can someone take a measurement , snowflap rivets to the ground with the suspension unloaded... mine seems to sit lower than most i see in pictures. just got it and presume it’s all stock looks like the front shock on the skid, the preload is cranked most of the way up and the back one is halfway
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Where are your front limiter straps? Make sure they arent sucked up too far!
ill have to look into that, i’m new to this stuff.... spent many years on yamahas with basically no rear suspension [emoji23] this is my first newish sled... although still almost 20 years old still seems new compared to late 70’s and early 80’s stuff should preload be adjusted evenly on both shocks? i’m a bigger guy so i probably need it turned up anyway
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You could post a couple pics of how the sled is sitting.
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Looks a bit lower than it should. I am 275#s and definitely needed to send my skid shock out for a rebuild.
i may have to look into that for next winter who did it for you ? and how much does it cost
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Vincent
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Stock transfer rods?
Vincent
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Home made adjustables.
this vid might help you. https://vimeo.com/20218037 it is yamaha's proaction tuning video.
super1c
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Best I can tell looks fine. Your transfer rods don’t looked gapped at bottom with no weight. That’s all the height you get.
May be able to adjust FRA depending which spot you have it in at pic. Also increasing preload in rear spring may help. Where is the transfer rod gap when sitting in sled? Need more info.
May be able to adjust FRA depending which spot you have it in at pic. Also increasing preload in rear spring may help. Where is the transfer rod gap when sitting in sled? Need more info.
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FRA is the adjustment for the rear big shock.
If you look where the shock mount is, you will see that you can loosen the bolt, and move it to one of three positions.
Lowest is stiffest, which is what you want.
If your sitting that low, i would guess your shock needs to be recharged, or rebuilt.
If you look where the shock mount is, you will see that you can loosen the bolt, and move it to one of three positions.
Lowest is stiffest, which is what you want.
If your sitting that low, i would guess your shock needs to be recharged, or rebuilt.
that is set in the middle and like i said the preload on the rear shock is also in the middle i may need to change both , not sure why the previous owner cranked up the preload on the front skid shock but not the rear one. it really sucks having to get off to be able to use reverse without the track eating the snow flap
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I would do both.
super1c
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Front spring should have no preload, just enough to keep spring in place. About 15mm on bolt showing on limiters. Then adjust preload in rear spring so the transfer rod has 50/50 gap with ou sitting on it. Spring is ride height, shock is rebound. Keep fra in middle. The stiff setting will get you height but will ride stiff. Use rear spring preload to get your gap setting correct.
if i change rear shock preload settings, do i need to change limiter strap settings? or can i just crank the shock preload up and be done with it? i had a better look at it tonight and it appears the rear most shock may actuality be preloaded less than half. sorry for sounding dumb, i’ve never messed with rear suspension adjustments on a sled before
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Vincent
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Just start with the rear shock preload and see what that does.