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indy_500
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it did, it's STILL leaking antifreeze outta it. I heard a "knocking" noise when i was driving it when the stud went thru, i thought it was the engine and was crapping my pants but i only had a mile to go so i just kept riding, i now think it was this, it looks as if it was hit hundreds and hundreds of times by a stud
borderstaff
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Been there, done that. You'll find that part at Haydays without a problem. But, in the winter if that happened a little JB Weld would hold up for a weekends riding. Those heat exchangers are a chore to replace.
indy_500
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this is the 2nd sled that this happened to this past winter, i got one heat exchanger welded up and plan to get this one welded too. I already have a big enough list at haydays, lol. 2 new belts, 1 pair of carbides, 1 pair of slides, 1 track, hopefully some new clutches, and anything else i find. luckily most of the list is for my dads sled so i dont have to pay for it obviously since the sled aint mine.
I should start charging my dad for labor on his sled lol. I've got 5 hours into the sled already (taking studs out of the old track takes forever, but with an impact wrench it goes quite nicely) I know if i didn't do any of this, it wouldn't be done till november. My dad FLIPPED out when i said since we had the trailer out to cut down an uprooted tree that almost fell on the sleds, that we should work on his sled. He wasn't happy, but me and my mom agreed that we should get it done, and we all know, mommy rules. I ended up doing everything except my dad helped me pull the driveshaft out because the cogs were pinched on the lugs of the track but that took a minute.
Here's some step by step pics that i posted on another site. It's a tool site and guys didn't think i used my tools much if i don't work on cars. I proved them wrong
My dad's sled-1999 Polaris XC SP 700
An overview of what i tore apart
Bogey wheels, limiter straps, and shocks
Torsion springs and some shafts
Front and Rear torque arm
My work area (i never got off my butt.... lol)
All the tools to do the job (1/2" drive sae impact sockets, impact wrench, 3/8 & 1/2 ratchet and sae sockets, allen wrenches, a pliers, and a couple box end ratcheting wrenches along with the compressor)
Track off, goofy lookin huh?
The inside of the tunnel
The bad heat exchanger, as you can see, a stud hit it MULTIPLE times
Chaincase torn apart
Clutch off, driveshaft housing out
POS track
The stud that tore out that ruined my winter (even though this was my dads sled, the exact same thing happened to my sled)
booondocker
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Studs, aka, TRAILER CHEWERS, are a waste. Hole digging sonofaguns, cost too much and will leave you unhappy sooner or later.
indy_500
Well-known member
ever had one "re-break" ?
Perfect!
not that I know of I had a zr700 welded I kept for 2 more yrs sold local saw around for a few more yrs before guy sold so that one held 5yrs+ the other was on a zr 900 well 1010 drag sled through a pick had welded I know that is going on 4 yrs and still working.I flushed cooler with clean watter on both before dropping off at welders shop
indy_500
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to weld the torque arm
Pull the track back... flip the sled ...drain all explosive fluids.....vent the cooling system....have a certified tig weldor[spelling is right, as the weldor is the one doing the welding], and have him weld an extra plate for future pick attacs. About 100.00/150. labor and parts. This is easy welding for a pro, a little harder for a week end warrior! Yep, that it'll do it.
indy_500
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my dads buddy who welds together frames for race cars will be doing the welding to the heat exchanger and torque arm. He did the heat exchager already once. He has a tig, mig, arc, and plasma. He isn't certified though, he just never got into the welding field for a job because he really just didn't want to.
Professor PC
Banned
oh man....the last sled i had with studs was a 1985 YAMAMAHAMA V-MAX piece o crud....glad i got rid of studs forever and YAMAHAHAHAHHAHAHA's too....2 things that will scar you for life
LOSE THE STUDS BRO AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
its like losing the steel belted tires for radials...everyone fought that for years until they realized.....OUT WITH THE OLD TECHNOLOGIES AND IN WITH THE NEW....some tights wads still hang though.....computers design the tread pattern now and they far out shine studs in all conditions IMO
LOSE THE STUDS BRO AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
its like losing the steel belted tires for radials...everyone fought that for years until they realized.....OUT WITH THE OLD TECHNOLOGIES AND IN WITH THE NEW....some tights wads still hang though.....computers design the tread pattern now and they far out shine studs in all conditions IMO