Clutching Forum

[milehighassassin]

I have talked with Christopher a little bit about this. I think a clutching forum would be a great idea. Snowmobile clutching as we all know is almost a black art, nothing is really like it. Cars, dirtbikes, 4-wheelers, etc, nothing has a clutch like a snowmobile.

A clutching forum would help to not only get the general idea down but be an area for people to share clutching setups, hints, repair and rebuild techniques. I

It would be an are where we can have a compiled list of spring rates, different weights and their shifting properties, clutch brands, the advantages of each, along with setup for sleds and elevation.

I know that a setup will change for manufacture, make model, elevation and riding style but composite information is key here. Having it all in one area where you can just go into that forum and read would be extremely helpful to almost everyone.

There are people in there that know a lot about clutching and while it might not help them, it would be nice if they could share the information they have gathered. I don't mean you need to hand over your top secret clutching setup to everyone, but be able to help out people trouble shooting why they are dropping RPMS, etc, etc.

It might also be a good idea to see if one of the snowest sponsors would be interested in sponsoring THAT FORUM (sub). Say Cutlers or someone like that. I am bit surprised you haven't seen more sub-forum sponsoring, SLP in Performance, etc.

Anyway, I thought I would throw the idea out there and see what others think.

 

[go-on-two]

great idea

As most of us know, the right clutching is the best sled of the day!!!

 

[U turn]

Great idea, I've got a thread going in the 1M forum on this.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

sounds interesting..I wonder though how many will tell others their setups?...I have shared mine..I just think everyones sleds should run their best..and if something I have tried helps others..awesome....

 

[Timbre]

milehighassassin,
Great idea! In fact i had just spoken to a friend about this very thing a few days ago. I too am interested in how the whole clutching thing works....what others use on a particular setup (turbo, stock etc.)

aksnowrider,
That is a great attitude and is exactly the way i see it. There are some who im sure will not give up their clutching "secrets"....and i guess each to his own.... But at the end of the day, if everyone's sled is running its very best, and clutched properly, the "fun factor" goes WAY up....and i think thats what it's all about.

Cheers!!

 

[sled_guy]

Please, not another sub forum... where will it stop? Isn't this sort of thing exactly why we already have a performance section?

If your going to have a clutching one then what about one for jetting? And gearing? And pipe building? And airbox construction?

Just put it in the performance section so we don't have to go jumping all over multiple different forums to find the info.

sled_guy

 

[RichardCranium]

I don't think that other performance sections would have enough content to keep a forum going....but there is enough different setups and more than enough info on clutching in general for its own forum

 

[manowar]

Im with sled guy on this just start a cluching thread.And if its good we will sticky it at the top so every one can find it all the time

 

[shortstop20]

If we want a thread on clutching theory, then fine, make a thread for that, sticky it, and let people share their opinions but to have a whole sub-forum dedicated to it doesn't make much sense in my opinion.

Why not just let the clutch setup threads for specific sleds go into their respective forums(XP, IQ, M-series, etc)?

Hardly any components interchange between the brands anyways.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

Im with sled guy on this just start a cluching thread.And if its good we will sticky it at the top so every one can find it all the time

I think that is a good idea..with it stickied everyone should be able to find it easy enough...and it wont get buried in the clutter......

 

[milehighassassin]

I think clutching has enough information and info to have it's own subforum. Airbox building isn't really popular on here, besides that is motor related. I would think that most gearing would go hand in hand with clutching. Obviously all the individual systems on a sled operate together, but the clutching aspect is certainly a big enough single item that it can make or break the way a sled runs.

 

[go high fast]

i think it should just be a link to aaen performance where you could buy the clutch tuning handbook by olav aaen............everything you need to know is in that book. It should be mandatory reading for all snowmobilers.

 

[milehighassassin]

I've read the Cutlers book cover to cover several times. While they give you a great idea on how things work and troubleshooting they don't really help with exact setups.

 

[devilrmk]

I think it should stay in the performance section, keep it to theory instead of this is my setup and such. That kind of thing can go in the respective sled category.

I don't really care to have to wade through all the XP clutching and AC clutching to get to what I am looking for.

Don't need any more categories. Its bad enough as it is.

 

[shortstop20]

I think it should stay in the performance section, keep it to theory instead of this is my setup and such. That kind of thing can go in the respective sled category.

I don't really care to have to wade through all the XP clutching and AC clutching to get to what I am looking for.

Don't need any more categories. Its bad enough as it is.

Exactly, who wants to look through a thread with 200 different setups, when you're only looking for a setup for YOUR sled?

 

[milehighassassin]

Exactly, who wants to look through a thread with 200 different setups, when you're only looking for a setup for YOUR sled?

It is much easier to browse through a clutching forum looking for your sled/make/model than it is to find one in the performance section or said given manufacture.

Plus all it takes is "search this forum" button found at the top. You type in "ski doo REV" or "summit 800" and you get a ton of info. Having it all in one forum would allow you to browse the forum and just read up on clutching. Even if the setup is not for your sled, the problems that people have, help you out still.