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: Location Of Rear Arm In Skid....


TallCool1
12-24-2003, 12:43 AM
Well, after sitting on my sled (some more) tonight in the garage, I've come to the conclusion that I did not compensate enough vertically when I moved the rear arm of the skid back during the 136" conversion. At first I wasn't too worried about the rear of the sled sitting a "little" lower, because it wouldn't really hurt anything (just a lower riding position, better for hookup). But, when I just sit on the sled, the snowflap touches the ground, and that can't be good when I go bouncing down the trails. In order to move the rear mounting bolts down to where they should be, I would either have to move the mounting location either an inch or two forward, or backwards. Would this affect how the suspension does it's job? If so, would it be better to go forward or back? I'm thinking back, because it takes so much pressure to move that arm forward when reinstalling the skid. Hopefully the pics will get my thoughts accross.

Any help would be appreciated, my dealer is up north enjoying the trails for a few days.

Thanks!!!

TallCool1
12-24-2003, 12:45 AM
One more. I know these aren't straight-on shots, but you can see the hole where the rear arm used to mount, and where I have it now. I would have to mount it in one of the holes that hang under the floorboard.

big windy mxz
12-24-2003, 01:00 PM
Not gospel , Ive have seen post or articles to get front and rear arms to be at same angle , I hope that gives you some guide which way to go .happy trails