Super Tight Track?!?

killerklown

killerklown

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I bought a low mile camoplast 1 inch track for my '01 SRX this summer, and something strange is going on here! All I had to do yesterday was put the skid in and tension the track. I figured about 30 minutes. Well a hour later I had the skid inside the track! And another 1 and a half later I had the 6 bolts in, I did the front first, then rear, and center bolts last. The tension adjusters are all the way loose, wheels pushed max forward and the track is tight. It was a bear to get the bolt holes lined up!
Anyone expereince this before?
I ran the camoplast numbers and it a 121. Drive axle sprockets are sitting in the track right. Slides are sitting in the track right. I can turn the secondary by hand fairly easily, and I don't feel any tight spots.
 
I have the same thing going on with my 1 year old cobra track. I extended to 136" with tracks usa extensions and the track is fairly tight with the adjusters backed off all the way. I'm hoping it loosens up a bit as it gets worked in.
 
killerklown said:
I bought a low mile camoplast 1 inch track for my '01 SRX this summer, and something strange is going on here! All I had to do yesterday was put the skid in and tension the track. I figured about 30 minutes. Well a hour later I had the skid inside the track! And another 1 and a half later I had the 6 bolts in, I did the front first, then rear, and center bolts last. The tension adjusters are all the way loose, wheels pushed max forward and the track is tight. It was a bear to get the bolt holes lined up!
Anyone expereince this before?
I ran the camoplast numbers and it a 121. Drive axle sprockets are sitting in the track right. Slides are sitting in the track right. I can turn the secondary by hand fairly easily, and I don't feel any tight spots.
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I found something similar when swapping the Aggressor track from my Indy to my SRX. I would have expected it with a new track but the Aggressor had over 3K miles on it but hadn't seen much snow for two years prior to pulling it out of the Indy.

After a few hundered miles in the SRX it loosened up and required adjustment. Another few hundered miles later it needed another adjustment but after that it stayed put. It wasn't what I would consider super tight but with the rear wheels all the way loose the track tension was about where it should be after installation.

I can't explain why it seemed to shrink from inactivity and it doesn't "shrink" over the summer.

I guess my point is that I ran into something similar but can't explain why. As long as you can turn it and the secondary by hand and you're sure the skid is in tip top shape I'd run a while and see if it loosens up.

Another thought is that maybe the rear whells are oversize?
 
I wondered about the rear wheels this morning. The are about seven inches, I will have to looand see what they should be. The previous owner did mention ice dragging it. But he hosed me on pretty much everything else he could though...
 
Not to hijack, but has anybody determined a good way to measure a track in order to compare length with other same model tracks? All I can think of is wrapping a rope around the track and then measuring the rope. Anybody got a good measurmement for a 144 ripsaw?

I have a 144 ripsaw that sat on the shelf for 4 years. It is incredibly tight, and hasn't loosened up after 1000 miles.
 
I see the rear of the track is up off the ground as well now, that wasnt the case before. I may have to pull it all back out, and start over???
 
I ran into this problem once and found the problem. I had accidentally flipped the bracket that holds the idler wheels up (item #46 in the Track Suspension 2 diagram found here <http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/parts/home.aspx>) the wrong way when I put everything back together and it caused the track to be stretched to the point of almost not fitting around the suspension when bolted in. Don't ask me how I got it bolted in the first time because after I figured it out I tried to recreate the problem but was unable to get the bolts in the bracket again. It if is flipped the wrong way it will put a lot more tension in the track.
Mills
 
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Well at least I stayed on topic . . .

I have seen happen what Mills suggested above, but based on all of the checking you had already done I assumed that you would have noticed this. Make sure the track is on the small carrier wheels and the arm that holds them goes down, not up.
 
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seems I went thru the same situation last season..got real pissed off..then realized it was my mistake.... :o| ...lol

I run 7.5 rear wheels and it was tight to get the wheels back on..I simply lost it...lol
 
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LOL! Blue

My track is a little tighter than normal but seems to work for me just changed the sliders/hyfax last november and show no signs of wear, not every sled is the same every little detail will be differant than others so you just have find out the sweetspot for yourself
 
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