Repair question

[elf]

Got to the cabin this weekend and pulled the sled out of the truck and tipped on side to replace carbides and discovered this. No idea when it happened, sometime last year, but I'm wondering if anybody has ever taken on the job of replacing these on their own. Sled is fully insured so I can get it done at the shop.

Outside of that discovery it was a good weekend. Lots of snow for this early in the yr, saw a couple moose which is always fun.

 

[xcr440]

Ouch - looks like a couple mean rocks got driven over! I think those pieces are part of the entire front under carriage - including chain case. Might be a spendy insurance claim to do the job right.

 

[G]

That is a bulkhead repair. Depending on the vintage of the sled Pol started gluing sleds together some years ago. I did a few of these 30 years ago and it was a lot of work then. Everything has to come apart. Nowadays I would not attempt it. In addition to special glue they use self piercing rivets and other interesting tech that is hard to duplicate on a re-build. If you have never done it before now is a poor time to start. That sled is probably totaled if you filed an insurance claim on it. Collect insurance on it and run it until it dies.

 

[slimcake]

I did that once. 2012 Pro R 800. Motor comes out. Lots of heating. Big job. Probably good that I did that job because this is what I found while trying to pull the clutch...

 

[mrbb]

ouch that sucks, I also think if you go insurance they will just total the sled
they don't spend much these days fixing them, labor and other costs out weight just totaling them out for most insurance company's,
they can offer it back to you in a buy out, and if cheap enough, could be worth it, , but again, I see a lot of work there and safety issue's if you ride it hard again !
maybe look at it as a way to upgrade? LOL

 

[elf]

Yeah, I looked at the parts required and they aren't too expensive, only about $700. Its a 2016 so I'd have to do the gluing though and that worries me. I don't really want for it to be totaled as I'm probably not in the position to buy a new sled right now, something about large tuition bills for my daughter this yr and then both daughter and son next yr.

If it goes in for repair I don't want it out of service for a long period so I'd wait until spring. I don't think there's a risk of any additional damage (unless I hit more crap.) I'll contact the insurance company next week and get it looked at.

 

[toddspolaris]

Ok if you didn't feel that , then what the heck, anyways replace the one sheet of aluminum thats riveted on and then install a ski plate, or turn it in to the ins. and your rates may go up on your next sled. Don't talk to your ins guy until your ready to purchase another sled, because its probably totaled, parts not to bad but like said entire sled tore apart, lots of labor and most shops don't want to do it as they loose there pants on it. My opinion

 

[snobuilder]

I don't see a problem...couple a punctures, nothing major.... but yes probably totaled from an insurance standpoint. buy it back and run it.
i guess I missed what sled it is.??

 

[Cirrus_Driver]

I can't BELIEVE you actually did that to your sled, and never knew you did it!!
You obviously like to drink a lot when you ride, because that's the ONLY way I could see doing that kind of damage and not know it.
Some of the stories you get on here are some of the wildest sheet.

 

[slimcake]

I can't BELIEVE you actually did that to your sled, and never knew you did it!!
You obviously like to drink a lot when you ride, because that's the ONLY way I could see doing that kind of damage and not know it.
Some of the stories you get on here are some of the wildest sheet.

there it is the JD police... Ffs man. Pull your head out of your mom's rearend and relax. Those cast aluminum pieces break easily. The gouge is easy to miss when you have a helmet on. God some people are quick to judge!!

 

[catspaz8]

I would check your track too, that looks like you ran over a metal stake or post of some sort....

 

[bayfly]

I am not sure you can total the sled for insurance, buy it back, then ride it again. I totaled my sled last year, and in the process of buying it back was told that sled could no longer be insured. I bought it and sold it for parts so it did not matter to me. But when the sled is totaled for insurance, I was told that they put an indicator on the VIN to prevent it from being insured again. I wouldn't ride it again without some type of insurance.

 

[mrbb]

I am not sure you can total the sled for insurance, buy it back, then ride it again. I totaled my sled last year, and in the process of buying it back was told that sled could no longer be insured. I bought it and sold it for parts so it did not matter to me. But when the sled is totaled for insurance, I was told that they put an indicator on the VIN to prevent it from being insured again. I wouldn't ride it again without some type of insurance.

I am 100% possitive you can do so
I did it 3 yrs ago
totaled sled, bought it back, rebuilt it, , had to get a form filled out to re title it to change its status from totaled, to GOOD again
the biggest issue was, with insurance
that was impossible for ME to get it with full coverage again
as the question they ask you is, if you know if its been totaled or such, and unless you wish to LIE and and that can be illegal!
I was an able to insure it
the CRAZY part is, if I sell it to someone and DON"T say it was totaled and NO law says I have to , as it was again, back to a CLEAN title after rebuild and paperwork filed
a NE owner can insure is any way they wish as long as they DON"T Know it was once totaled
as once re titled you can run the vin and it will NOT come back showing it was ever totaled,
so, NO insurance company could ever know it was totaled, unless you again TOLD them so??

so again, yes you CAN rebuild it and re title it, and re register it , and have a clean vin showing it is a legal NON totaled machine?
or I was able to to here in Pa.
you can do the same on a car /truck, but there is a LEGAL inspection process to go thru too, and I DON"T think you will ever have the totaled info removed from it due to the added steps in it that stay with the vin!

 

[POLARISDAN]

I can't BELIEVE you actually did that to your sled, and never knew you did it!!
You obviously like to drink a lot when you ride, because that's the ONLY way I could see doing that kind of damage and not know it.
Some of the stories you get on here are some of the wildest sheet.

did u really just say that..where do you get off with an assumption like that on somebody u dont even know..UNREAL

 

[G]

This is exactly the type of injury you would not notice. Plus elf has family riding sleds and cannot be expected to know every bump on or off the trail. To say drinking had anything to do with it is so completely off base I can't believe it. Go back and crawl in to your hole and stay there.

 

[Cirrus_Driver]

This is exactly the type of injury you would not notice. Plus elf has family riding sleds and cannot be expected to know every bump on or off the trail. To say drinking had anything to do with it is so completely off base I can't believe it. Go back and crawl in to your hole and stay there.

OK dad.

I'd say it's more likely coming back from pub about 2:45 AM, missed turn in trail, went in pickers and hit a bunch of 2-3 inch birch. Too embarrassed to admit it.

 

[elf]

I can't BELIEVE you actually did that to your sled, and never knew you did it!!
You obviously like to drink a lot when you ride, because that's the ONLY way I could see doing that kind of damage and not know it.
Some of the stories you get on here are some of the wildest sheet.

First of all thanks to all the others for sticking up for me. Its a RMK and we do a lot of off trail riding so I do bump a lot of things, rocks/stumps/etc... But never felt anything hit hard enough to do that type of damage. I also thought maybe a metal stake but just don't know where it would've happened. And you can actually see part of a branch stuck in there, don't know if that was the cause or just got stuck in there later. Also since I'm 99% sure this happened last yr, all I'd rode it this yr is from the trailer, around the yard, and into the back of the truck. I only noticed it when I went to put new cabides on at the cabin.
So to wrap that up, it wasn't the result of drinking and riding and I'm really disappointed somebody would jump to that conclusion. Especially since most of my posts relate to riding with my family.

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I would check your track too, that looks like you ran over a metal stake or post of some sort....

I did and didn't see any damage to the track

 

[ICT Sledder]

Seems like rebuilding it wouldn’t be that big of a deal if you’re used to working with your hands. It’s a sled, not the space shuttle. Make it an off-season project though; likely not something you can just do in a couple of weekends due to figuring out parts needed and then ordering them.

 

[xcr440]

OK dad.

I'd say it's more likely coming back from pub about 2:45 AM, missed turn in trail, went in pickers and hit a bunch of 2-3 inch birch. Too embarrassed to admit it.

And then doubles down..... Do you know the guy?? I do.

 

[snomoman]

How about if you just pop riveted a couple of pieces of aluminum in those areas and use poly caulk to waterproof it (or use poly caulk alone) put a skid plate on it and call it done, not a perfect solution but
effective