delemi
New member
I bought a 136" 2000 MM skid off of a member back in Feb/March-ish who claimed he had it on a 2001 SRX 700. So I bought the offset axle and the 9" wheels to run a 144" track and from the looks of it, it won't work. Maybe with a lot of drilling and some custom made brackets. Anyone have any advise. Using stock positioning holes the rails sit 2-3" in front of the drive axle. The upper two 2.5" idlers line up, but the remaining two mounts are 1.5-2" short on each side from mounting to anything. Moving the front two mounts back and down wouldn't be hard so the drive axle and skid sit correctly. I do realize I am at blame for not researching this better before forking over cash. But now I need a way to rectify this. I still do have the stock 121 skid and track so I am not totally out. I am possibly up for trades for rail extensions, 121 to 144 for stock 136" skid with stock axle and idlers. If not comment on how you would proceed.
Thanks.
Thanks.
deeppowder
Member
If it came off of a 2000MM, it will be a 141" skid and the front set of holes on your SRX will be way too far forward. To improve the attack angle of the track, Yamaha moved the front cross member back and re-positioned the W-arm. If that's what you have, you will need to drill new holes to mount it to.
delemi
New member
I will take a tape out there and record the length. I am thinking maybe some drop brackets to help mount it to the sled.
I can take a measurement from the axle center to the front mount hole for the skid from my stock mm 02 tunnel if it will help you. The tunnel is off the sled so it will only take a sec. and it will be very accurate.
delemi
New member
I would appreciate it, by the way that skid I got from you worked out well. It ended up on my girlfriends' sled with a stock 136 track.
delemi said:
Wierd, as the skid I sold you was the stock 141" out of my 02 mm with the PEM offset axle to make it 144" if run in the reverse postion with 8" wheels.
Anyway, just swung by the shop and took some measurements. The front mount hole is 14 1/8" from the drive axle (center of the hole to center of the hole), and 6 1/4" from the top of the tunnel. The middle hole is 13 1/2" from the front hole (hole center to hole center) and 5 3/16" from the top of the tunnel. The factory rear drop brackets went with the tunnel extension that I tried to sell you so I have no idea were the 3rd hole lands, but you will indeed need some drop brackets to mount the rear shaft outside (below) the tunnel profile. There are enough people on here with mm's, I'm sure someone can measure it for you.
The factory tunnel has two mid and two rear mounting holes for skid positioning. The mid measurement I gave you is for the upper hole. If you want to opt for the lower position, draw a line from 90 degrees to the top of the tunnel to the running board striaght through the top hole center. The lower hole is 5 3/4" from the top of the tunnel (so the holes are in line and square to the top of the tunnel, not square to the running board).
Shouldn't be hard at all to make that skid work, just measure carefully and double check before you drill. If you need some pictures I can get some.
mountain_mod_viper
New member
delemi, I just nocited your question about the drop brackets in my thread in the swap meet. Those drop brackets come with the tunnel kit and I believe can be purchased seperately for around 80 bucks at mountainperformance.com
mountain_mod_viper said:
Those brackets won't work with the stock tunnel because of the under running board heat exchanger. The MPI/Ekholm drom brackets mount under the running board as well as inside the tunnel. MPI does make some lightweight drop brackets intended to replace the heavy steal stockers for about $80 listed on their website. They mount in the stock location. 2000srx makes some nice ones also for about the same $ that will work well.