tips on replacing rear skid

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davidgboy

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just took out rear skid to reinforce front w arm. was worried about reinstallation being a bitch. best procedure i found was as follows: loosen bolts (ones towards rear) that hold pro action arms(anodized-gold colored- in place. suspend chasis, i used a come along. with track on floor slide in front of skid (at an angle) jockey the back in paying attention to getting back wheels in proper place. lower chasis until u can see axle line up for front bolts. do not force bolts to start threading, be careful. thread in bolts most of the way, leave a little loose. lift chasis up. next use ratchet strap to lift track and skid, or somehow,to get floor jack under front of skid. jack up skid until u can line up the bolt holes furthest to the rear. thread bolts most of way. remove loose bolts holding pro action arms in place. this allows middle assembly to be lifted and for bolt holes to be easily aligned. tight fit in between chasis, tap with hammer if necessary at first. i was alone so i used a scissor jack from my car to lift shock and assembly up. i placed floor jack under track to create a solid base for scissor jack. next loosen control rod bolts(do not loosen nuts that are locked) enough to allow rear assembly to pivot enough to line up ends of pro action arms to replace the bolts that were originally left loose. do not forget to tighten control rod bolts. more than one way to skin a cat i know, but this worked great which is why i posted it.
 
Its a ten minite job tops with 2 people and the sled on its side.But i have to abmit i
used 2 do it like that.




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hey bluewho be real. 10 min. lol. i do not like the idea of laying sled on its side, and only putting in bolts on one side and then flopping it over on the other side. i doubt if they do that at the dealerships. they probaly have a better way than my way but it does not include flopping it over side to side. gas will probaly overflow from carbs. just dont like the idea i guess. my way aligning spindles goes real nice.
 
Okay 5 min and ten with 2 guys lol you never tipped your sled on its side on the trail 2 check it over.Dealorships do it this way they dont have time to mess around but like i said i used 2 do it the way you are saying so dont take it wrong.


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I agree, 10 minutes with 2 people on it's side. I put an old sleeping bag under the sled just so nothing gets scratched.
You only have to put it on one side, not flip it back and forth, install suspension, put the bottom bolts in first, then top bolts. Flip it back over and tighten everything.
Gas will not run all over.
 
yeah like ten minutes to get front and back bolts in and like 2 hours later still trying to line up center bolts.Have dents in my garage doors from throwing tools against it in fits of rage..not as easy as you think even after having doing it a few times..Yami sure didn't make it easy for us ...again.... :o| :o| :o|
 
Doug a peice of wood 1/2 " wider than the tunnel helps open it up so the axles dont get hungup on the bottom of the mounts.


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correct steps listed below in thread, out and back in in under 10, one person. Time directly proportional to amount of beer.
 
When I work on things, I ask myself, how did the factory install this??? I will bet everyones SrX they did not tip onto the side. lol. I believe the factory has a lift and hoist while on the assy line. No crawliing on the floor, no throwing tools, no floor jacks, scissor jacks ect. I studied the angles and found a proper arrangment. At least for us. I have a stand for the skies and front suspension and anther for the rear as well as an overhead hoist. Note, the rear is angled. This is truly a one person job for us and I also use a roll around chair, I don't like bending over much.lol. Anyway, I too start the install of the bolts into the front axle first, then the rear and finally the center. Utilizing the hoist allows for some compression of the skid when needed or when not. When complete installed, I pick up the whole machine and place onto a roll around stand for easy maintanance. I don't have a stand which raises as mine is a fixed height, no need for the raising kind for us. Al
 
well getting the skid back into the SRX wasn't bad and lined up quick.Now on the SXR and XTC it was a different story.Could not push the center shaft up all the way due to the pressure.Tried all kind of positions ,raising sled,lowering with a crate under the front rails..nothing helped.I loosened the bolt for the FRA on the SXR and seemed to make the difference..but on the XTC had to loosen the transfer rod nuts on the bottom and bingo the center lined up.Don't know why it was more difficult then the SRX.Maybe longer travel skid has more pressure with rear shock or something.After removing skids at least 7 to 8 times in the past few years.you would think I had it made..but no and I was just a fuming out of control because a 5 minute job took hours....got to learn to control my temper..but I think it was passed on to me by my old man..now he had a temper and when he blew..I was running the other way..lol
 
BETHEVIPER said:
correct steps listed below in thread, out and back in in under 10, one person. Time directly proportional to amount of beer.
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could you maybe make a real time video and post it on here with a countdown clock...so we could all learn the 10 minute trick....
 
all i can say is after i put in the front and rear bolts, the center spindle/shock assembly would not just push up into place. if u do it with sled on side how do u over come this? i do not know about the other yamahas, but my viper skid will not just slap into place with skid completely assembled without some method of mechanical manipulation to align the center spindle, u could remove the rear relay rod bolts. 2 bolts easy to get to. loosen control rod bolts. i can see the advantages of doing it on its side but with this sled the center spindle will need something to help put it in place.
 
push down and forward on the rear axle once the front and rear bolts are in. You will be amazed how easy the center lines up.
 
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this is why you need to do two things, loosen the transfer rod bolts and move the fra to the soft position, these two things make suspension go into the track easier and let the fra shaft move freely when your trying to move it up.
 
like i said, more than one way. my brothers skid will be going back on his viper. waiting for parts. i will try doing it at first with relay rods in place, any fight and out come the bolts. probaly a matter of preference which way u do it. i did not need to use scissor jack. just made it that much easier. i will say with relay rods free, there is nothing working against u but a little gravity.
 
BETHEVIPER said:
no time

this is why you need to do two things, loosen the transfer rod bolts and move the fra to the soft position, these two things make suspension go into the track easier and let the fra shaft move freely when your trying to move it up.
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How many skids do you pull on the average year?Alot more than one i bet maybie 5 or 10 .lol


Every yami sled i have seen has a bumper molded into the side panel for quess what..........resting the sled on its side.


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