I have learned something today.

At the end of last year I swapped my flex skiis for percisions and just reused to old nuts and bolts.

Well today I lost a ski going down the trail. NOT FUN, pretty scary really. Luckily no damage to sled or rider and I found my ski and the rubber deal. $9 later and shes like new.

I bought a new nut for the other ski too!

It's beyond me why ski-doo does not use a cotter pin in the bolt like A/C does.Glad to hear you were not injured.

MXZonly: I just a flashback with your post, back in the seventies I had a bolt fall out of a TN,T leaf spring, The ski turned sidways,and the rest is history. That taught me a lesson on lock washers, lock nuts, cotter pins and loc-tite. Dino

How fast were u going? that must have been scary!

Mental note:

check lock nuts on ski's tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip.

It has made me wonder many times why Sleds don't "Safety Wire" critical bolts like aviation does. Mine will eventually be.

Thanks for the tip!!!! :0:

oh oh i just took off skis today and i used the original nuts guess i should get some new ones. :( SWRules

Yikes! note to self: drill and pin ski's!

Trapper

Originally posted by Trapper@Jan 14 2003, 12:18 AM
Yikes! note to self: drill and pin ski's!

Trapper
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Skidoo does not have pins in those bolts ?? :0: