cutting down rear axle?

[brokenbones4]

im glad i can help, ill get pics today sorry for the delay

 

[brokenbones4]

ok i have the pics

 

[bacon1]

Hey, I took those pictures! turned out pretty good!

 

[dieseldog800]

Looks like you did one helluva great job!! Thanks for the pics...looks friggin sweet!

 

[brokenbones4]

thanks dieseldog800! now all i need is a pair of billet wheels

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

thats a great job, nice work on that man, even the black wheels look sick on that thing.

 

[brokenbones4]

i am thinking about getting some new wheels, but i dont really want to spend $150 on billet wheels, slydog makes some for $50, any opinions?

 

[MT boondocker]

Looks good. Is there enough room to turn your mounting bolts around?
I think it would look a little cleaner that way, but only if they won't cause problems.

 

[sleddinhusker]

Good idea guys. My only question is whats the point? Why? What are the advantages? Just looks, track speed, better handling? Just curious before I start cutting.

Thanks

 

[brokenbones4]

mostly its for better side hilling and cornering, but you also save weight, not enough to care about but it looks good to, i think the bolts will fit the other way, thanks for noticing boondocker! i wasnt really paying attention to that when i slapped it together.

 

[ragincajun]

i am thinking about getting some new wheels, but i dont really want to spend $150 on billet wheels, slydog makes some for $50, any opinions?

check out Fabcraft. i got 2 with the bearings for 54 bones a piece. look sweet too!

 

[DenverR1]

Is there a different width with different sleds? Because I cut my axle today to 9 inches and it came up quite short. My track is a 163. Does that make a difference?

 

[DenverR1]

Nope, I was wrong. 9 inches does the trick. My skid was flexed out a little before I tightened the end bolts of the axle. Looks great. I wish it had only taken me a half hour like someone mentioned before!

 

[keeton]

will an arctic cat axle work for ski doos or is the doo axle longer, I just bought one for my M7 for $20 on bd-xtreme.com, would be nice so i could put it on my rev

 

[hymark860]

The axle will work if you also use the AC wheels. AC and Skidoo use different bearing. Skidoo is 25mm and AC is either .75 or 1".

 

[i'llDooit]

check out Fabcraft. i got 2 with the bearings for 54 bones a piece. look sweet too!

this is exactly what i,m dooin! i like the look of the spoked fabcraft wheel. i also like the idea of saving the factory axle. here comes winter.! Will you be ready?

 

[snap show]

So do i need a lathe to turn the axle down on an 09 or just change the spacer length? Any other tips?

 

[Dave.H]

I have a mountain machine billet axle and billet wheels off a M7 will they fit a 09 XP?

 

[bri74]

I bought a smittys axle kit and billet wheels from trickedtoys.com and they do very good work, completely satisfied with the wheels.

 

[tudizzle]

so i was hanging out in the garage today looking over my sled and decided to cut my axle down, i must say it was a pretty easy job, cut the axle to 8 7/8" then drill and tap one end. cut the spacer to 4 1/4" then i took some 2" aluminum flat bar and drilled a 1/2 inch hole in the center for a washer on the outside of the rails, ill get some pics up in a day or so

Did mine today! Well Skibreeze did it for me

Was about to buy a kit but this was easy and didn't take that much time at all.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

.............and thanks for making it happen SkiB