I have the exact same sled and last year I put on the 1.25” Ripsaw, I am an aggressive trail rider and also do a little off trail riding. I love the track! However I am not able to stud it, going to the 1.25” I had to remove the tunnel and heat exchanger guards so the track would fit. Putting studs on will rip things apart underneath without the gaurds, keep that in mind. I also don’t have any lake crossings in my area so studs weren’t a major concern. If you have any questions with this project let me know I can let you know what I did.thanks for any feed back from you would be more then welcome!!!
usage: would be more for agressive trail with 192 stud's,lake drag racing (for fun),
hard pack back road's....[/b]
I would do the smaller drive gear to give track clearance instead of lowering the suspension mount, it may not handle as well in the trails by moving the mount and you still will have the rubbing problem on the heat exchanger.hello stenzo !
I'm also A aggressive trail rider/lake runner...my thought of the shotgun track is that it's 2 pounds lighter,with 96 predrilled holes,plus material in the area for the other 96 stud's That I want to use...The ripsay doesn't look as beefy in the stud are,BUT! has more track lug for the loose stuff on the trail/road's...man! very big tossup on track selection.....wish i had the money to buy both ,And test them out,but Am limited on the fund's like most people...
my thought for the extra lug height was to lowwer the front/top suspension mount ,and reajust the preload of the front shock to compinsate for the ski pressure for my setup..
would like to hear from you on your methed's on going about this???thanks for the reply![/b]
Sounds like your all set for tools...hello stenzo!
well getting all seal's ,bearing's,clips,O-ring's to do the job..going with the 8 tooth drive's ,and another set of 1" tunnel pertecter's..NO problem on the tool's!! work as a heavy truck machanic
so tool's are no consern to me...
I also herd that I mite have a problem with the taller track lug's rubbing the tunnel ..what give's??? plainning on puttin new 1" pertector's under the tunnel.. Was thinking of shimming the pertector's with part of the old pertector's...thinking! 1/4"-1/2"Is this necessary???
you guy's are great for info!!! thank's agian![/b]
speaking of stud's?Sounds like your all set for tools...
I don't have a problem with the lugs 1.25" rubbing on the tunnel, they did rub on the 2 long plastic protectors mounted on the bottom of the tunnel and the two short metal ones on the heat exchanger. I removed them... but putting studs on changes things. I hope the smaller drives will solve that without the protectors interfering ... make sure the studs aren’t in the same line of the track where protectors are or they will hit.[/b]
SRV540!forgot to mention ebay seems to be a good place to buy a shotgun track see them for $270 with free shipping???? cheap???[/b]
hay stenzo!I have the exact same sled and last year I put on the 1.25” Ripsaw, I am an aggressive trail rider and also do a little off trail riding. I love the track! However I am not able to stud it, going to the 1.25” I had to remove the tunnel and heat exchanger guards so the track would fit. Putting studs on will rip things apart underneath without the gaurds, keep that in mind. I also don’t have any lake crossings in my area so studs weren’t a major concern. If you have any questions with this project let me know I can let you know what I did.[/b]
The track was rubbing on the protectors, the cost effective solution for me was to remove the guards... they are there to protect the tunnel from studs and seeing as I don't have studs installed I wasn't too worried about it.hay stenzo!
just curius why you took out the tunnle pertector's???? I thought they were there to rub the outter part of the track.where the clips are. to keep the lug's/stud's..(If stud's are installed) from rubbing the tunnel????
OR is that how much clearance you loose with the 1.125 track?? on the yamaha's..[/b]
The track was rubbing on the protectors, the cost effective solution for me was to remove the guards... they are there to protect the tunnel from studs and seeing as I don't have studs installed I wasn't too worried about it.[/b]