97 Yamaha Vmax Skid - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

YamiLuke94 · 09-13-2009, 11:45 PM

I want to swap out my no action skid in my Vmax for something with a little more travel and a smoother ride. I want to go with a skid from another brand, but which one I am not sure. Which skid will take the least amount of effort to swap out in the Yamahas? There are a ton of them for sale from Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Ski-doo right now but I want to make the project as easy as possible?

frozenbeaver · 10-01-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by YamiLuke94

I want to swap out my no action skid in my Vmax for something with a little more travel and a smoother ride. I want to go with a skid from another brand, but which one I am not sure. Which skid will take the least amount of effort to swap out in the Yamahas? There are a ton of them for sale from Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Ski-doo right now but I want to make the project as easy as possible?

Don't matter what you put in, the same number of holes and rivets will be needed, I suggest you get new support plates and leave the old yammi ones alone if you can, that way you can go back to the old skid if you sell your sled. Use stainless rivets and new sharp drills to make it go easier.
Now the Extra 10 from Polaris is an easy skid to find and put in and has a solid reputation of performance, for ski-doo use an SC10-III or SC-3 skid (same product different model years) that is what I have in my Vmax and it is worth the effort. For the Cat I have heard that anything newer than 97 is better by far.
Before you walk away once you found your skid take the measurements from the donor sled from inside the tunnel, starting at the drive shaft, these measurements will help place the skid in the yammi. measure 3 times and drill once. dry fit the new skid in the yammi once you have the holes measured out. make sure the skid tips clear the drive shaft at the front.
Caution and double checking will make your project a success and you'll enjoy your sled a ton more.

TwinsofMLB · 10-01-2009, 04:40 PM

Holy crap frozen you just joined today and you have 30 posts

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frozenbeaver · 10-01-2009, 07:23 PM

twins sorry but I have been on for a year lol. Actually I would have more posts but I have been rebuilding my sled all summer, sorry yamiluke I'm not hijacking your thread but you can see my SC-3 skid I have in the pic below. It takes me about 1/2 hour to pull it out and maybe a 1/2 hour to put it back in by myself. way better than the no action it had.

TwinsofMLB · 10-01-2009, 07:57 PM

Lmao I keep thinking it's 2008

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YamiLuke94 · 10-23-2009, 02:49 PM

Sorry to bring this back to life...but would a skid out of a Polaris shift be too much? I believe its the edge chassis with 14" of travel. I know stock mine is about 8"...just dont want to feel like Im always doing a nose dive or plowing snow. I do have viper shocks for the front, but that only brings it up about an inch over stock.

frozenbeaver · 10-23-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by YamiLuke94

Sorry to bring this back to life...but would a skid out of a Polaris shift be too much? I believe its the edge chassis with 14" of travel. I know stock mine is about 8"...just dont want to feel like Im always doing a nose dive or plowing snow. I do have viper shocks for the front, but that only brings it up about an inch over stock.

An edge suspension should be fine, 14" of travel will be way better than the 6-1/2 to 8" u have now. just measure 3 times and drill, rivet once.