Need some help all PLEASE....

[..stiffler..]

This is going to be a long post so please be patiant....

Heres the Problem

I changed my RT1000 from a 151 track to a 144 track and now the rail tips are hitting my 10T extros....

Alot of people are telling me to trim my rails but look at the pics and see the problems I am having with that....

Here are some pics of other people who have trimmed rails nd look at the difference...

Pic 1

Pic 2

Now in these 2 pics you can see that the bottom bar for the limiter strap is located a ways back from the end of the rails...

This is my skid and look where the Bar is located....

So that does not leave alot of room to trim....

and I dont think trimming just the plastic end piece will give me enough clearence....

Is there anyway to relocate the limiter strap bar back a bit????
Or should I get an Anti Stab Wheel Kit???
Or should I just try trimming the plastic caps...???

Im stuck..

Please help

Stiff

 

[NoSecondChances]

Here's what I would do:

Raise the sled up so that susp is in full drop, measure the distance from your limiter strap bar to the cross bar on your front suspension and move the limiter strap bottom bar back a couple inches, making sure that you keep the distance between the two as close as possible to the original spec.

Or....

I would trim the rails back enuf to use your cross bar mounting holes and the bar itself to hold the plastic rail caps on. What I mean is enlarge the holes in the plastic caps (you may need some bigger washers on the outside and inside and you might need to trim a little off the cross bar to accomodate the plastic caps inside the rails) trim the rails back to the point where the hole in the rail caps is the same point as the cross bar and bolt the bar back in. You wouldn't need the little bolts to hold the rail caps on since the cross bar would replace them. From your pic, the centerline on the bolts look really close and this looks like it could work and would keep the geometry stock. Hope this makes sense.

edit: just thought about something - cross bar bolts might not be long enough to go through the plastic and into the bar, if you are worried about how mcuh they grab, get longer bolts or recess the bolt into the plastic cap a little to gain a little more thread.

 

[..stiffler..]

Here's what I would do:

Raise the sled up so that susp is in full drop, measure the distance from your limiter strap bar to the cross bar on your front suspension and move the limiter strap bottom bar back a couple inches, making sure that you keep the distance between the two as close as possible to the original spec.

Or....

I would trim the rails back enuf to use your cross bar mounting holes and the bar itself to hold the plastic rail caps on. What I mean is enlarge the holes in the plastic caps (you may need some bigger washers on the outside and inside and you might need to trim a little off the cross bar to accomodate the plastic caps inside the rails) trim the rails back to the point where the hole in the rail caps is the same point as the cross bar and bolt the bar back in. You wouldn't need the little bolts to hold the rail caps on since the cross bar would replace them. From your pic, the centerline on the bolts look really close and this looks like it could work and would keep the geometry stock. Hope this makes sense.

edit: just thought about something - cross bar bolts might not be long enough to go through the plastic and into the bar, if you are worried about how mcuh they grab, get longer bolts or recess the bolt into the plastic cap a little to gain a little more thread.

I understand perfectly....that is a good idea....Ill try that first and if it is still not enough then I will go the route and put the limiter strap bar back a few inches...

Thx

Ill try that and keep you updated

Stiff

***********More suggestions would still be great...***********

 

[sledsrock]

Great idea using the same hole for the cap as the limiter bar attach, you might consider opening up the hole in the cap (both sides) so that the bolt head and bar sit inside the cap, you know oversize the hole so that the bolt length will not change, there will be no pressure on the plastic cap from the bar or the bolt when you tighen it up, and the cap will not fall off. Only if there's room enough in the plastic of course, just a thought.

 

[wildman dan]

i would try to drop the suspension back and down like the old sleds and drill new holes.

 

[diamonddave]

i would try to drop the suspension back and down like the old sleds and drill new holes.

Ditto, enough to get a 2 inch gap between rail and driver