I started snowmobiling 3 years ago and am 25 and live in breckenridge. I am looking for help doing preventive maintenance on my 2007 m8 and 2001 summit 700 and just working on them in general I sure I can do it myself but I hate not knowing the correct way of doing things or screwing it up. Also I like snowmobiling as much as possible and am looking for people to ride with. If anyone is willing to show me the ropes or give me advise I am open to it thanks
help working on sleds
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I agree with m8magicand mystery: Get the applicable manuals and go by the book! Not all of the info you get on various forums is a good idea. I've seen some crazy advice on the forums that people spew out, and some of it is just crazy (drilling holes in the exhaust manifold for more horsepower, throwing out the air box, "custom" carb/efi adjustments, etc..)..
^^^^ True, very true. There is a lot of crud into being pushed around as well. But, for a newbie needing some help.....you just have to be disciplined and read. It takes a lot of reading to utilize this forum and it's members. With enough reading and searching, you will find good info.
The manuals are a great first step and should help with most situations.
The manuals are a great first step and should help with most situations.
All sounds good thanks for the info and help all info is well appreciated
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Like these guys said, ask on the forum, people are pretty helpful here.
I'm up in Leadville, but am in Frisco/dillon a fair bit. I'm not the greatest mechanic and I'm fairly new to M8s, but I did have a 2000 700 skidoo for many years. If you need a hand, give me a holler, I'm more than willing to give you hand or help you figure something out.
I'm new to the area, so I'm looking for riding partners as well.
I'm up in Leadville, but am in Frisco/dillon a fair bit. I'm not the greatest mechanic and I'm fairly new to M8s, but I did have a 2000 700 skidoo for many years. If you need a hand, give me a holler, I'm more than willing to give you hand or help you figure something out.
I'm new to the area, so I'm looking for riding partners as well.
I would recommend grabbing service manuals, you can find them online for under $10 usually and go over alot more than what you would find in the owners manual. Also lurk through the forums for your sled models. Most of the knowledge that I have picked up from getting the basics/phoots from reading the threads, then wrenching on my sleds using the topics and service manuals as guides. Also, sometimes I find that jumping over to one of the other forums (ie dootalk) for the summit is very helpful in broadening the information footprint, google is your friend.
I would love to get out and ride with ya, I've done a little bit of sled skiing up in Vail Pass and always looking for people to ride (sled and ski) with.
I would love to get out and ride with ya, I've done a little bit of sled skiing up in Vail Pass and always looking for people to ride (sled and ski) with.
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Did you make it to the Kickoff party last night? The local club meets every month at Q4U and grooms trails at Spring Creek. Join up, there are plenty of mechanically minded members and you get a discount at Motobreck or Silverthorne Power sports. I'll be changing A-Arms on my 2007 M1000 before thanksgiving, you could think of it as preventative maintenance.
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Yeah I made it to the kick off party yesterday it was a good time got to keet a few people there as well
