M8 a arms

[Kbakbmr]

I took my new pro climb out Sunday for the first time and let me tell ya that thing is BAD! A couple things I noticed about it, the side vent above the clutch would pack with snow when you carve to the left or when you throw it on it's side coming down hill. ( snow conditions were sugar pow with no base) didn't affect the belt at all but I also kept an eye on it and cleaned the snow out when it did get packed in the vent. Fix- took the vent tube off the side panel and am going to put mesh over honeycomb screen and rivit it to the side panel to insure a good-n-tite seal.(i noticed that the only thing holding the screen on was heat tape and that won't hold screen in place, and doesn't seal properly) Has anyone removed the tube completely? Due to no base I was taking it easy coming down hill and happened to find a couple rocks, ended up hitting them very slow, but came to an abrupt stop and threw me off, i hit directly between the a arms center of sled. No damage to bulkhead but my left lower a arm struck one on the bottom side of the a arm and after further inspection I noticed the a arm was very very slightly tweaked up directly where the rock hit. Had to look at it straight on in the garage to notice it. So it might be a good idea to keep an extra set of lower a arms in the garage. Also I would strongly recommend a skid plate. I was thinking UHMW or 1/8"-3/16" aluminum. All in all the sled handled amazing doesn't wheely while climbing, unless you want it to, manuvers up and down hill with ease. Worth every penny. Oh yeah I almost forgot, one of my friends on a pro rmk barely nosed into a boulder and bent an a arm, bent his ski 90* up and smashed his bumper. Ha silly rabbit pros r for kids!

 

[aksnopro]

sucks you bent some stuff, but that is the nature of the game for riding with no base early season. sounds like its tougher then the M series a-arms cause i bent several older M a-arms without it launching me off the sled. rock vs a-arm is almost always a bend. good to hear no bulkhead dmg and the a-arm did its job and bent instead.


did you notice any bogs in the deep pow? exhaust bog or intake bog? just curious as this was a problem on the older M's

-Asknopro

 

[leadfoot33]

we went out last friday, same thing no base. not once did we notice an exhaust bog while riding or intake bog. uper screens were clear all the time.

 

[CO 2.0]

I had mine in deep snow last Sunday. I have mesh over the clutch intake screen, so I had no issues there. I did notice the open vent on the other side panel piled in snow. So much so that my SLP can had snow jammed around it 1/2 the way up it! I am going to try to make another screen and mesh combo for the can side. When snow hits the center of the hood it jams snow under the sides of the hood panels and into the chassis around the ECU. I only noticed this since I already have Cat accessory hood panels on and could look in through the frogzskins.

Here is the screen mesh fix I had for the clutch side...
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278183&highlight=Vent

 

[Hairdryr]

I took my new pro climb out Sunday for the first time and let me tell ya that thing is BAD! A couple things I noticed about it, the side vent above the clutch would pack with snow when you carve to the left or when you throw it on it's side coming down hill. ( snow conditions were sugar pow with no base) didn't affect the belt at all but I also kept an eye on it and cleaned the snow out when it did get packed in the vent. Fix- took the vent tube off the side panel and am going to put mesh over honeycomb screen and rivit it to the side panel to insure a good-n-tite seal.(i noticed that the only thing holding the screen on was heat tape and that won't hold screen in place, and doesn't seal properly) Has anyone removed the tube completely? Due to no base I was taking it easy coming down hill and happened to find a couple rocks, ended up hitting them very slow, but came to an abrupt stop and threw me off, i hit directly between the a arms center of sled. No damage to bulkhead but my left lower a arm struck one on the bottom side of the a arm and after further inspection I noticed the a arm was very very slightly tweaked up directly where the rock hit. Had to look at it straight on in the garage to notice it. So it might be a good idea to keep an extra set of lower a arms in the garage. Also I would strongly recommend a skid plate. I was thinking UHMW or 1/8"-3/16" aluminum. All in all the sled handled amazing doesn't wheely while climbing, unless you want it to, manuvers up and down hill with ease. Worth every penny. Oh yeah I almost forgot, one of my friends on a pro rmk barely nosed into a boulder and bent an a arm, bent his ski 90* up and smashed his bumper. Ha silly rabbit pros r for kids!

