Need Help FAST!!!!!! Ratcheting Problem!!!

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sledhead6969

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Hey guys I need your help really bad. I took my sled out this weekend and I had just put a new 144" track on after the last one stabbed through out west. Well i fixed that problem but this track ratchets on really hard pack when u grab alot of throttle. I have removed my control rods which has probably caused much of the problem. Heres the deal im goin out west in two days and dont have time to get extroverts in time and get them on. what can I do? what adjustments can i make to my skid? my track is set pretty close to stock Mtn. viper tension specs. any help would be great. also it is only on hard pack so i duno if i should be fine in the powder or not. thanks
 

yup only things you can really do are either run it tighter or make sure to NOT grab a handful of throttle, which may prove to be difficult, lol :winterrul
 
I would imagine that it will be worse in the deep snow. Lots more resistance in the deep. When i went to a 151 and MPI transfer kit i didnt have time to get antiratchets on. It was fine on the trail and ratcheted uncontrollably in the soft stuff. I just tightened til it stopped. Not necessarily ideal, but I didnt have much choice. I am still running the stock drivers with no ratcheting now.
 
Hey, just by chance, mine was doing it. Turns out that the bearing went out in the center wheel of the rear axle. Never even noticed it until I pulled the skid out again. Just something to check, I couldn't figure out why it was ratcheting and that was the problem.
 
It hurts the Hyfax wear and costs you HP. Make sure you keep the track lubed with snow if running tight. Add the Anti-ratchet drivers as soon as possible, run the track loose and get 2X the mileage from your Hyfax and more HP to the snow..
 
would t help to stiffen the rear skid shock so it doesnt compress so much from the weight transfer with the rods out?
 
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Are you running a Transfer Enhancement Kit instead of couplers. Try tightening centre shock and shortening transfer straps.Collapsing the front of your skid gives you more slack if the rear does't move. Coupling !
 
Cranking up the front limiter will help as it forces the skid back pretty much as far as it will slide. This is why ratcheting occurs: As you accelerate the front arm fully extends effectivly shorteneing the overall length of the skid. Thats the problem when you uncouple a coupled skid. The front and rear arms are designed to be coupled. PS check track tension after adjusting your limiter strap. Also you will lose all tranfer qualities which you can gain back by putting your FRA in the top position and loosening off your rear spring so it is just resting on it's seats with the rear of the sled suspended...................SRXtreme
 
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