Drop brackets, what are they for...?

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Nicko

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I want my sled to sit higher.....will the drop brackets do that...?
What are they for exactly...? I know is not to make the sled sit higher only right....? looks...?
I'm running a 136 track on a 99 sx 600....

also who sell good ones an easy to install....

Thanks

Nick
 
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CB Performance sells them, and if you are some what smart you can figure out how to install them. They look cool and help just like Daman said as far as clearence. I put them on my sled because hopefully this summer I will be long tracking my sled to a 136 with 1.5" Paddle or maybe bigger...
 
if you have the stock suspension in your sled, just lengthend, you should just install long travel shocks, you will get longer travel and set a little higher.

i have xt shocks, ill sell you all four for 150 shipped.

drop brackets are used also to decrease the angle of the front of your track and to give more clearence from the track bottom to the running board for deep snow riding.
drop brackets alone do not alow you to install a taller track.
 
I do have long travel shocks and long travel adj transfer rods...but still is not that high, maybe I'm doing something wrong in it.....
 
Putting long travel shocks only give you a few inches to travel, it doesnt make the rear it up higher. Im wrong, it does st up a little higher bout an inch.

So your not doing anything wrong...here is what mine looks like set at the 2 inch spot, but you can set it at 3 inches if you want...

Sorry for the crappy pics but you get the idea...
 

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yep that is bassically what I want it to look...
So how hard was to install them....?
Don't the just bolt on the existing hole and then you bolt the axel to the new bolt....?
 
sometimes a low setting sled is caused by loose rear skid, all those gaps in bushings add up to lower sled. read the article below and see if this may be where your sid is lacking.
 
Sitting Higher is not a good thing, unless like BetheViper said, you are deep powder riding. Higher=tippy, you are not adding travel by adding the drop brackets.
Did you add the longer limitter straps when you added the longer shocks and transfer rods. If not, you maybe compressing the rear shock before the front one has started to help it out, which would cause it to sit lower initially.
 
True it does make it kinda tippy but I still think this sled rides and drives way better than my 96 ever did, granted the sleds are completely different but its not all this tippy trust me!
 
I hate trail and lake riding, I'm more into the deep stuff...either off trail, ditch and so...so I thinck it will be a good thing to do....
Well I got limiter straps from a guy here....Not sure if they where long travel...Maybe I'll get a new set from the dealer....I will be pissed if they are the same lenght...Ohhh well..From wich sled should it be, so I can order them.....


I did notice that the front shock is not doing much......
 
nope straps are all the way loose and they still have some play.....So they are the right ones right...?
 
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