

polarisrider1, my sister saw that pic and she asked why i was looking at cheese graders! lmao

 

[polarisrider1]

ttallin, how many will you make me for $2? Supply me the same hardware too. I am buying. Send pics. except mine need to be perfect if you want me to buy. Perfect is not much to ask since I offer to do volume buying from you. I will send specs. of metal hardness requirements. Send pics of your product. Thank you. Oh! and about shipping. Is that included?

 

[truthrider]

Polarisrider1, I'd like to see your metal hardness requirements. Are you using the Brinell or Rockwell scale. It's pretty hard to find steel round stock that is harder than aluminum. This is a great idea that you came up with, thank you for sharing it with us. It is a very labor intensive project makeing a dimple die, and hardened bolts aren't cheap these days.

 

[polarisrider1]

truthrider, we are recycling 4x4 jack shafts for the dies. Very hard steel but not brittle. We did use Rockwell scale to find the round stock to use. These dies may be way over built but I do not want any to fail or mess up a fellow sledders running boards. We get our fasteners from Select Fasteners. Fastenal was not on top of what I wanted. I have my brother who owns "Pirate Salvage Inc." A snowmobile salvage and vintage sled business, making them for me in his machine shop. So far all happy users. I will ask him the rockwell scale reading for hardness. I was wondering why the first 10 made all had a little indentation on them and he said, "Hardness testing". so I said, "Okay". lol I always just used a file for that.

 

[dale_58]

We made a few sets (125-150 sets) cost about 7 bucks a set. H.T. to 56-58 r/c

 

[ttallin]

i dont think i will make them to sell cuz you are doing that alredy dont want to copy you polarisrider, and i did this so i dident have to spend the 22$ that you want for the little kit plus the 22 for the step bit. ill send u a pic of my running boards so u can see them they dont look that bad. i mean i dont need my <font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font> to look the best. im a broke azz dude just trying to do some cheap mods to my sled whatever. i dont want u to be upset over this.

 

[reaper969x]

30 bux is a pretty frickin cheap investment!<font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font><font color="ff0000">&#149;</font> Polaris rider, I sent you an email concerning these dies, would ask you here but it seems to be getting kinda deep. LOL