SRX with M10 - hyfax wear??

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136" M10 with 1 1/2" camoplast paddle on my SRX - I have a heck of a time keeping hyfax on the sled. If snow isn't perfect, thay last about 100 miles if I'm lucky. I'm breaking them in correctly, but it doesn't help. This year I put extrovert drivers on and am running the track loose. Seems to be working so far. Thinking about hyperfax. Anyone have any ideas???
 

I had the same thing happen to my 98 srx (stock suspension), but it was becasue the track was too tight. We put better slides on and loosened the track. Since then, I've put 600 miles on and they still look great. How do you like the srx with the M10? Did you have a stock suspension before? I'm thinking about putting the same thing on mine.
 
Yea sounds like track tension was too tight. I ran my 1.25" track at 1" of sag with no pull and ratcheting was minimal. I have went about 5000km so far on a pair of sliders and they are still hardly down to the wear bar with my 121 M-10.
 
trapow33 said:
I had the same thing happen to my 98 srx (stock suspension), but it was becasue the track was too tight. We put better slides on and loosened the track. Since then, I've put 600 miles on and they still look great. How do you like the srx with the M10? Did you have a stock suspension before? I'm thinking about putting the same thing on mine.
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M10 made huge difference - stock SRX suspension beat the heck out of me. 136" length eliminates *** end hopping around on trail. Also I quit running studs and went to the 1 1/2" paddle - love it. If I had to do it over again, I might look into the AD Bovin Expert suspension. I've heard good things about it
 
I sold my sled, so i no longer have the instruction booklet. You make the track way looser than the stock Yamaha suspension. I forgot what M-10 said, but it is so loose, that you think the track will fall off. Even this loose, i could only get 400 miles or so on a set of hyfax. Invest in an extra set of wheels for where the slides wear. You used to be able to download the M-10 instruction booklet off the fast website. Jeff Wurl
 
I wonder why there is such a difference in hyfax wear between us? I often to a lot of speed runs on plowed back roads so it's not like i'm in pure powder all the time. Has me interested anyway. My limiter straps were let all the way out since day 1 and i've been riding my m-10 for 2 seasons now and i'm not really even thinking of replacing the hyfax yet.
 
m10 needs to be hanging 1 1/2 -2in down from rail when you lift the sled. they get tighter as they compress.
ride it on a lake or road, keep backing the tension off till it ractches, then tighten it up a turn. then do high speed runs, tighten it till you start loosing speed, then back off.

then check the sag for later reference. every sled/suspension, and track is different, studded or un studded.

also, put 8in wheels on that thing
 
I have 2000 plus miles on my original m-10 slides with a ripsaw track.There getting worn some,but not totally and I should get the rest of the riding season out of them.I have ran in some nasty conditions also, I run the track sloppy loose and I think this must help alot.About 1 1/2- 1 3/4'" sag and its never racheted.Aword of caution on hyperfax, I have been told there mainly for powder snow or just mountain type conditions and if you run any kind of trails with sand mixed in it will tear them up ina hurry.Anybody have any insights on this? I don't know anyone whose ran them, but it seems like an expensive mistake.Years ago I ran graphite slides on a ski-doo I had and thought they were a liitle longer lasting.
 
Our first ride was in the Lewiston area this year and when we got back, the sleds were full of sand. Most of us wore our slides through on one ride. Since then, we've went to graphite and looser tracks. I cannot say for certain which one made the most difference. But the graphite were only $2 more per.
 
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