Yamahasrx700
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Just had my SRX out after flipping the brackets. The ski pressure seemed to get lighter. Has any one experienced this? Any suggestions on how much tighter the limit straps need to be tightened? If any? I want to go back out as soon as my shoulders stop hurting from the pull of this fantastic beast.
That doesnt seem to make a whole lot of sense. You deffinitly should have more ski pressure.
Could it be the snow conditions your riding in? I know the snow is extremely fluffy here making the front seem very easy to turn.
Could it be the snow conditions your riding in? I know the snow is extremely fluffy here making the front seem very easy to turn.
Yamahasrx700
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Anyone else?????
ss racing
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Yamahasrx700 said:
By flipping the brackets do you mean raising the front of the sled? The more you lift the front the less pressure you have on the skis. If you want more down pressure on your skis without lowering the front, either soften the front spring on the undercarriage or tighten the front limiter straps. This will put the weight on the rear of the track and on the skis, the front of the undercarriage if not soften or pulled up will work as a teater totter.
Yamahasrx700
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Thank you. Has any one done this. Just looking for a baseline (about how much) to tighten up the straps. Its a pain to do so if I can just do it once that would be great.
I agree with ss racing that making these adjustments will deffinitly give you more ski pressure. But flipping the shock bracket will also. Picture your sled hanging in the air nice and level, when you flip the brackets, which direction does your ski move from its original position? It moves Down. This makes for more ski pressure, not less. This is similar to softening or raising the front of your rear skid.ss racing said:
You have three points of pressure, the ski spindle, the front of rear skid, and the back of rear skid. The lowest point bears the most pressure since it contacts the ground first. Unless you have softened the Spring at that point.
Did you make any other adjustments other than flipping the shock brackets? like long traveling the rear?
Yamahasrx700
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No other adjustments.
You never mentioned the snow conditions you rode in, light fluffy snow or heavy hard pack?Yamahasrx700 said:
Also, why did you flip the brackets? This is usually done to help match the geomotry of the rear skid when long travelling the rear.
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RIVERRUNNER
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Where are your straps know??? I did the converson, but I also had my rear skid out at the time and readjusted it, so I couldn't tell you. I also installed a 1.25 ripsaw..... But I would say that 10mm is about perfect amount of limiter strap for me riding my sled with my skid. Yours is going to be different because everyone is different and there skid is different. I would go through and read bethevipers post on setting up your skid. If you have transfer rods it will also be different. Do you have them? If you do you can be more sloppy with your limiter straps..
Hope this helps!
RR
Hope this helps!
RR
I just did the bracket flip, long traveled the rear and threw on a 1 1/4 ripsawon my 98 srx. Not to hard of a job once you gather all the info from this site..THANKS!.
Set up the sled according to "betheviper's" sticky thread....and have been out the last 2 days testing.
I'll start with the front..I bought a set of brackets off of ebay and could not use them, the left side bracket was made wrong, way off on the holes and I could not even mount the shock on the bracket...so I did the flip and left my springs at their original settings, because your only really raising the front just under 7/8 of an inch, not enuf to make a difference IMO.
On the rear I used the viper 02 shocks that had 320 miles on them. I set in the FRA in the middle position, it's just a Tad to stiff (I'm 220) at that setting. At this setting I only have about 2 1/2 inches of set in, with 60/40 (top & bottom) on the Bender transfer rods set at position 4, with a 2.5mm spacer on the bottom, with no front end lift. Need to go to the softer setting on the FRA.
I can move the spring on the front skid shock b4 cinching up the limiter straps with 1 inch of thread showing. Tons of steering, even when on power in a corner. This is on wear rods that are worn flat, I put them on just for testing on the hard packed trails. Will be loosening the straps up a tad.
Ripsaw track is awesome on the hard packed! did not realize how much power I was not putting to the ground with the stock track! In the knee deep stuff, it's still 100% than stock, will try the predator on the SX next.
The srx feels like a whole new sled now. Sits just a little higher and just need to soften the rear a tad and take a pinch of steering away. I have the 1" inch Ohlin extension, but did not install them yet, waiting for the shock tool.
Will also do the seat wedge, I'm 6' and knees get stiff bent up like that...
Set up the sled according to "betheviper's" sticky thread....and have been out the last 2 days testing.
I'll start with the front..I bought a set of brackets off of ebay and could not use them, the left side bracket was made wrong, way off on the holes and I could not even mount the shock on the bracket...so I did the flip and left my springs at their original settings, because your only really raising the front just under 7/8 of an inch, not enuf to make a difference IMO.
On the rear I used the viper 02 shocks that had 320 miles on them. I set in the FRA in the middle position, it's just a Tad to stiff (I'm 220) at that setting. At this setting I only have about 2 1/2 inches of set in, with 60/40 (top & bottom) on the Bender transfer rods set at position 4, with a 2.5mm spacer on the bottom, with no front end lift. Need to go to the softer setting on the FRA.
I can move the spring on the front skid shock b4 cinching up the limiter straps with 1 inch of thread showing. Tons of steering, even when on power in a corner. This is on wear rods that are worn flat, I put them on just for testing on the hard packed trails. Will be loosening the straps up a tad.
Ripsaw track is awesome on the hard packed! did not realize how much power I was not putting to the ground with the stock track! In the knee deep stuff, it's still 100% than stock, will try the predator on the SX next.
The srx feels like a whole new sled now. Sits just a little higher and just need to soften the rear a tad and take a pinch of steering away. I have the 1" inch Ohlin extension, but did not install them yet, waiting for the shock tool.
Will also do the seat wedge, I'm 6' and knees get stiff bent up like that...
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