ready to kill bombardier!

[lovinmclovin]

Anyway, i wont rant and rave. however i have been struggeling with a few things getting my sled back together after replacing the secondary mount. seems that one of the alum arms is like a 1/4" too short! thats beside the point. i had to loosen off a nut from the brake line, down to the housing on the outside of the tunnel just to move the line a smidgen to get the secondary mount on. now it seems i have no brake, or that it is stuck closed. anybody offer some insight to this newb mechanic???

 

[boots]

you need too bleed the brake now...

 

[lovinmclovin]

oh is that all? i thought i had fawked somthing!
why cant sleds be as easy as moto bikes to work on? that is my question.

 

[heavy d]

oh is that all? i thought i had fawked somthing!
why cant sleds be as easy as moto bikes to work on? that is my question.

wouldn't you bleed the brake on your bike, after you let air into the system, just saying

 

[lovinmclovin]

haha no... id let my mechanic take care of that!

 

[boots]

maybe send it too a mechanic then...

 

[polarice]

haha no... id let my mechanic take care of that!

so you send your bike to your mechanic yet you say sleds arent as easy to work on
something doesnt jive here

 

[muffin]

Some one once said , two levers to fix your problem , lever A and lever B LOL:d i usally choose the second one the older i get , lol

 

[beeonaplug]

When you bleed the brake on a doo, you doo it really slow, as in pump the brake leaver slowly, then wait a bit, other wise you will be there all day and it won't bleed. They have a strange setup.

 

[teeroy]

is this on an XP? what happened that you had to change the secondary mount?

 

[lovinmclovin]

i wont take my sled to a mechanic because it will cost. my TEAM mechanic for moto doesnt cost me anything.

yes, teeroy its an xp... not sure what happened, the mount just broke, was stting in there with no bolts holding it. when it deep snow, it would pull the secondary down and you would lose all power. weeird. but ya i had to spin the brake line to get the mount on, and now it has no tension on the lever and it almost feels like the caliper closed on the rotor, havent tried spinning the track off the ground yet tho.

 

[polarice]

i wont take my sled to a mechanic because it will cost. my TEAM mechanic for moto doesnt cost me anything.

yes, teeroy its an xp... not sure what happened, the mount just broke, was stting in there with no bolts holding it. when it deep snow, it would pull the secondary down and you would lose all power. weeird. but ya i had to spin the brake line to get the mount on, and now it has no tension on the lever and it almost feels like the caliper closed on the rotor, havent tried spinning the track off the ground yet tho.

ok makes sense

 

[teeroy]

i wont take my sled to a mechanic because it will cost. my TEAM mechanic for moto doesnt cost me anything.

yes, teeroy its an xp... not sure what happened, the mount just broke, was stting in there with no bolts holding it. when it deep snow, it would pull the secondary down and you would lose all power. weeird. but ya i had to spin the brake line to get the mount on, and now it has no tension on the lever and it almost feels like the caliper closed on the rotor, havent tried spinning the track off the ground yet tho.

I put a tower brace on mine, just for some added strength. thought the design looked a little weak

 

[lovinmclovin]

A tower brace eh? Any pics? I might want to fab one up too.

 

[DaveB]

A tower brace eh? Any pics? I might want to fab one up too.

This is a "must do" for an XP.