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Finally finished and garage blues......

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Finally finished rebuilding the 440 rear suspension. New shocks(gas), and torsion springs.... Absolutely zero pressure left. Also, had to drill out a zerk and have another welded in. Went thru the whole sled. Can just start it and go this winter. Will be interesting how much the better the sled will ride.

2 down, 1 to go... Rather do it now than rush this fall, early winter...

One pic is from a new torsion spring that took off and I slammed my thumb into the ribs of the exchanger on the running board. I used gloves to finish it off.....

So I have a hole in the garage. Sorta. Building a deck too, so I have a lot of tools out to take up the one clear spot..Lol

Next is to get the intake on my street rod.

Then, I'm cleaning, throwing away stuff in the garage. My wife knew I was serious when I complained that I had my fill of the mess...
 

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#2 ·
Ouch. That hurts.

I feel your pain. My garage is chaotic, but mostly because of all the woodworking tools that occupy too much floor space. If we ever move, I'm gonna have a shop! Who am I kidding, I'm never moving. I don't want to have to move all this stuff!
 
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If/when we move I think we're going to have a HUGE garage sale. Basically, sell almost everything and start over somewhere else. I don't want to move a house again either...
 
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Yeah, smashing the thumb took the wind out of my sails for a while, so the sled sat....

Yep, it will be nice this winter to start and go! I'll probably ride the 440, my daughters sled, first. I'm very curious to see how the ride changes....
 
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I put a new rear skid shock in the Puma last year. Granted, I didn't do much riding this past winter...but I noticed quite a nice difference. The machine felt more planted and no more clunking over big bumps. I bet you'll see a nice difference on that 440.
 
#8 ·
I think that's why my kid likes the RX1, it plants right to the ground. She sez it's like driving a car. Almost weighs as much...Lol I think 440 was light in the front. I'll see how it handles before I make any adjustments, if any... I like mine light in the front anyway. Maybe should stiffen the ladies sleds up...
 
#11 ·
Carbides vs bars are night and day. The only time I use bars is when the carbides are worn out and I'm not paying attention to the wear. I wore them down so much once that all I had left was a little metal on the studs....

Carbides are good on the girlz sled. I think it turns fine. I don't think they're comfortable with the rear sliding a little...
 
#13 ·
The rear of the sled sliding is an interesting sensation. I did a lot of ATV riding, so I'm somewhat used to it. But still, to have the rear start to slide on a two up with a 136" track...kinda fun. I'm most likely going to stud it this year. The 4" carbides made a difference.
 
#14 ·
Sliding the rear makes it turn easier in the corners....:) The kid is starting to get used to it, wife, not so much...
 
#16 ·
I'm just the opposite. I've never studded any of my machines. Drove my friends and didn't notice much of a difference except on ice. I don't do a lot of ice riding so no big deal there.

Not saying it is bad, just never saw the reason to do so in my case.
 
#17 ·
After a studded track tore out my front heat exchanger when a flap of the track with a stud mounted came loose, I'll never stud a track again. With a ripsaw, it acts like it's studded.....
 
#18 ·
One thing with the ol fanners, no worries about studs and heat exchangers! I can see that being a major issue. Gotta be tough to get in there and remove the exchanger so it can be fixed or replaced.

Bear, I can totally see your point. In the winter of 14-15, I had no traction issues whatsoever. Well, if I got off the packed trail, I had issues! But there was so much snow, we didn't have any ice.

Now this past season, I won't call it a winter...more like a cool spell with occasional snow. When we did have snow on the ground, it was firm and really packed. I had both sleds out one day and was doing some laps on my woods loop. The machine without studs got stuck on a small hill. I had to turn it around and head back down. The machine with studs (only had 24...I removed the outer studs) walked right up the hill. It braked much better as well.
 
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One thing with the ol fanners, no worries about studs and heat exchangers! I can see that being a major issue. Gotta be tough to get in there and remove the exchanger so it can be fixed or replaced.

Lots of rivets have to be drilled out to remove it..... That's why I'm a firm believer in Ripsaw tracks over studs.... Easier on the whole drive train too....
 
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