Mds weights worth it on the alpha?

[summ8rmk]

my Alpha is a 2019 but i bought a new primary clutch loaded with MDS in early 2020 (mine cracked). no idea what version the clutch is as the cover said 2016 and we all know cat didn't have a roller bearing in 2016 (clutch came from Racinstation). i put a ZRP cover on, in hopes that this clutch won't crack like the last one.
the weights are extremely close to the rollers but they do not touch. sled pulls consistent R's

 

[Vern]

Vern, I have the Venom 130-280 and I like the smooth, low engagement provided by the 105/280 better. I have a brand new Arctic Cat Gold spring 75/2?? that I may try at some point but, it considerably shorter than the Team primary clutch springs.

I have one of those gold springs, but was not a fan of that low of engagement on my m7 that I tried it on. I think I also have a few stock cat springs from previous years I could try, but not sure how the numbers compare between the cat clutch and the team.

it’s sounds like there’s quite a bit of variation from one of these clutches to the next in regards to the distance between weights and rollers.

 

[CB.8]

I’ve been emailing Steve and it is sounding like the weights resting firmly against the rollers is normal for his set up. So I guess that rules out that theory.

I ordered a 120/280 spring from bdx and found an slp spring in my collection that is supposedly 110/290 on these sleds according to their website, so I’ll probably give those a try. I was going to buy the 130-280 venom spring that Steve suggested, but they wanted as much for shipping as they did the spring so I couldn’t do it.

One things for sure, it sure would be helpful for testing if it would snow

I bought mine from Steve. Like 31 dollars to the door.