Going Sledding Sat

[fishtank]

And the temp is supposed to be 28C in the valley. Anything I should do to prevent my sled from having any mishaps? Should I be jetting down for this warmer weather? Not that I really know how to. Id love to learn though!! 8)

 

[Jeff C]

Tank:

Rejetting is one of the easiest things you can do........

For a newb:
1. Get your phone camera out and snap a few pictures of how the tubes and wires hook up to your carbs and between your carbs. This will be handy later if you get confused
2. Loosen the gear clamp on the engine side of each carb. You will want to pull the carbs off
3. Where the throttle cables enter the carbs, screw off the top of each carb and pull out the slides and set aside
4. Pull off the tubes on each carb that prevent you from rotating the carb 90 degrees.
5. On the bottom of each carb you will find a large nut. Before you pull htat nut off, get yourself a bunch of paper towel. As you pull off the nut, gas will leak out, about a 1/8th cup or less. Catch it with the toweling.
6. Once you have that nut out, look in to the hole and you will see a brass hex. That is the jet. Pull that out with a socket, and install the proper jet for the temperature.
7. Do that for both carbs.
8. Since you have the carbs out, it is easy to take carb cleaner and spray inside where the jet is. spray down the inside of each carb, and then take compressed air and dry everything off.
9. Reassemble in reverse order, check your photos and compare them to what you see.

About a 10-15 minute process. Very easy to do. The slides in step #3 have a guide inside of the carb that you must put the slides back in the same way. Do not tighten down that cap until you make sure the slides are lined up with the guides.

That takes you through the main jets. There might be an adjustment to your clips and pilot jets.....

Someone else chime in and take him through how to do that........

It has been years since I had to do any rejetting of anything. If I missed anything, someone will correct me.

 

[fishtank]

Thanks for the reply, didnt get it in time but sled survived the weekend. Cant say the same for a mate of mine who put his into a creek. Was quite funny, got it out and towed it home ok but he has some work to do for the summer!

Engine was full of water, what usually has to be done in this case? Complete rebuild? Left tipped upside down to dry out? Is it worth trying to start in a few days or is it just going to make things worse?

 

[WyoBoy1000]

Pull plug immediately, and crank it over until nothing comes out, put them back in and start it. Leaving it will ruin it, I would drain all fluids also and put new in.

 

[fishtank]

Yeah we pulled the plugs and pulled it over a few times but water just kept coming out.

Then left it and towed it home the next day. Not sure what they have done since, its not my sled.

When you say replace all fluids do you mean just the fuel and the oil?

 

[backcountryislife]

Yeah we pulled the plugs and pulled it over a few times but water just kept coming out.

Then left it and towed it home the next day. Not sure what they have done since, its not my sled.

When you say replace all fluids do you mean just the fuel and the oil?

And chaincase... and hit all zerks...

Literally ANYTHING that can be displaced by water.

 

[fishtank]

Oh yeah chaincase later on, but to just see if the engine fires and runs ok.

Zerks?

 

[diggerdown]

Usually after you give the sled a bath you should pull the plugs, lay it on its side and pull and pull. You will get most of the water out then run it for a while. Unless its been under for quite a while the chaincase doesn't fill, but I would change it out.

 

[fishtank]

Its been 3-4 days since it sunk, think it still might be saved or is it leaving it a bit long?

 

[backcountryislife]

Its been 3-4 days since it sunk, think it still might be saved or is it leaving it a bit long?

It'll be fine, it just NEEDS to be completely dried out.
zerks= grease zerks. obviously not something that needs to be done to get it running, but water will find its way into everywhere! You need to displace it before you let it sit for the summer.

 

[WyoBoy1000]

I would get something done with it asap, the longer water sits the more damage it could do, its prob fine but even if it did do damage it wont matter just get it running so there is lube in the engine and not water sitting.