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fullthrottlezrt 03-05-2002, 04:06 AM I have a newly purchased 99 zrt. never had a sled with reeds before and wondering how to take care of them. Ive heard you have to clean them. what do you use? do you take them off the motor to do so ? If you do is there anything i have to look out for? and the same for installing them? thanks phazerhater 03-05-2002, 05:55 AM I have never heard of anyone cleaning their reeds. *Are you thinking of cleaning the powervalves(APV) or something? *What you do need to do is regularly inspect your reeds for cracks or chips, especialy if you have aftermarket reeds. *To do so, remove your airbox and then pull your carbs. *your reed cage is directly behind the carbs. *Just pull them and inspect them every thousand miles or so to be safe. phazerhater 03-05-2002, 05:57 AM Just noticed you have a '99, so you must not be thinking of the powervalves then....haha Did a dealer tell you to clean the reeds or what? *Just curious. Fastcat800 03-06-2002, 07:25 AM I have seen my stock reeds in my '95 ZRT 800 go 12000 miles with no problems, my sons went 13000 without problems. *Then he bought a ZRT with v-force reeds and the didn't go 3000 miles until one of them broke. ACRulz33 03-06-2002, 05:40 PM dont need to clean em. just check em once and a while to make sure they are there and not broke off. newf 03-07-2002, 06:30 AM Don't all sled's have reeds? *Two stroke sleds that is. cheether 03-07-2002, 06:37 AM No, there is 3 different types of 2 strokes. *Piston port, rotary valve and reed valve. *Piston port relys on the piston skirt to close off the intake port, the height of the port deterimines port timing or duration the port is open. newf 03-07-2002, 06:54 AM oh ya, never thought about the rotax! I don't believe that piston port is used on snow machines anymore. fullthrottlezrt 03-08-2002, 09:17 PM are they easy to take out? what holds them in ? is there only one way to put them back in? http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif phazerhater 03-08-2002, 10:01 PM Go to Boyseens website. They have pics and a step by step plan for removing and replacing reeds. *Very easy to follow.... http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif fullthrottlezrt 03-09-2002, 07:06 PM hey phazerhater how do you get to that boyseens website? every time i punch that in it draws up a blank http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif *thanks for the help phazerhater 03-09-2002, 08:20 PM My bad, I spelled it wrong. *Its Boyesen.com... http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif * Sorry about that. *Here is a direct link to the snowmobile reeds instalation though. http://www.boyesen.com/products/snowmobile/install.html fullthrottlezrt 03-09-2002, 08:46 PM hey that worked alot better thanks http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif | ||