Summer Storage question about the belt

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Jacob

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I've never really understand why I pull the belt off for summer storage? Do I need to? Are they afraid it will mold a different shape? If so, why don't we take the belt out of the spare belt holder?

Also, when I fog my engine I just pop the spark plugs off and spray stabil fogging spray for 4-5 seconds in each hole. Then I turn the motor over 1 pole. Sound right?

I know, this is a dumb question, so please laugh at me. :)
 
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mikes99ss

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You take the belt off to prevent it from taking an oblong shape. You should also take your spare out for the same reason. I always do. As far as fogging, remove your air box, start sled, then spray forging oil into one carb for a while. Then repeat in the other carb. Repeat until you used about half the can or so. And most importantly!!! Grease the sled. Push out that water before it has all summer to rust things up. Personally, I also drain my carbs after fogging to prevent any chance of guming up
 
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xcr440

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You don't want the belt sitting against the clutch sheeve's all summer, where moisture may collect and stay, causing corosion on the sheeve's.
 
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ezra

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I never pull belt.
I do grease all Zerk
dump oil down jugs and turn over slow so crank sits in oil bath
douche all metal with wd40 or similar.
stabil fuel
cover put in trailer set about 12 traps on floor of trailer just so I know if any thing has been stirring around .
wait till about a week before swap season to debate if going to upgrade or not
 
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indy_500

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Put sea foam in gas, run it make sure its up to operating temp, fog thru carbs, fog down cylinders, spray front and rear suspension and everything under the hood with wd40 except the clutches, grease all the zerks, and forget about it until the fall.
 
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Take belts off and store them in your chest type freezer. Sled belts prefer to be cold. Take seat off and keep it in your living room over the summer. Seats don't like solitude. They are sociable things that like to be looked at every day. Take skis off. Take carbides off skis. Take carbides with you when you go fishing. Carbides like to fish. Drain all the coolant from your sled and weigh it. That way when somebody asks you how much your coolant weighs you will know. Take out spark plugs and pour Marvel Mystery oil down the holes. Turn the motor over exactly 17 times. This way you will the banish the poltergeist that lives in your crankcase. After that you should be good to go.
 
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What ezra said. That's almost exactly what I do, all except the last 2 lines! :)
 
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lvr1000

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I do pull the belts and never store in the sleeves (lay in natural state staked in box) and never around UV. I loosen the tracks on the high HP sleds cause they are tight to prevent high speed ratcheting AND keep the studs off the front heat exchanger. Wife sled I don't cause that hangs good 2inches.
If you do pull the belt, make sure you put it back on a 2smoke before starting..... 2 stroke runaway, experience like non other!
 
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anonomoose

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Oh yeah summer storage....definitely take off the belt and the spare and put it under your pillow at nite....it won't change the way it works, but when you can't sleep you can feel it and smell it and dream about the deep powder you almost got stuck in and burned up two belts.

Order a 55 gallon drum of sea foam and pull the engine and drop it in there. This prevents rust anywhere on the engine....it also helps my stock picks gain serious value as it is part of my retirement portfolio.

Find the fuse box and pull all of the fuses...you don't want corrosion to set in on those puppies....of course putt'n them back in the fall will take you a full day of trial and error....first clue is if the speedo and related gauges start flashing codes at yah.

Now....suck all the gas out of the tank...dump it in your tractor/law mower....but fill the tank back up again each week and repeat. It will prevent that nasty old ethanol from going crazy in your gas tank...and since you always have a stock of gasoline on hand, if the price at the pump spikes...you always have your sled tank full to use, eh?

Lastly take the shocks off the sled....pull them all the way out and throw them in the freezer....they will think it is winter and the seals won't get funky on yah...while your down there you might as well take the skis off and wax em up....then in the fall when you reverse all this...it will be easy to push that sled around on the garage floor.

Now print this off and do it....of course I just leave the darn thing sitt'n out in the trailer in direct sunlight....because then it will be soooooo hot in that trailer no self respectin mouse would want to live in there, and chew on the wires. This probably doesn't help the vinyl seat covers any but who expects more than a couple years out of them anyways. Remember the hotter the trailer the better....zero rust can develop if it is hot enough to burn rubber.

Okay? Summerization class 101 dismissed...quiz on Monday.
 
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Jacob

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I guess I'll keep pulling the belt off. It's good practice and it makes me sleep sound at night. Feel free to laugh at me. :)
 
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mjkaliszak

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lvr1000 said:
2 stroke runaway, experience like non other!
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Got a chuckle out of this....
My winterization varry's depending on how much dinking I want to do.

Main Objectives:
Stabilize Fuel ( sometimes I pump out the old & top off w/ fresh then stabilize ) like this year, it has been sitting since March
Grease zerks
Elevate rear suspension

Store in trailer, just to make room for summer stuff.

Sometimes I give the sleds a thorough " stink eye " and any items that need addressed before riding next season... I will write a note on a piece of paper and attach to the bars... so I can pick up where I left off.

my .02
 
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Woodtic

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Grub and Moose,you did a great job covering snowmobiles. What about snow machines? Those boys in Alaska appear to just leave them in the front yard in the off season. Any thoughts?
 
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anonomoose

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While it appears that they are neglecting those machines....in reality the machine is there so that in 15 minutes one can suit up and go for a ride. In Alaska you can get rideable snow any time of the year so puttin the thing in mothballs and take'n the belt off would be a waste of time. Just jump on and go for a ride. This also means that you keep putt'n fresh gas in the tank all summer long in between snowstorms and won't have to worry about faze separation with that nasty ole ethanol sitt'n in there....just drive the fuel out and add more...those Alaskans are well versed on how to use every drop of fuel since it is so expensive up there.
 
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xc500mod

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mjkaliszak said:
Got a chuckle out of this....
My winterization varry's depending on how much dinking I want to do.

Main Objectives:
Stabilize Fuel ( sometimes I pump out the old & top off w/ fresh then stabilize ) like this year, it has been sitting since March
Grease zerks
Elevate rear suspension

Store in trailer, just to make room for summer stuff.

Sometimes I give the sleds a thorough " stink eye " and any items that need addressed before riding next season... I will write a note on a piece of paper and attach to the bars... so I can pick up where I left off.

my .02
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Any good recommendations on a pump for this sort of thing? I would like to do this each fall and dump it into the heavy chevy and give the sled new gas. more importantly, innevitably some meat head i ride with runs out of gas. i bet a pump would make for easy siphoning when a fellow riding meat head runs out of gas.
 
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