Mike270412
Golden Boy
Thought I convinced you to switch to Cat.
Do you own an 850, Have you broken a Bulkhead
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I'm buying one of each. That way I can make everyone happy.
Dynamo^Joe
Active VIP Member
Update from OP.
Started to tear the sled apart on Nov 13th 2017. Got the sled fixed by Nov 22nd. Total about 13 hours adding up the time. I think I can do it faster now.
This season past (17/18) I hit a few show stoppers dead on (not carving) and bent a lower A-Arm, pushing it back about 1/2 inch - Did a 1/3rd triple Lindey over the bars, standing ovation from the peanut gallery.
Did a post season check, pressure wash the sled, oiled er' down (rust check) Thank God the bulkhead is not cracked anywhere. Just going to change the lower A-arm and buy another one for spare.
The upside of the job is finding on ebay, one of those big Stanley rivet tools I always wanted (Pop PS45) for $69 CDN from someone out of Edmonton. There are some rivets you need that big bastad of a rivet tool. Im tellin ya, you slice your hand and it hurts if you dont have the shield in place when the mandrel fires out from poppin them big sombeotch rivets.
I bought a spare bulkhead, have it hangin on the wall in my office. Also have two lower A-Arms for spare hangin up there too (i'll change the bent one this fall).
I kept my 13 sled so not having any downtime, IF i bust up my 17 again; can fix it right away.
Hoping the 2020 G4 will be hit and buy a 165x3" this time.
Started to tear the sled apart on Nov 13th 2017. Got the sled fixed by Nov 22nd. Total about 13 hours adding up the time. I think I can do it faster now.
This season past (17/18) I hit a few show stoppers dead on (not carving) and bent a lower A-Arm, pushing it back about 1/2 inch - Did a 1/3rd triple Lindey over the bars, standing ovation from the peanut gallery.
Did a post season check, pressure wash the sled, oiled er' down (rust check) Thank God the bulkhead is not cracked anywhere. Just going to change the lower A-arm and buy another one for spare.
The upside of the job is finding on ebay, one of those big Stanley rivet tools I always wanted (Pop PS45) for $69 CDN from someone out of Edmonton. There are some rivets you need that big bastad of a rivet tool. Im tellin ya, you slice your hand and it hurts if you dont have the shield in place when the mandrel fires out from poppin them big sombeotch rivets.
I bought a spare bulkhead, have it hangin on the wall in my office. Also have two lower A-Arms for spare hangin up there too (i'll change the bent one this fall).
I kept my 13 sled so not having any downtime, IF i bust up my 17 again; can fix it right away.
Hoping the 2020 G4 will be hit and buy a 165x3" this time.
Dynamo^Joe
Active VIP Member
After the job was complete, I got to take the sled for a ride out back of the shop. The dash kept showing intermittent check engine. Put the laptop on and Rodger traced the problem down to a faulty auxiliary injector. But it wasn't the injector. It was a fault on the wires exposed out of the injector plug.
Here is a picture of the wires where the rubber was chafed on each wire. The bare wires touched each other, grounding out, malfunctioning the auxiliary injector.
The wires in the picture are now stripped, ready to pull the wire prongs out of the plug to remove and replace the original wire back onto the prongs. Then put the ty-raps in a different location to prevent vibration chafing.
I got my 1st cousin to jump ship and buy a holdover 17x850x3 and guess what happened to him in Feb? Same thing, wires bared off and also a wire on his ECU harness bared from vibration.
Here is a picture of the wires where the rubber was chafed on each wire. The bare wires touched each other, grounding out, malfunctioning the auxiliary injector.
The wires in the picture are now stripped, ready to pull the wire prongs out of the plug to remove and replace the original wire back onto the prongs. Then put the ty-raps in a different location to prevent vibration chafing.
I got my 1st cousin to jump ship and buy a holdover 17x850x3 and guess what happened to him in Feb? Same thing, wires bared off and also a wire on his ECU harness bared from vibration.
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