Okay, pulled rear skid from under my 1997 XLT RMK to grease it along with the other zerks on machine that haven't had any attention for some. Having royal headache trying to get rear skid back in. Using overhead crane in the shop at my work to lift rear end. Was only able to get front mounting bolts in place. Had to crane sled on its nose to let track hang to line up front bolts.
Rear bolt holes are about an inch and half forward of cross shaft when sled is lowered to level of shaft. Tried adjusting track tenson shorter and longer to try to get holes to line up. No luck. I'm thinking I need to put rear bolts in first or collapse suspension somehow to get it in. Polaris service book I have on CD isn't real clear on this.Any suggestions, new cuss words, or new ways to hold my mouth to get skid back in would be reatly appreciated. I didn't want to tip machine on its side on the concrete but if that's what I have to do I will. I swapped out to a longer track on an old Indy 400 I had a few years ago using this crane method but did not have nowhere near this much trouble (the fact the 3/8" holes that were egged out to about 9/16" had nothing to do with it!)
