Steering boots

[oler1234]

Anyone else have problems with the steering boots. The god dam plastic units with zip ties on them keep failing. Further to that I have ripped one open. What’s the solution to a crappy deal?

 

[mikeydoo]

I was having problems with them for awhile. I lubed them with vasiline and seems to have stopped popping out the bushing from the zip tie. Some guys were getting snow buildup inside the sled from not having a nose cone filter on the 17s, which was also causing problems i heard. mines an 18 and it did it a few times and tore 1 boot havent had any probs since i put the grease on the tie rods and bushings.

 

[catrutt]

I use silicone spray every second time out not messy and slides very nice

 

[Dynamo^Joe]

Ive put 2 sets on. Front grille has holes in the nose cone and snow gets down underneath the exhaust pipe and fills those boots up. Pushes them right out and looks like a toyota truck 5 speed shifter boot. My buddy called it "the eels nose" haha.
I ground the rivets off and used a cordless drill with a lengthy extension and drove self tapping screws to hold them in place. Easy and quick change now. In the end you gota keep the nose cone from being damaged.

 

[powpowpowpow]

Duct tape hood from side panel to side panel. Also screen on nose cone. We go out all day at very cold temps in real fine powder. Duct tape was what stopped the boots from filling up and splitting. Do sleds even get tested before release? G4 has not been my favorite