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michaelmatchee · 12-27-2006, 10:06 PM

i have a 95 grand touring 2 seater, 470. and it is very tought stering. my freind has two simalir selds, 1 is esasy and the other is like mine tought to ster. what adjustments could i make to help?

upersleder · 12-27-2006, 10:24 PM

first of all what ski's do you have? if you have the old steel skis they will steer harder than a newer set of plastic skis. the things you can do are to tighten the center shock spring. loosen your limiter straps.

**smallengineguy** · 12-28-2006, 07:18 AM

There are also grease fittings you need to lube also.

michaelmatchee · 12-28-2006, 02:46 PM

sorry guys ya i got the plastic skis, and ill try to do those adjustments. i did all the greasing prior to going out after i bought the sled. hos does a guy add carbite rodes to help get a better edge, with these plastic skis? i looked and when the bolts are conected to the skis does not appear to have any room for them, it slids more than grips when turning,,,

upersleder · 12-28-2006, 11:21 PM

you can add carbide runners, but you'll increase the steering effort, something does not sound right in the set-up if you have too much steering effort and still push in the corners. everything to correct hard steering effort gives you less pressure on the skis and more of a push. sounds like you need to find a good sled guy to help you thru your set-up and go over your sled a bit to see if anything is wrong.

**RJ Gleason** · 12-29-2006, 03:48 AM

Usually, if a sled is pushing in the corners, that means there is notenough down pressure on the skis. You can adjust this by either taking a little up on the limiter strap at the front of the skid or by letting a little tension off the front spring, or by dropping the rear mounting bolt of the skid into the lower hole (if there is one).