stop attacking one another please. everyone has merits in their thinking on this question and we dont want this thread closed because two people cant see eye to eye.
yamaha does not have adjustable on the fly limiter straps. but some models require tighter settings an no they arent always loose, or always tight sitting on the sled or not sitting on the sled. if the limiters were loose on a sled, the sled wouldnt sit any higher nor cause extra weight to be placed to the track. but on the other hand, if the limiters were tighter when you released the limiters, the sled would sit a little higher. so two theories wrong AND right. agree to disagree and move on.
in my opinion, this sled has two limiter straps. (like most if not all yamaha sleds) so the front arm would stay in the same position. quite a few other manufacturers only have one strap, and their suspensions work fine and dont rip tracks. the track failed possibly due to a studding issue, a prior impact to the track from a log, rock, train tracks, storage, being out in the weather, subjected to harsh chemicals, hard to tell why they fail.
you probably could have rode it for quite awhile with no issues at all without knowing the one strap broke. the track ripping may have broke the strap especially if you through a chunk of track with studs and it was beating around in there while you were cruising to a stop after the failure. the straps ride under the center belt area (where yours is studded). so you may have reversal of fortune on the theory of what happend.
sorry we cant offer you more than speculations. as for the two above argueing, STOP IT! go to your rooms and come out when you can play nice together. LOL!!
lets keeps this light and fun guys. ski
