[i_play_bass]

Well the latest chapter in my XLT restoration saga... I was just siphoning out the gas and getting it put away for the summer, and noticed something that i hadn't since the last rip this year... Tunnel damage around the mounts for the rear torque arms. The tunnel and footboards buckled. I had hit a bad bump at about 50mph one of my last times out but I think I would have noticed this kind of damage, but maybe hadn't if the paint hadn't chipped off.

I'm guessing two things: this is something not really worth repairing since it would be really difficult to straighten out and reinforce, and not worth it on a nearly 30 year old sled, and secondly, not worth going through the trouble to find a whole new chassis and swap parts, though I know where I may be able to find something (@islandsledder lol)

My best bang for buck is probably start parting out all the good parts I know are on it and try to reinvest in something newer... Ugh.

 

[i_play_bass]

Oh boy! That tunnel will not last long on another bad bump. You need a newer suspension for that bump ! Time to part it out or keep as a backup sled (that you really couldn't count on)

Yeahhhh it wasn't even a jump or anything like that... Just a random drift dip in a field that had frozen over.

Really not the way I wanted all of this to end.

 

[i_play_bass]

Oh I'm well aware of the benefits to going newer!

I need to look at it this: I really bought the older machine to learn and hopefully have a bit of fun riding along the way. I learned more than I wanted to and now I'm just try to recoup some of my cost.

Guess we'll see how next winter looks for me!

 

[i_play_bass]

The sell-off has begun

 

[i_play_bass]

Yeah I've never gone the eBay route before. The shipping from here and the fees kind of make it prohibitive to me, especially for big stuff, but if I move most of the big pieces I may throw some of the small pieces up on there just on the off chance that someone's looking for a coil pack for example...

 

[i_play_bass]

The last brappp....
Secondary and chaincase came off today.

It was way more fun putting together with the prospect of riding than taking it apart to sell off... But $500 in the next sled account so far is a plus!