Wear bars vs carbides

[bobsledder]

Who runs wearbars? Any negatives with them. Tired of carbide ripping the crap out of everything

 

[DeNytroguy]

We make them ourselves. 3/8” square for the Gripper skis. Bend, weld the studs to em and weld a “wear” strip where the carbide usually is. Worked really well so far.

 

[Bnorth]

Swear by them, switched years ago. Don't buy the wear bars from skidoo they are not hard welds and wear super quick. Get the woody's hard welds. Mac's machine stocks them.

 

[LUCKY 7]

wear bars for sure

 

[dropitbuster]

The wearbars can save you from a lot of damage especially early season if find some hidden rocks.

 

[meierjn]

I ran them for years on my old SummitX. I'd order them from Bergstrom Skegs. had a nice hard bead on the bottom so I got good life out of them. If you are on ice anywhere though the carbides are nice for better control.

https://www.bergstromskegs.com/

 

[Dazzler]

Who runs wearbars? Any negatives with them. Tired of carbide ripping the crap out of everything

I grind the sharp edges off the carbide runners and run them till they wear out then replace with regular wearbars. I run a quick pass of hard surfacing on the new wearbars before installing them.

 

[tex78]

I grind the sharp edges off the carbide runners and run them till they wear out then replace with regular wearbars. I run a quick pass of hard surfacing on the new wearbars before installing them.

You can buy regular skegs, with hard welding in it done already

I buy the extra hard bars from macs bert

 

[Dazzler]

You can buy regular skegs, with hard welding in it done already

I buy the extra hard bars from macs bert

Yes I've run them, they work ok, I buy the cheap wear bars and run a pass of arctec hardcro hard surfacing rod, it will outlast them 3-4 to 1.

 

[skegpro]

Love the wear bars.
No need for carbides.

Easier on the deck, trailer and garage floor.