JoHNI_T
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you will pop te head off because ive done it. so remove the plastic spacer.
ahh in between the clamp??? that makes sense Im at work I take a looky....
you will pop te head off because ive done it. so remove the plastic spacer.
If you actually WATCH the vid... he says "I bailed.... then the thing shuts off.... and it hit a tree"
I would say that Ya... he was wearing a teather. That news article should have been titled. "Man doesnt get insurance on his sled". The repairs were almost as much as the whole machine so he wont be fixing it??? Will it be a giant bird feeder now? its called full coverage! When my strap bent down all it did was make my RPM's hang a bit.... I honestly DO NOT think that there is ANY way that the mountain strap could be resposible for holding that thing wide open.... No matter which way you pull that strap... Forward or backward... with the bracket loose... the strap hits riser block before it would hold it open far enough to actually make it move....
First I have heard of this. I wonder if the new tapered bars on the 2012's are the reason or is this happening on older models as well?
which sled are you comparing it tooI went and looke at the mounting of my Mountain Bars compared to the one ones in the Skidoo, it looks like skidoo went real cheap on theirs. Funny that they are issuing a cautionary statement about the mounting of these bars. Hmmmm.
If you actually WATCH the vid... he says "I bailed.... then the thing shuts off.... and it hit a tree"
I would say that Ya... he was wearing a teather. ....
I did watch the video but you are correct, I missed that little detail! Thanks.....
and if the guy didn't doo anything (like he claims), then it was not tightened enough at the dealers. PDI.....[/QUOTE]
well I re tightened mine and it did the excat same thing in under 1 hour in the hills? thats not PDI? thats design flaw? I seriously cranked it,, it bent loose again in under 3 pulls at it? I will look at plastic as maxwell mentioned and remove but really why am I doing this?
thats not PDI is it? hey BRP missed a lil thing like this its fine just get me a proper mount, I wont deny my sled is riden hard but really the silly strap should hold up. and I should'nt have to fix it from the factory.
I did watch the video but you are correct, I missed that little detail! Thanks.....
and if the guy didn't doo anything (like he claims), then it was not tightened enough at the dealers. PDI.....[/QUOTE]
well I re tightened mine and it did the excat same thing in under 1 hour in the hills? thats not PDI? thats design flaw? I seriously cranked it,, it bent loose again in under 3 pulls at it? I will look at plastic as maxwell mentioned and remove but really why am I doing this?
thats not PDI is it? hey BRP missed a lil thing like this its fine just get me a proper mount, I wont deny my sled is riden hard but really the silly strap should hold up. and I should have to fix it from the factory.
you are right. even with the washer removed like we did we tightened one snug and the bolt snapped. so i dont beleive its possible to get that thing tight enough even with the washer removed without breaking the bolts. i think a billet replacement would be a good recall for brp on this possible issue.
on previous model sleds ( zx and rev) the strap actually went through a welded rung in the bars. impossible for it to go anywhere.
People have complained about that floppy mountain bars for years. A BRP engineer told me once that that is the only bar the legal department would sign off on. Might come back to bite them now?
Maybe all you guys need to email the troubleshooter so she can go to BRP with this info and hopefully get this guy some satisfaction.I did watch the video but you are correct, I missed that little detail! Thanks.....
and if the guy didn't doo anything (like he claims), then it was not tightened enough at the dealers. PDI.....[/QUOTE]
well I re tightened mine and it did the excat same thing in under 1 hour in the hills? thats not PDI? thats design flaw? I seriously cranked it,, it bent loose again in under 3 pulls at it? I will look at plastic as maxwell mentioned and remove but really why am I doing this?
thats not PDI is it? hey BRP missed a lil thing like this its fine just get me a proper mount, I wont deny my sled is riden hard but really the silly strap should hold up. and I should'nt have to fix it from the factory.
My 2007 Polaris switchbackwhich sled are you comparing it too