Hyfax--why so tight?

[Blkhwkbob]

Thanks to a horrible 42 mile ride on ice, Thursday night we changed hyfax on my SRX 600 and a buddy's XCSP 700. His came off and went on ten times easier than mine. I tried all the tricks, and finally just removed the rear suspension when I got tired of nicking the rails. Why does Yamaha make these things so tight? Also, it looks like the Ripsaw windows would have to stretch a bit to fit the hyfax. I couldn't bring myself to cutting open the window on a brand new track. Anyway, no more bad riding conditions for me, and I'll start each season with new hyfax which I will continue to change with the suspension removed.

 

[insaneSXR]

i found that when ever i change my sliders i put a bit of grease inside the silder. seems to help them go on and off easier. but that could just be in my head

 

[TeamTan]

My sled was extremely difficult to change the slides on this year, too. It always used to be a 10 minute job, but not this time. I'm hoping it was due to it being about 10 degrees outside/inside the garage at the time.

 

[wtw]

I just took mine out tonight (2000 SRX). They were very tight as well. I very carefully put the sled on its side (blankets underneath) , loosened the track, took the front screw out and (carefully) got them started with an air chisel, about 6 inches through the stock track. Then I put a big vice grip on the part that was sticking out and tapped the vice grip with a rubber hammer. It worked pretty well. I put the sled on the other side and did the same procedure.

 

[golmax]

i usually fight them also but the other day i got fed up and i took a box cutter and cut the outer lip off allthe way down except where the 2 wheels are in the front. they just fell off pretty much except for the small section under the wheels. i just tugged it back a little and cut the rest. it took 10 minutes a side to get the old ones off and put the new ones on. God i wish i would of learned that 5 years ago when i started riding