Not in the them days. That one had a Polaris cfi in it a home built aero 66 in it. Not much of it was skidoo out side of the chaincase steering post and s and e modules. Took him most of a summer to build when he was 20 something. We used to have a lot more time before kids and wives haha
G5 turbo Gears and chain
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Any one have a picture of them two gears sitting side by side. G4 bottom gear vs G5 Generally if you’re having issues from the chain being loose. The chain is usually the culprit with broken links and then coming in half. The gears don’t usually get damage till that chain end up pilled between the case and gears.
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Gear on the right is my 53tooth from my 23 lynx shredder ds n/a and gear on the left is from my 2020 summit.
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They should probably lighten the one on the right up a little move LOL
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Weight, and a huge loss in efficiency and reliability.
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Gear on the right is my 53tooth from my 23 lynx shredder ds n/a and gear on the left is from my 2020 summit.
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How many plates are in your chain? Are they thicker and 11W?
That style of sprocket on the right has been used since the 2021 turbo.
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Wouldn't it be more reliable and efficient?
Gear to gear like a transmission should beat a chain any day.
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Look up the Arctic Cat Diamond Drive. It's been done with mixed success.
My opinion is it's a cost and complexity issue. Gears are expensive to produce. You need multiple ratios. They're heavy. Multiple bearings and a complex case. Ultimately gears could be more efficient and reliable than a chain, but likely negligible gains outweighed by the negatives.
There's nothing wrong with a chain system for this application. It's just undersized/rated for these sleds and there may be a qc issue at play as well.
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Nope it would not.
There is a reason transfer cases have a hyvo chain in them.
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Agreed but at a weight penalty, doesn’t matter when it’s behind a big V-8 engine.
Remember cats diamond drive that quickly abandoned.
Arctic Cat Diamond Drive - Fact or Hype? (Jim Tucker) - Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts
The wizards from Arctic Cat had a simple idea – create a lighter more efficient drive train for the transmission of power from belt to track. After much R&D, Arctic in 2004 released the now famous Diamond Drive on the
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Agreed but at a weight penalty, doesn’t matter when it’s behind a big V-8 engine.
Remember cats diamond drive that quickly abandoned.
Arctic Cat Diamond Drive - Fact or Hype? (Jim Tucker) - Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts
The wizards from Arctic Cat had a simple idea – create a lighter more efficient drive train for the transmission of power from belt to track. After much R&D, Arctic in 2004 released the now famous Diamond Drive on thewww.sledmass.com
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Ya not saying its good in.a snowmobile.
Just need the beefier chain and sprocket and the problem will be gone i think. And maybe a one piece shaft
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I did all of that to my sled. Hyvo, new 2022 1 piece shaft, If my case blows up than there is definitely a parts quality issue.
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That I am not sure it’s LB 537 I think stamped on the side I forgot to count and take a good picture when I swapped drivers and bottom gear.
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