"Barely nosed into a boulder and bent an a arm, bent his ski 90*" Funny how you cat *****'s are always comparing your rides to poo's.

 

[aksnopro]

"Barely nosed into a boulder and bent an a arm, bent his ski 90*" Funny how you cat *****'s are always comparing your rides to poo's.

thats because the polaris rider is the most sensitive rider out there, easiest to mess with and they think there gods gift to sledding because they bought a new pro. i mean you dont see me in the polaris section defending the pro climb do you?

-Aksnopro

 

[veritascs]

"Barely nosed into a boulder and bent an a arm, bent his ski 90*" Funny how you cat *****'s are always comparing your rides to poo's.

thats because the polaris rider is the most sensitive rider out there, easiest to mess with and they think there gods gift to sledding because they bought a new pro. i mean you dont see me in the polaris section defending the pro climb do you?

-Aksnopro

Keep comparing to the poo...

 

[Kbakbmr]

sucks you bent some stuff, but that is the nature of the game for riding with no base early season. sounds like its tougher then the M series a-arms cause i bent several older M a-arms without it launching me off the sled. rock vs a-arm is almost always a bend. good to hear no bulkhead dmg and the a-arm did its job and bent instead.


did you notice any bogs in the deep pow? exhaust bog or intake bog? just curious as this was a problem on the older M's

-Asknopro

No bogs 8250 all day! Damage was extremely minimal no need to change a arms...yet.

 

[backcountryislife]

We all need to find riding spots with softer rocks... this "bending parts" crap is unacceptable!!

 

[Kbakbmr]

Ha agreed, they don't like to move. Probly should have waited a little longer to ride but that just wasn't going to happen.

 

[Kbakbmr]

I had mine in deep snow last Sunday. I have mesh over the clutch intake screen, so I had no issues there. I did notice the open vent on the other side panel piled in snow. So much so that my SLP can had snow jammed around it 1/2 the way up it! I am going to try to make another screen and mesh combo for the can side. When snow hits the center of the hood it jams snow under the sides of the hood panels and into the chassis around the ECU. I only noticed this since I already have Cat accessory hood panels on and could look in through the frogzskins.

Here is the screen mesh fix I had for the clutch side...
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278183&highlight=Vent

I wonder why they left that vent screen off, how do you like your slp can and how much weight did it shed?

 

[CO 2.0]

Here is the deal with the SLP can...

SLP has 3 proclimbs and all 3 the can exits a different length on. They are supposed to be close to flush with the bottom belly pan. My slp can was sticking out 1-1.25" from the bottom of the pan. This caused me to get a couple bogs that completely cut off power when I was doing donut carves to the right in deep powder. I also bent the hell out of the piping at the bottom on log crossings since it was sticking out too far.

I talked to SLP and it seems I'm the first one giving them good feedback on this can in deep snow. We agreed to me cutting an inch off my exit. I did that yesterday and now the exit sits close to flush with the belly pan. At least it won't catch on anything now. I am going to try it out this weekend and see the difference. I'm hoping for no more powder bogs and no catching on logs. SLP and other can manufactures will most likely have to tell their customers of the potential to have to cut the exit length of their can to get around the tolerance issues they have been seeing between production models.

As for power, it makes great power. I didn't notice any fall in power. I actually pulled more rpms last weekend at a higher elevation then on my prior ride, but the motor was still breaking in. 8200rpms at 10000ft with 65g weights.

 

[clutch]

We all need to find riding spots with softer rocks... this "bending parts" crap is unacceptable!!

Dam sex stones!!! (aka focking rocks!)