2016 Renegade BackCountry X 146

[old mountain man]

Sled is darty and hard steering on hard trails. Thinking skis with lower keel would help. Suggestions? I also have an 850 Summit that handles better on trails. Not quite the way it is supposed to be!

 

[CatMan16]

You could try letting out the limiter strap and put some tension on the front shock spring of the skid. Basicly transfer some ski pressure to the rear.

 

[old mountain man]

Have done that. Helped a bit but still pretty poor handling on trails.

 

[CatMan16]

Sounds like a skis issue then.

 

[Stg2Suby]

If you've cranked up the center to try and get some weight off the nose I guess you could try taking some preload off the ski shock springs and/or the rear springs. Its likely to have more ski pressure than your Summit though just being a crossover vs mountain chassis setup. For the dartiness have you checked the ski alignment? Toe-in will make it darty, typically you want 1/8 to 1/4" toe-out for stable steering.

 

[old mountain man]

Machine has 1/3" of toe-out. Starting to think it must be the skis?