Need help getting transfer out of the new '08 skids....
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You guys need to be able to adjust the limiter strap out when boondocking and powder riding. Tighten in seconds for steep climbing.
You should try a RE Limiter Strap Adjuster
pricing at www.sourceinnovations.ca
You should try a RE Limiter Strap Adjuster
pricing at www.sourceinnovations.ca
J
Johnmaster
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Help!!! I have an 09 Crossfire SnoPro 800 with the 141 and I am trying to figure out how to get this suspension to do what I want. This mod sounds like it cured some of the M's of the same problems I have and I am trying to figure out how much of the info can be applied toward my sled. I have the Floats up front and the float rear skid with the zero pro middle shock.
When I bought this sled it came with something like 150 psi in the rear, couldnt even jump up and down to get it to move, I think I finally got it down to 125 psi and the fronts to maybe 60ish (can't remember exactly). I didn't really have much to complain about it when it came to boondocking but on the trail it rode so harsh. If I unclinch my feet they will slap up and down in the footwells with the bumps. Luckily I have a softer seat but it still just wore me out unnecessarily. Different adjustments made it better or worse but I would never have considered it right.
One of my tuning problems is that I ride so much different terrain throughout the year that I don't know if I will ever pin settings down (and once I am on the sled I stop wanting to work on it so most adjustments are done in the shop between trips). I will start off this year with the Crosfire width float front end and Cobra 1.5 studded on/off trail in Michigan, when snow piles up around me here in wisconsin I might take a ride out my back door on junky trails, back up to michigan, once the snow is deep enough in Michigan I will put the power claw on, and then when we go out to Togwotee area I have an M series set of a arms and zero pros with no sway bar (for the obvious benefits of sidehilling and carving).
I was pretty happy with the weight transfer of the sled from the factory once I got pressures figured out a bit better. It would hang the skis 4" off the trail with the studded track and still cornered great with my Powder Hounds and sway bar in.
I really think if I can just get it to ride acceptably on whooped out trails I will be able to figure out the rest and be completely happy with the sled. I am 185 without gear and I like to pack a tool bag and survival stuff in the rear of the sled, so maybe 205ish total?
Geo/anyone, can you help?
When I bought this sled it came with something like 150 psi in the rear, couldnt even jump up and down to get it to move, I think I finally got it down to 125 psi and the fronts to maybe 60ish (can't remember exactly). I didn't really have much to complain about it when it came to boondocking but on the trail it rode so harsh. If I unclinch my feet they will slap up and down in the footwells with the bumps. Luckily I have a softer seat but it still just wore me out unnecessarily. Different adjustments made it better or worse but I would never have considered it right.
One of my tuning problems is that I ride so much different terrain throughout the year that I don't know if I will ever pin settings down (and once I am on the sled I stop wanting to work on it so most adjustments are done in the shop between trips). I will start off this year with the Crosfire width float front end and Cobra 1.5 studded on/off trail in Michigan, when snow piles up around me here in wisconsin I might take a ride out my back door on junky trails, back up to michigan, once the snow is deep enough in Michigan I will put the power claw on, and then when we go out to Togwotee area I have an M series set of a arms and zero pros with no sway bar (for the obvious benefits of sidehilling and carving).
I was pretty happy with the weight transfer of the sled from the factory once I got pressures figured out a bit better. It would hang the skis 4" off the trail with the studded track and still cornered great with my Powder Hounds and sway bar in.
I really think if I can just get it to ride acceptably on whooped out trails I will be able to figure out the rest and be completely happy with the sled. I am 185 without gear and I like to pack a tool bag and survival stuff in the rear of the sled, so maybe 205ish total?
Geo/anyone, can you help?
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ttt
Geo, I noticed you mentioned you have or had some revs. Would this mod work on a rev or an xp?? I have a 08 m8 as well and am excited to try this. Thanks
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CatRyder88
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I would like to inform all you sled heads out there that i am offically coming out of the closet and would like to invite you all to a free for all on my ***!!! Fill it with all you can!
ttt for 2011
why no sticky
o8 skid improvment
I'm still riding my 07 m8 and I have tried all the various mods mentioned in this thread. My sled and suspension have more mounting possibilites than you can imagine. I have tried towo other skids in this sled.
So far the best improvment has been going to the 2011 valving in the rear shocks. Just got back from 6 hrs in the deep new powder. Looking back over the last 4 plus years with this sled, three suspension imrovements stand out.
The updated float rear in 08, a power claw track and now 2011 shock setup.
the Sled is way way better than 4 years ago out in the deep crap.
I'm still riding my 07 m8 and I have tried all the various mods mentioned in this thread. My sled and suspension have more mounting possibilites than you can imagine. I have tried towo other skids in this sled.
So far the best improvment has been going to the 2011 valving in the rear shocks. Just got back from 6 hrs in the deep new powder. Looking back over the last 4 plus years with this sled, three suspension imrovements stand out.
The updated float rear in 08, a power claw track and now 2011 shock setup.
the Sled is way way better than 4 years ago out in the deep crap.
where exactly are the measurement points to do this suspension mod. i just got a 11 m8 and would like to do this mod.
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