gild
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bravo-guy
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what sled do you have, a Mountain Max? And what length suspension?
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yamaha_nisse
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Nice lookin' sled.
Aprox. weight loss?
Aprox. weight loss?
gild
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Weight
I got the rear Kayaba aluminum body shock and spring at 9 Lbs and the Fox float at 3.2 Lbs so 5.8 Lbs lighter
I got the rear Kayaba aluminum body shock and spring at 9 Lbs and the Fox float at 3.2 Lbs so 5.8 Lbs lighter
backcountry_vmax
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what do you mean"almost a bolt on" what did you have to do to make em fit
gild
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fit
I put the top of the shock (the fill valve side ) onto the FRA Adj with the air valve hanging down. Yamaha has a longer steel bearing spacer shaft and is smaller in Diameter than the Fox Float . I took out the bushing and spacer out of the Fox and machined a bushing out of plastic stock to fit the length and outside diameter of the bushing I removed. Then I drilled a hole through the bushing the SAME DIAMETER as the LONG YAMAHA STEEL BRG SPACER SHAFT. I could then reinstall all the Yamaha spacers and washers in stock config on the FRA side of shock
The other end is left as is using the Fox Bushing and Spacer except you need a spacer on each side so the shock body wont slide sideways . I used 2 of the thin spacers off of my old transfer rods for that purpose
So all you really need to do is get a spacer to fit in the top of the shock and yamaha FRA brg shaft and 2 - 1/8" spacers for the other end
I took it for a run in the whoops today to dial it a bit and had the FRA at the lightest setting ( I'm 165 LBS ) with 135 lbs of air in shock and it didn't bottom often in the big ones and was better in the stutters. It transfers like crazy skiis in the air on launch. I'll keep it on for a day ride and see.
I put the top of the shock (the fill valve side ) onto the FRA Adj with the air valve hanging down. Yamaha has a longer steel bearing spacer shaft and is smaller in Diameter than the Fox Float . I took out the bushing and spacer out of the Fox and machined a bushing out of plastic stock to fit the length and outside diameter of the bushing I removed. Then I drilled a hole through the bushing the SAME DIAMETER as the LONG YAMAHA STEEL BRG SPACER SHAFT. I could then reinstall all the Yamaha spacers and washers in stock config on the FRA side of shock
The other end is left as is using the Fox Bushing and Spacer except you need a spacer on each side so the shock body wont slide sideways . I used 2 of the thin spacers off of my old transfer rods for that purpose
So all you really need to do is get a spacer to fit in the top of the shock and yamaha FRA brg shaft and 2 - 1/8" spacers for the other end
I took it for a run in the whoops today to dial it a bit and had the FRA at the lightest setting ( I'm 165 LBS ) with 135 lbs of air in shock and it didn't bottom often in the big ones and was better in the stutters. It transfers like crazy skiis in the air on launch. I'll keep it on for a day ride and see.
gild
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tes
The Floats surprised me, way better then the Kayaba's in the stutters and a little stiffer in the big whoops. That was with a full 3 gallon gas can on my rack. You can add air in the mountains for running board clearance and let air out for easy steering on the way home
The Floats surprised me, way better then the Kayaba's in the stutters and a little stiffer in the big whoops. That was with a full 3 gallon gas can on my rack. You can add air in the mountains for running board clearance and let air out for easy steering on the way home
