Backwoods M Max
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Hi Guys,
A follow up on the ski bolt bushing for the sno scoots. I got around to changing 1 of mine. The other one the bolt rusted into the bushing and it's stuck. I'm going to try a c clamp and deep socket but if that doesn't work it will have to come apart and be pressed.
Your bushings are most likely not the cause of sloppy skis. When I pulled the ski apart I was surprised to find the bolt was significantly grooved where it went through the skis. The bushing had no noticeable wear on it. I will compare a used one with the second new one before it goes in but that was most likely not the culprit. I had bought new stainless bolts from snoscoot.com (freedom cycle) when I got some new spark plugs, clutch rollers and fuel/oil line kits. The new bolts took up most of the slop. Of course the skis are warn a little bit too. Unless I want to play with trying to oversize the bolt hole and press in bushings it's just something to live with I guess. there did seem to be some play in the spindle bushings in the a-arms I will be investigating.
What I did notice about the front end is there is A Lot of travel induced bump steer being a single a arm suspension. What appears to be outside ski wobble on tight turns May in fact be body roll induced steering. Body roll seems to drastically increase the Ackerman effect on the geometry and rolling to the outside increases the turn angle of the inside ski drastically.
A follow up on the ski bolt bushing for the sno scoots. I got around to changing 1 of mine. The other one the bolt rusted into the bushing and it's stuck. I'm going to try a c clamp and deep socket but if that doesn't work it will have to come apart and be pressed.
Your bushings are most likely not the cause of sloppy skis. When I pulled the ski apart I was surprised to find the bolt was significantly grooved where it went through the skis. The bushing had no noticeable wear on it. I will compare a used one with the second new one before it goes in but that was most likely not the culprit. I had bought new stainless bolts from snoscoot.com (freedom cycle) when I got some new spark plugs, clutch rollers and fuel/oil line kits. The new bolts took up most of the slop. Of course the skis are warn a little bit too. Unless I want to play with trying to oversize the bolt hole and press in bushings it's just something to live with I guess. there did seem to be some play in the spindle bushings in the a-arms I will be investigating.
What I did notice about the front end is there is A Lot of travel induced bump steer being a single a arm suspension. What appears to be outside ski wobble on tight turns May in fact be body roll induced steering. Body roll seems to drastically increase the Ackerman effect on the geometry and rolling to the outside increases the turn angle of the inside ski drastically.
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