New Custom Sled Project......

[Maize]

With work yesterday, the Michigan game, the Wisconsin game and some shocks to finish up. Didn't get much done on the sled.

Today I had no customer shocks to do and the whole day to work on the sled.

So, I got the Snow Eliminators on, the rear drop brackets, the front brackets, the 440X footwell bracing, the footwell supports and foot adjusters all in place:















Next, I got the chain case put on and properly aligned. Then the MAG side 440X brace, all the upper pyramidal supports. I also has to re-install the brackets that hold the head light in place, hence the headlight seeming to be a bit pre-mature. LOL



Then came the front plate, all the steering pulley and post pieces:



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[Maize]

Lots of activity at the shop....customers dropping by, lots of shocks in the mail. Thank you, everyone.

I got the new track in the mail on Friday, today I set out to pull all the old studs out of....at least what was left of them.

The track is a Ski-Doo snow-cross track from 2002. They track is in mint shape, the studs.....not so much.





It has Stud Boy double plates on it. It had 96 studs in it, which is perfect as that is how many are going back in it. Whoever studded it put 1.75" studs in it. The track is a 1.450" so they were way too long. I will be putting 1.515" back in it, with 3/4" locking nuts on it.



You can see the double plates. Now that they are off the track, they are going to powder coating to done in pink, also. I have one trip left for the VanAmburg edge rails, and these. I have to redo the steering post. I forgot that I have to modify the steering post to fit the Sea-Doo riser. I didn't do that before sending it off the first time.

Out of the 96 studs that were on the sled, only 21 remained. The rest were broken off as the lock-nut.



I still have to cut open the 3rd windows on this track, that is always fun.

I dropped the axle into the open windows and it barely fit. Whoever lined up the sprokets set them at 9.25" on center. They should be 9" on center.

So I put the axle in the sled, took my measurements and moved the drivers so they are centered in the chassis.



Then I took the measurements from each side, and center to center. All good now.....except.....





After everything was lined up, the bearings all cleaned out I put the axle in the chassis and spun the axle. It is bent...not much...but too much for my liking.

I may just get a different axle and put the drivers on that. I am not sure it worth hasseling with trying to straighten. My guess is it has about .008 - 0.010" runout on it.

I may have another one here, I will have to look tomorrow.

Good news....I got my shock decals back from Jordan at ArcticFX today. They look killer with the clear background. I had make some up in Pink for the shocks on the wife's sled. I also had him make a bunch of red ones, blue ones and yellow ones. They look really nice....

[M7LIMITED]

Been following your build up and as always its top shelf. Cant wait to see the finished pictures.

[Maize]

Has Stacia seen it yet? LOL

I went through the shed and found a drive shaft I had from a REV race sled. It is lightened. Basically is drilled down the middle and is hollow. It weighs about half as much as a standard drive shaft.

So, tomorrow I will remove the old drivers from that one, and put the extroverts back on it and get that all lined up.

I have my last pile of stuff ready for powder coating. I also finished up the welding and tweaking of the VanAmburg running board edges.

I will be dropping off the last of the powder coating tomorrow night.

I have put Olivia to bed, and I will get some shots of the running board edges before calling it a night.

[Maize]

OK...Liv is put to bed, the truck is loaded with customer's shocks to be shipped tomorrow and the last of the powder coating is loaded up and ready to roll tomorrow.

Here is the final pre-fitment of the VanAmburg edges before they came back off are headed to Cool Concepts.





I forgot to fit the steering post to the SeaDoo riser before I sent it off last time, so I got that all fitted up and ready to go tonight.

I have 48 double backer plates to powder coat pink, the upper and lower spring retainers along with the spacers ready to powder coat.

I will be leaving the front springs natural colored as they are titanium. I have never tried to powder coat titanium....hmmmm....naw...I will leave them as is.

[Maize]

No real photos tonight as they would look the same as they did previously.

I got the drivers pressed off the lightweight shaft, and the extros off the bent shaft. I measured the end to end measurements before I took them off the bent shaft.

I pressed the extroverts onto the lightweight shaft and centered them.

While they were out, I weighed them. The lightweight shaft is about 6.25oz lighter. It is pretty incredible how much easier it is to spin when put into place.

I also measured the runout on the bent shaft. It a 0.015" bend about 1/4 of the way in from the left side of the chassis. That is the side that had all the damage and had to be welded back together.

All is good now, and true.

I dropped off the remainder of the powder coating at Cool Concepts after work. I also ordered up the new 1.512" studs, and the 3/4" aluminum long nuts.

I placed the last order of parts for the windshield, BRP logo and some other little odds and ends.

It should be going together pretty quickly once I get that stuff back.

[Maize]

Got home from work tonight, and got to cutting out the 3rd window. I HATE doing that, but it is done.

I also got the snowflap in the mail, the new 1.512" studs and power tower nuts. I am just waiting on the backer plates to come back from powder coating to put them in.

[Maize]

Well, I got a lot done today before the Michigan game. I also had some customers in from the Quad Cities.

I got the front end pretty much done up. I just need the spring retainers, spacers and steering post back from powder coating.

I got the front suspension done up, the belly pan and front bumper are also on permanantly.

[Maize]

This is kind of a two fold thing. My wife loves pink, and we have lost a lot of our family members (including my wife's mom, and my dad) to cancer.

So this is kind of my tribute to remember them AND give the wife a really nice ride in the process.

So......I got the front end finished up as far as I can without the steering post. I got the tower braces on and bolted in place.

I got the drive shaft installed, the speedo end with fresh Amsoil synthetic grease, the inner grease seal on, the guts of the chaincase in place, the jackshaft seal, jackshaft and wave rotor all put in, too.

I dropped a ton of reciprocating mass off the driveline. I dropped 4oz from the brake rotor by chaning out to the wave rotor, another 3oz by changing from steel lower gear to the all aluminum lower gear and then the weight from changing to the hollow race axle on the sprocket drive shaft.

Hopefully, that will make it a little snappier in the trails for her.

Once the steering post comes back I can get the front end back together. Along with that will be the backer plates for the track and the edge rails.

I did have a minor oversight. It was easily rememdied, though. I forgot that the rear bumper would not clear the VanAmburg plates. Forgot I was working on 121" and not a long track. But, instead of using 3 bolts per side I will cut it after the second and it will be fine.

[Maize]

Got the final load of powder coating from Cool Concepts tonight after work.

I played indoor golf, then came home and test fit everything.

I have to sand off some of the inside of the ring spacers for the front shocks.

Tomorrow, I will get the VanAmburg running boards mounted up tomorrow after work, and hopefully all the studs in the track.

I am hoping to have a lot of done up by the weekend.

Here are 6 of the studs in....only 90 more to go.



Here is the front suspension ready with the Custom Axis shocks, titanium springs and ready to have the skis lined up.



Here is the VanAmburg running board edges clamped and ready to be riveted and bolted in place.



It is kind of starting to look like a snowmobile, now.