Rockhoyle
New member
Hey, I recently purchased a bad *** 1999 SXR 700 for $950. Hella deal. 3200 miles, Hauck clutch, mbrp can, 1.25" rip saw track. It's beautiful sled and beast. Anyway I noticed a couple things wrong with it the other day. First the track started to vibrate and felt like it was slipping when you'd take off. Track tension looked good so then checked chain casing. Found out that the bearing on end of drive shaft was blown out. So easy fix. But I don't know how to adjust the track tension to help move shaft back to get bearing to slide in. I've looked everywhere and can't figure out how to adjust tension. Most sleds have tensioning bolt behind rear wheels but mine has nothing of the sort.
2nd I noticed coolant was milky. Hoping it's just head gasket. Also easy fix. Hopefully that's all it is. So I looked up part number on yamaha part site but when I type in the year (99) nothing comes up for SXR. Only srx. I know they are similar but when I look up gasket it shows the head as being 3 pieces. Mine is one solid head across all 3 jugs and then 3 seperate gaskets for the jugs. Idk. But if I type in 2000 for year a sx 700 pops up. And it looks like my top of motor. The one solid head with 3 individual head gaskets. Please help. I don't understand. ,maybe I'm just an idiot. Lol. This is my first yami and plan on buying the sx viper next!!!! I can't wait. I switched over from ski doo.
2nd I noticed coolant was milky. Hoping it's just head gasket. Also easy fix. Hopefully that's all it is. So I looked up part number on yamaha part site but when I type in the year (99) nothing comes up for SXR. Only srx. I know they are similar but when I look up gasket it shows the head as being 3 pieces. Mine is one solid head across all 3 jugs and then 3 seperate gaskets for the jugs. Idk. But if I type in 2000 for year a sx 700 pops up. And it looks like my top of motor. The one solid head with 3 individual head gaskets. Please help. I don't understand. ,maybe I'm just an idiot. Lol. This is my first yami and plan on buying the sx viper next!!!! I can't wait. I switched over from ski doo.