Quick, Clever, Downright Ingenious Remote Fixes

[nast70]

Just read the thread about towing sled uphill. Learned a ton of stuff I hope i new have to use.

So lets share some of the other clever trail fixes that could help others.

 

[RTTTTed]

A "Goldfinger" left hand throttle is great for powder carving and if you Hit a boulder and break a right A arm on your front suspension (like my daughter did) ... You can remove the ski, then leaning out on the left side of the sled you can drive it out of the mountains (like her BF did). The goldfinger allows you to throttle without needing to lean across the sled to reach the throttle on the right side.

When buddies M7 slightly overheated we used his Bottle of drinking water to add water to his cooling system. We filled that bottle with snow a few times and emptied the water (when it finally melted) into the cooling system. That is a terrible way to melt water when you put the bottle beside the exhaust side of the engine as it takes forever to melt. suggest that when riding on ice and hardpack take some antifreeze with you so you won't have to drain out cooling fluids to add antifreeze once you get home.

If your tool kit doesn't have a starter rope and someone breaks their starter rope a 5' rope with a knot in the end can be used to wrap around the clutch to start the engine.

If you have "Turbo North" with you ... he can grab the clutch with his hands and start the engine with a spin

Ted

 

[Summiteer]

Used the plug wrench in my doo for a splint on a broken tie rod. push the broken ends into the plug wrench and ty rap through the holes back to the ski. ran half the fox creek poker rally like that last year.

 

[RXN]

Spare rip cord for a throttle cable. got me home.

 

[scotts]

Seen a whittled stick act as a plug for a broken head bolt. Also watched Rob Blair fill sandwhich bags full of anti freeze and file a stuck ring free with a leatherman file on top of the big pull that looks across to turbo off the lakes on turtle.

 

[Rucky]

Think I've seen/heard of more Goldfingers causing accidents than saving sleds...

Used my shovel handle as a splint for my broken handlebars, with a lot of tuck tape holding it on. Still could only steer with one side. The other was when I retired my a arms in Sicamous.

 

[imdoo'n]

hear the same, tether cord would cure most of the problems. but stuck throttles give new meaning to the words flat out. :d:d

 

[Kiwionsnow]

For a broken tie rod. cut a stick about 40 -42 inches long / about 1"-1.5 inches thick.
tie or lash one end of the stick to the ski hoop on the good side and then tie the other end of the stick to the non steering ski hoop. The good side steering will then steer the other ski. rode for Half a day like this a while back.

 

[Polarblu]

You can replace the XP rear suspension with spagetti noodles. You cook to al dente then apply to broken/bent section once it freezes It ends up being stronger than stock!!!!!

 

[pirate31red]

buddy broke his oil tank on xp we started a fire and plastic welded it with pliers and the screwdriver out of the kit

 

[teamgreen]

Helped fix a coolant overflow with a beer can and gum, it definitely wasn't pretty, but it held just long enough to limp it home

 

[polarsledhead]

i when to horsy creek and the tour guide rode my buddys sled up the hill to the traill and when he when to get off the sled my jacket grabed the gold finger and drove my buddys sled into my dads sled and my dads sled into mine

 

[Steve D]

A couple years ago but I forget exactly what we put inside, I want to say the cross shafts on a 1M gas rack are nearly the perfect diameter to fit inside the front arm suspension arms, but I can't remember if we used one of those, or a good stick (I know we were contemplating sacrificing a shovel handle at one point in the discussion). But anyway we jammed something inside the tube to support it, wrapped it in duct tape and he rode it home on really pounded out trail no problem.

 

[fnDan]

Air activated hand warmers for the guy that's being towed out. Really helps when towing out from Silent Pass.

Side panel off a trailer used to carry a buddy to the helicopter.