sweeperguy
Active member
So I'm needing to adjust the preload on the springs of my 18 XCR.
I'm being told by 2 different sled shops that I should have gotten a tool kit with my sled with a spanner wrench to adjust the spring length of front and rear shock.
In my last 3 new sleds, (14 RMK, 18 XCR, and 19 Assault), the only tools I've gotten is a spark plug wrench and the L shaped tool that expands the secondary clutch for belt installation/ removal.
Have I been shorted tools. 3 different dealers.
I have been told that I should be able to turn the adjustment nut by hand. But seems to me it'd be pretty tough to turn by hand (not to mention the lock nut on front shocks) since there is preload on those springs as set up by Polaris. Not real keen on just cranking on it with channel lock pliers. Pretty hard to not mar the surface. I could try wrapping the lock nut and adjustment nut with tape, but have done that on other stuff and usually ends up gouging through tape and marring the surface I'm trying to protect.
My buds girl is going to be riding my XCR and she is like 100 lbs heavier than me. So that rear track shock on the articulated suspension (pro XC rear suspension) would need to be tightened to keep it from bottoming out with the extra weight. Clickers adjust the shock rebound and compression, but not the weight carrying capabilities of the platform.
I'm being told by 2 different sled shops that I should have gotten a tool kit with my sled with a spanner wrench to adjust the spring length of front and rear shock.
In my last 3 new sleds, (14 RMK, 18 XCR, and 19 Assault), the only tools I've gotten is a spark plug wrench and the L shaped tool that expands the secondary clutch for belt installation/ removal.
Have I been shorted tools. 3 different dealers.
I have been told that I should be able to turn the adjustment nut by hand. But seems to me it'd be pretty tough to turn by hand (not to mention the lock nut on front shocks) since there is preload on those springs as set up by Polaris. Not real keen on just cranking on it with channel lock pliers. Pretty hard to not mar the surface. I could try wrapping the lock nut and adjustment nut with tape, but have done that on other stuff and usually ends up gouging through tape and marring the surface I'm trying to protect.
My buds girl is going to be riding my XCR and she is like 100 lbs heavier than me. So that rear track shock on the articulated suspension (pro XC rear suspension) would need to be tightened to keep it from bottoming out with the extra weight. Clickers adjust the shock rebound and compression, but not the weight carrying capabilities of the platform.
