Hyfax Rail Fastener

[IDspud]

Record recalls?

 

[BeartoothBaron]

American components... Russian components... All made in Taiwan!

 

[KootenayD]

These sleds have lots of miles on them. One thing pretty much in common.
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Fastener forward...

 

[TRS]

……all Polaris.

Yes sir

 

[mrooks17]

American components... Russian components... All made in Taiwan!

Armageddon movie quote!! Ha

 

[Chern_889]

Well I made caps from a ‘23 165” work on my 24 pro 165, little bit of modifications needed, had to hog out the inner hole of the caps to allow the cross shaft to sit inside of the caps, and also had to trim the plastic spacer sleeves. Didn’t have to trim much off the hyfax either, basically just squared them off.

I tried to use shaft sleeves from a 23 but the shaft diameter is quite a bit bigger on the 24.
All in it was $50 in Polaris parts and a couple hours of tinkering in the garage.

5458955- Rail caps x2
5144351- Outer rail cap bushing x2

 

[kylant]

so, i have an ice age matryx anti-stab kit and a set of '23 tips. can just swap the factory anti-stab to the iceage, trim the rails and be done?
i haven't had a chance to look at it yet, I've been out of the country.

 

[FatDogX]

Not sure if this is anyone on the forum or not but I cam across this on Mountain Sledder Swapmeet. Someone looking for a replacement rail, looking like they lost a hyfax and did some damage.

 

[tdblakes]

Yea that’s my cousins. He’s on Snowest, not sure how often he logs on. His iceage tip kit hasn’t arrived yet and he was riding this weekend when the hyfax ripped off. Snapped the screw head off. Had to ride it that way back to the truck. He’s going to work on a warranty rail and his iceage tips to show up but I said he could get the screw tip out, replace it with a through bolt so he can keep running his sled without a new rail. He said the bottom of the rail isn’t terribly worn and track clips look ok yet.

 

[mt.sledder]

Can a lot of the problem be fixed by running your track a bit tighter until you add rail caps?

 

[FatDogX]

Yea that’s my cousins. He’s on Snowest, not sure how often he logs on. His iceage tip kit hasn’t arrived yet and he was riding this weekend when the hyfax ripped off. Snapped the screw head off. Had to ride it that way back to the truck. He’s going to work on a warranty rail and his iceage tips to show up but I said he could get the screw tip out, replace it with a through bolt so he can keep running his sled without a new rail. He said the bottom of the rail isn’t terribly worn and track clips look ok yet.

That sucks but hopefully he can get it taken care of!!

I was wondering if that could have been someone on here and low and behold it was!

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

Local dealer has replaced several tracks and rails under warranty.

 

[Chadly]

No need to taper them. They self taper from riding. Good thing I don't ride Alaskan hard

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

No need to taper them. They self taper from riding. Good thing I don't ride hard View attachment 414659

True.

 

[Over budget]

No need to taper them. They self taper from riding. Good thing I don't ride Alaskan hard View attachment 414659

Poor mans rail tip fix. Hold that boat anchor wide open.

 

[UPKeith]

Hi, new forum member here. From Ishpeming MI, new 24 9R. Saw issues with hyfax mentioned on line, ordered Iceage rail kit, haven't received it yet. Checked with dealer regarding rail issue, response was that Polaris said "that's our design for '24" Got 3' of fresh snow Friday/Saturday last week, scheduled for knee surgery on Monday, so I figured I had a small window to ride new sled. Checked hyfax bolt torque and cut a curve into the exposed end of hyfax. Rode sled 7.6 miles, found right hyfax wrapped around rear axle, sheared off hyfax retaining stud. Dropped at dealer, they are trying to warranty repair rail as it sustained damage. Dealer says both the orange rail and replacement hyfax are on backorder. No mention of a design fix. Ice age emailed today that their kit is about to ship. Hoping repair and design fix is complete by the time my knee heals. Glad I havent sold my Arctic Cat as I hopefully will be able to ride that.

Not the $24K experience I wanted, but it's the $24K experience I got..

 

[koolaid]

Glad I havent sold my Arctic Cat as I hopefully will be able to ride that.

Not the $24K experience I wanted, but it's the $24K experience I got..

Yup, it's sad that nowadays you need a back-up sled for the 20k + sleds we own. With recalls, backorder parts, dealers backed up, the season is too short to not be out there when it's good. Put me on a 14 year old M7 in good powder and I'll still have that grin from ear to ear!

 

[Chadly]

Hi, new forum member here. From Ishpeming MI, new 24 9R. Saw issues with hyfax mentioned on line, ordered Iceage rail kit, haven't received it yet. Checked with dealer regarding rail issue, response was that Polaris said "that's our design for '24" Got 3' of fresh snow Friday/Saturday last week, scheduled for knee surgery on Monday, so I figured I had a small window to ride new sled. Checked hyfax bolt torque and cut a curve into the exposed end of hyfax. Rode sled 7.6 miles, found right hyfax wrapped around rear axle, sheared off hyfax retaining stud. Dropped at dealer, they are trying to warranty repair rail as it sustained damage. Dealer says both the orange rail and replacement hyfax are on backorder. No mention of a design fix. Ice age emailed today that their kit is about to ship. Hoping repair and design fix is complete by the time my knee heals. Glad I havent sold my Arctic Cat as I hopefully will be able to ride that.

Not the $24K experience I wanted, but it's the $24K experience I got..

I think the issue is more due to impacts than anything else. The new design doesn't handle hard impacts as well as the old.

 

[UPKeith]

I think the issue is more due to impacts than anything else. The new design doesn't handle hard impacts as well as the old.

I don't recall anything resembling a "hard impact" in the whopping 7.6 miles I rode the damn thing. Rode county road shoulder and a two track a mile up the road from my place, all of which I know like the back of my hand.

I don't work with recreational vehicles professionally; but I am a director of engineering for a mining outfit and have been riding sleds for 40 years. What's going on with my sled is completely unacceptable from a design/manufacturing standpoint. This 9R is a top of the line machine. I've ridden a '74 polaris cutlass more aggressively and never broke a damn thing.

 

[wonderxc600]

200 mountain miles with the ice age rail tip kit and so far everything looks good