As far as your suspension not returning, it has more to do with the springs on the side than the shocks. Make sure they are under tension and adjusted properly. Also I would bet that if you lift the back of the machine off the ground, the straps will be under pressure (it is normal for slack when the machine is sitting on flat ground). If you get your spring issue under control so that the suspension rebound is correct for your weight, I wouldn't be suprised if your noise would go away. That and make sure your track tension is somewhat close to spec
Funny Track Sounds
Hi Everybody,
My 99 Formula 500 was in need of some suspension work (worn out bearings), so I decided to tackle the job myself. I dropped the skid frame, and had to split the rails to replace my rear axle bearing.
Anyway, aftering doing all of that, I noticed two problems I previously did not have with my skid frame: (1) when I put all of my weight on it, the skid frame would NOT uncollapse - I had to manually force it back to normal (guessing I need a new shock, but I didn't put a new shock in at that point) and (2) I replaced my front leather straps and now they weren't under any pressure, ie. they were not under any tension at all - even though they were in the bombarier specifed hole locations (but they were kimpex straps so maybe the dimensions are wrong??)
Since I was doing all of this back in Nov/Dec, when the trails finally got good in my area (mid Jan), I rushed the skid frame back into the machine and went riding.
Now I have this problem - when I'm riding less than 80 km/hr, everything seems fine - no funny sounds, everything is normal. However, if I go faster than 80, say 100 km/hr, I start hearing what I think is the track feeding, kind of a "clink clink clink" sound...and then I start hearing chattering from the track. This usually scares me enough to slow down and generally when I am less than 80 km/hr, the sounds go away.
My track isn't the newest (I've got over 7,000 km on the track and it's starting to show some age), I'm not 100% sure I've set the track tension/alignment correctly and I've got these darn issues with my skid frame (above).
If anybody has some advice (like "it's your track tension dummy!")...I would appreciate it, since that can help me save some time getting this issue fixed...although I think I just went for my last ride of the season today
:...thanks in advance...
My 99 Formula 500 was in need of some suspension work (worn out bearings), so I decided to tackle the job myself. I dropped the skid frame, and had to split the rails to replace my rear axle bearing.
Anyway, aftering doing all of that, I noticed two problems I previously did not have with my skid frame: (1) when I put all of my weight on it, the skid frame would NOT uncollapse - I had to manually force it back to normal (guessing I need a new shock, but I didn't put a new shock in at that point) and (2) I replaced my front leather straps and now they weren't under any pressure, ie. they were not under any tension at all - even though they were in the bombarier specifed hole locations (but they were kimpex straps so maybe the dimensions are wrong??)
Since I was doing all of this back in Nov/Dec, when the trails finally got good in my area (mid Jan), I rushed the skid frame back into the machine and went riding.
Now I have this problem - when I'm riding less than 80 km/hr, everything seems fine - no funny sounds, everything is normal. However, if I go faster than 80, say 100 km/hr, I start hearing what I think is the track feeding, kind of a "clink clink clink" sound...and then I start hearing chattering from the track. This usually scares me enough to slow down and generally when I am less than 80 km/hr, the sounds go away.
My track isn't the newest (I've got over 7,000 km on the track and it's starting to show some age), I'm not 100% sure I've set the track tension/alignment correctly and I've got these darn issues with my skid frame (above).
If anybody has some advice (like "it's your track tension dummy!")...I would appreciate it, since that can help me save some time getting this issue fixed...although I think I just went for my last ride of the season today
:...thanks in advance...
