yamahmaster
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Wondering if there are kits out there to raise the front up a bit. It seems too low...like 3 inches off ground. Let me know maybe post a link to some stuff i can buy!
How long have you owned the sled, and is the front end height different now that it used to be?
All SXR's have long travel suspension, front and rear, so the front end should not generally seem low. Is your rear end jacked way up?
I'd check out all of your stock components, may have broken, missing, or out of adjustment parts. Maybe someone replaced the front long travel shock/springs with short travel versions. Did someone lower it in the past for racing?
If the original skiis were replaced with the later model saddless skiis, or incorrect aftermarket skiis/mounts, the front end would be about 1" lower than stock since the spindle bolt is located higher in the stock ski saddle than on some of the other skiis.
Pics would help with any of this if you can post some.
All SXR's have long travel suspension, front and rear, so the front end should not generally seem low. Is your rear end jacked way up?
I'd check out all of your stock components, may have broken, missing, or out of adjustment parts. Maybe someone replaced the front long travel shock/springs with short travel versions. Did someone lower it in the past for racing?
If the original skiis were replaced with the later model saddless skiis, or incorrect aftermarket skiis/mounts, the front end would be about 1" lower than stock since the spindle bolt is located higher in the stock ski saddle than on some of the other skiis.
Pics would help with any of this if you can post some.
3" seems low for a stock SXr, there isnt really anything you could replace it with that would be any better. I believe the viper and MMax's used the same 11.5" rear 9" front that the SXrs used, and they were the longest travel sleds Yamaha built on this chassis. Unless the front is either badly worn (never seen one sag that bad), dropped for dragging, or someone replaced the original front suspension with parts off a SRX or early SX.
yamahmaster
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i recently bought the sled, it was never set up for racing, my guess is the suspension is just shot, let me add a pic.
yamahmaster
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devinzz1
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looks like your springs are sagged out quite a bit. Id say get some new springs and rebuild shocks ( if they need to be or not) or upgrade from the front shocks all together.
Backwoods M Max
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You can get some lift from a set of viper trailing arms & spindles.
Yes, your front end does look low.
Also, if your measuring your "3 inches off ground" at the lowest point of that skdplate, it can be a bit misleading for those that don't have the add-on skidplate, since the skidplate hangs down further than any other part of the chassis and thus your sled will naturally have a lower ground (snow?!) clearance. A more comparative measurement would be the front bumper height, with the sled on flat/level surface of course. Somewhere on here are threads relating to front bumper height, but it's been awhile since I've seen one, and not sure if it covered the SXR's or not, but I suspect any of the long travel Vmax sleds would be fairly close in bumper height as originally manufactured.
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Also, if your measuring your "3 inches off ground" at the lowest point of that skdplate, it can be a bit misleading for those that don't have the add-on skidplate, since the skidplate hangs down further than any other part of the chassis and thus your sled will naturally have a lower ground (snow?!) clearance. A more comparative measurement would be the front bumper height, with the sled on flat/level surface of course. Somewhere on here are threads relating to front bumper height, but it's been awhile since I've seen one, and not sure if it covered the SXR's or not, but I suspect any of the long travel Vmax sleds would be fairly close in bumper height as originally manufactured.