Smoked a tree!

[KTMDirtFace]

Did this Monday, on my first day of vacation.

Not as bad as it first seemed. Think backwoods bumper saved me from serious problems, it sort of failed in just the right places to not wreck anything important. Damage Report

1. Busted clip on hood in the front.
2. Stretched exhaust spring out, so need a new spring.
3. Ripped some rivets through the plastic in bumper/belly pan.
4. Cracked front of belly pan across the front.
5. Dented pipe a bit, but I think its ok it still lines up right anyway.

Should be able to bubblegum and zip tie it back together while I wait on parts ( ordered plastics just to have them )..and borrowed a stock bumper for now. Heated the belly pan plastic up and it straightened itself out.

 

[mn.nytronut]

According to some on snowest, this would have never happened on a Polaris, what with the 7s obstacle avoidance system and flickability Now to my real thoughts, I sincerely hope the repair is swift and you are back on the snow picking and grinning your way through the trees. Good luck

 

[KTMDirtFace]

After further investigation, my pipe is taco'd. its way out of alignment ( explains the absurd exhaust leak ).

And it appears that the tuned pipe is out of stock everywhere. ( I'm so sick of this with snowmobiles )

and massive dump inbound, I may be buying a second sled tomorrow while I wait for parts lol

 

[KTMDirtFace]

I might try shoving the pipe in something and shove a breaker bar in it. it kinda folded a bit. so it doesn't fit anymore. I guarantee my dealer wont have a single part whatsoever. Lol... I'm about to just go trade my can am sxs that I never use in for a second sled so I can ride.

 

[Paul G]

I wonder if skidoo parts fit like the pipe

 

[KTMDirtFace]

I wonder if skidoo parts fit like the pipe

They do, but also out of stock.

 

[KTMDirtFace]

Engine/pipes. bla bla, lower plastics all the same on Lynx and Doo.

its the upper plastics that get a little weird on the lynx. anyway ... the doo parts are out of stock too. .. I got the plastics I need ordered.

 

[volcano buster]

Good luck on the rebuilt before the snow reset.
What are the aluminum bracket thingies with the bolts in them?

 

[giddyup]

We had this problem with a gen4 pipe. Buddy hit a tree, bent the pipe all up. Way worse than yours, we took a good pipe off of my sled to a metal shop. They put it on the steel table and made a jig of it, then we just put his on the jig and heated it up and worked it to fit the jig, put it in the sled. Works perfect to this day.

 

[snowpatrol]

Good luck on the rebuilt before the snow reset.
What are the aluminum bracket thingies with the bolts in them?

those are the bmp bumper brackets that mount to the frame.

 

[Twistgrip]

You can get a new front bumper 50 percent off from BMP if you bend it.

 

[KTMDirtFace]

You can get a new front bumper 50 percent off from BMP if you bend it.

Yep, they gave me 50% off just now on the replacement I ordered.

Still trying to find a pipe.. i ordered one from partzilla but I think they are backordered.

Then a tree fell on my house on Christmas day, so now the sled is the least of my problems.

 

[KTMDirtFace]

I can probably shove a breaker bar in the pipe and pull it apart a bit ( it got kinda folded, i know it doesn't look bad but it doesn't line up at all anymore.

I may not even have time to ride anyway... its the least of my problems right now lol. Unfortunate because the mountains here in Central Oregon are getting HAMMERED right now.

 

[snow-doo]

Buy an aftermarket pipe from Jaws or someone else .

 

[suva]

I would guess you could straighten it using hydraulic pressure like the hydraforce setup for dirt bikes does.