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Ditch hopper · 12-24-2007, 10:23 PM

<<<----- who called it

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Are the bearings with the lock collar put on with a press because i can not get them off

yes they are presses on one way to get em of is get one of the halgion shop lights that get real hot leave the bearing on top of the light for bout 15min then get gloves and pull her of should be a little easter to remove get all new idler wheels, sliders, bearings get them pressed on do not hit with hammer, look for any peices that are bent look wornen, or cracked on the skid clean it up real good before u reaplce the stuff wash all the grease/dirt of the skid should be a decent little project and for a track id get a camoplast ripsaw 1inch paddle with a 192 studs! and i bet with new bearings your find the extra mph your looking for

good luck man

hey cjone long time no see glad to see you back on the forum man what have you been doing with your self?

paintballdude05 · 12-25-2007, 01:25 AM

I ended up cutting off the bearings that where pressed on, I'l try the halogen lamp trick next time.

Ditch hopper · 12-25-2007, 01:27 AM

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I ended up cutting off the bearings that where pressed on, I'l try the halogen lamp trick next time.

yea it works great gets it just hot enough to let it slid off still gotta use mucle but a lot less work then cutting it

JDS · 12-25-2007, 11:18 AM

paintball: The EXT Special came out in '91 and '92. The regular EXT was a 530. Just about everything is different on the Special.

cjone782000 · 12-25-2007, 03:07 PM

working and moving...now i need to fix my sled.

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Originally Posted by Ditch hopper

<<<----- who called it

yes they are presses on one way to get em of is get one of the halgion shop lights that get real hot leave the bearing on top of the light for bout 15min then get gloves and pull her of should be a little easter to remove get all new idler wheels, sliders, bearings get them pressed on do not hit with hammer, look for any peices that are bent look wornen, or cracked on the skid clean it up real good before u reaplce the stuff wash all the grease/dirt of the skid should be a decent little project and for a track id get a camoplast ripsaw 1inch paddle with a 192 studs! and i bet with new bearings your find the extra mph your looking for

good luck man

hey cjone long time no see glad to see you back on the forum man what have you been doing with your self?

paintballdude05 · 12-25-2007, 03:56 PM

JDS is the special an early release of the regular EXT?

bandit_ad22 · 12-25-2007, 04:35 PM

these numbers seem kind of low...

i have a 97 zrt600 that hits 109-110 on GPS with everything being stock but clutches and it was still climbing. obviously slowly

justride · 12-25-2007, 05:37 PM

Yea they are low. I found a total of 3 bearings the need to be replaced so i am going to just replace them all. The bearing by the driven clutch was so hard to turn that poor motor had to be working hard to move this thing the bearing on the track drive where the cable for the speedo hooks in was grinding like crazy and on the other side the bearing had a chunck missing so as of now i am feeling very good about getting that 110+mph out of this sled. I can not wait to see what she does just hope some snow falls soon

bandit_ad22 · 12-25-2007, 05:41 PM

yeah i would hope cause im sure ive gone faster than 110 on the 600, i just havn't had the GPS with me cause i used a friends to check it.

that should hit the C on CAT i would think cause the zrt600 hits the T

justride · 12-25-2007, 05:46 PM

those speedos are way off GPS or radar are they way to go. When i am doing 100mph on my sled the speedo is to the left of the oil light so without the gps i would be going around saying my sled will do 125mph

bandit_ad22 · 12-25-2007, 05:51 PM

on my 97 it said the M on MPH was 106 when we checked it

Ditch hopper · 12-25-2007, 06:57 PM

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Yea they are low. I found a total of 3 bearings the need to be replaced so i am going to just replace them all. The bearing by the driven clutch was so hard to turn that poor motor had to be working hard to move this thing the bearing on the track drive where the cable for the speedo hooks in was grinding like crazy and on the other side the bearing had a chunck missing so as of now i am feeling very good about getting that 110+mph out of this sled. I can not wait to see what she does just hope some snow falls soon

dude be glad that you took the time too look at the skid! with all those bearings being shot it was just a matter of time before they failed and they make a mess of every thing when they do and the rebuilt would have been x2! you should pick up more mph and a few more ponys the motor wont have to work near as hard to move now keep us posted man

justride · 12-25-2007, 07:11 PM

i will do that thanks for all the help

Ditch hopper · 12-25-2007, 08:23 PM

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i will do that thanks for all the help

Np!

paintballdude05 · 12-25-2007, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by justride

i will do that thanks for all the help

NP

Hope this gets you over the 110 mark! Good luck

Ditch hopper · 12-25-2007, 08:32 PM

Paintballdude bro you gotta hammer it on the ext the power will suprize you man the 580 will bury the speedo np my sled at 80mph when you hammer it to the bar the skis start to lift

will run at 101 mph topspeed

yeeeeeeeeee

paintballdude05 · 12-25-2007, 08:49 PM

Thats what I'm planning to do this year. I only had the sled out a couple of times last year it was broken down alot and I got it late in the season.

JDS · 12-25-2007, 09:13 PM

paintball: I think it probably was the precursor to the present EXT. It had more power, better ride, etc. The first EXT's were called El Tigre EXT's, and the Specials were totally different.

Ditch hopper · 12-26-2007, 11:18 PM

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paintball: I think it probably was the precursor to the present EXT. It had more power, better ride, etc. The first EXT's were called El Tigre EXT's, and the Specials were totally different

you learn something new every day

derrickleejr17 · 12-27-2007, 09:42 AM

I had a 97 polaris ultra spx. it was a tank, but it was clutched, ported, polished, piped, and canned and I hit 113 on the radar over 1000 feet