Well guys... i'll give you the short & sweet version of the story.
I was doing a very tiny hill climb, but quite steep, maybe 50ft of vertical, did it once and was on my way for a second time. Make it to the top, sled is totally vertical and I think It's going to go backwards and land on me. So I push off of it and claw my way to hit the kill switch as I see the sled rolling backwards. As I reach the kill, the sled and I go rolling down this hill. Sled rolls over 5x, lands on it's side/hood and pours all of it's oil out of a hole that got punched in the top of the oil reservoir.
My riding partners drive back to the truck to get oil while I start cleaning with a roll of toilet paper. After about an hour, they get back and i fill her up, hoping and praying everything is ok...
1 pull... nothing...
2 pull... brrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPP...
The damn previous owner put on a 5" riser without the throttle cable extension, it stuck open and the sled went flying into a tree and dug a big trench. Broke both front right a-arms, sucked my jacket (which was on the seat) into the track and ripped a big hole in it.
Had the sled been pointing 5m to the left, it would have gone about 400m and then SAILED off a huge cornice never to be seen again.
It was a wide range of emotions in a small period of time, confusion, anger, glad, sorrow, anger, relief... you name it, i felt it.
Thank god it held together down frisby ridge and back to the truck. no engine lights, ran great... other than broken suspension and broken pride.
I need a lower right side a-arm if anyone has one, that would be great.
I was doing a very tiny hill climb, but quite steep, maybe 50ft of vertical, did it once and was on my way for a second time. Make it to the top, sled is totally vertical and I think It's going to go backwards and land on me. So I push off of it and claw my way to hit the kill switch as I see the sled rolling backwards. As I reach the kill, the sled and I go rolling down this hill. Sled rolls over 5x, lands on it's side/hood and pours all of it's oil out of a hole that got punched in the top of the oil reservoir.
My riding partners drive back to the truck to get oil while I start cleaning with a roll of toilet paper. After about an hour, they get back and i fill her up, hoping and praying everything is ok...
1 pull... nothing...
2 pull... brrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPP...
The damn previous owner put on a 5" riser without the throttle cable extension, it stuck open and the sled went flying into a tree and dug a big trench. Broke both front right a-arms, sucked my jacket (which was on the seat) into the track and ripped a big hole in it.
Had the sled been pointing 5m to the left, it would have gone about 400m and then SAILED off a huge cornice never to be seen again.
It was a wide range of emotions in a small period of time, confusion, anger, glad, sorrow, anger, relief... you name it, i felt it.
Thank god it held together down frisby ridge and back to the truck. no engine lights, ran great... other than broken suspension and broken pride.
I need a lower right side a-arm if anyone has one, that would be great.
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