Sidewinder Suspension Issues & Repair! Common Problem?
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2024
- Our buddy D-Ron went on his first sled trip of the season with his new to him sidewinder and she didn't make it back in one piece! apparently these sleds suffer from a common problem with weak suspension arms...so I give him a hand and make him a bit of an upgrade! now he is good to go and get some more rippin in while the rippin's good! I hope ya's enjoy the video and we really appreciate all the support and subscribers to our channel! check out our website www.rednecks-dirtyhands.com for stickers and other merch! cheers 🍻
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The best snowmobile mechanic on CZcams right there.
that's awesome ya think so!! I really appreciate that!! cheers 🍻
clearly he found one "healthy " poutine princess hes not speaking on. 😂😂 That's one beefy upgrade for the sausage! Nice one!🍻
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Enjoy your video's greatly appreciated as I'm a new sled owner of a polaris 2up trail touring"08"550 with 2600 miles on it , learning from you and watching as many video's as possible. Thanks again brother, peace Turtle, from south of Boston mass.
thanks! I really appreciate it and I'm glad to hear ya find the videos helpful! cheers 🍻
I enjoyed watching the machine work! Brought back sophomore metal shop memories! Keep up the great content, Pete!
Awesome! Thank you!🍻
That was good to know that the front bars aren't very heavy duty. More great info ya learn from your show. Love it. Keep up the great work buddy. RNDH 4 LIFE.
Do you still have the rndh 4 life stickers? Would love to see them. Thank you.
thank you! 🍻
I do! send me a message on our Facebook page RN+DH 🍻
Another great video Pete! Good buddies, beer and laughs is what its all about. Nice one 🍻
You got that right! cheers 🍻
Great video Pete. I work in a machine shop and I am a Yamaha guy. Going to work on this project ASAP. Cheers from Wisconsin. We're finally getting some snow !!
cheers Wisconsin 🍻
Very common problem as least here in Finland where the trails are always in rough shape. I turned mine from steel and also the front shock lower shaft and made reinforcement plates to the tunnel. Never gonna break again or if it is then I'm having bigger problems also.
that cool to hear that you're doin the same thing over in Finland! cheers 🍻
You guys have way too much fun rippin on each other😂. Cheers guys🍺
haha cheers 🍻
Really enjoy your videos coming from a fellow licensed tech you're absolutely priceless!
I appreciate that! cheers 🍻
Pete, your so handy, so interesting to watch your solutions, another great vid.
thank you! I really appreciate that! cheers 🍻
With these big girls (998's) its suggested to upgrade with the RR or LTX-SE front arm components.
The parts you need to get are the following
Axle, Front Slider 3604-663
Screw, Cap 8408-041(I believe these are slightly longer)
Bushing, Flared 3604-233 (Mine had a edge broken off)
AXLE 3604-269 (Steel)
Most people just get the slider axle upgrade and completely bypass the lower axle, the part the shock mounts to that mounts to the slide rails. If you upgrade the slider and all that force comes down, it goes rite into the bottom axled and ends up bending that or sending it through the precious track.
Very helpful thank you
that's awesome! good to know, thank you! cheers 🍻
Y’all the best!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
thanks! we really appreciate that 🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands any videos on the F7 I need help with gas tank swap
Another amazing video, ya'll are doing a great job. Thanks for sharing brother, peace Turtle
thank you!! I really appreciate that 🍻
Thank you from Southern Wisconsin. Great content and fun to watch the shop shenanigans!
thank you! cheers Wisconsin 🍻
Glad to see you got the sausage back in running condition,the lathe work reminded me of grade ten machine shop! Nice one!🍻
haha good ol high school machine shop! it was one of my favorite classes 🍻
Thats a badass old band saw
it's a Nice One! 🍻
Another awesome video Pete. You are an incredible snowmobile/do all mechanic. Keep up the great videos.
thank you! I really appreciate that 🍻
The videos Rock and always make me laugh thank you
that's awesome! thank you! I really appreciate it, cheers 🍻
Great job lads!
Thanks!🍻
Nice work! Love your videos!
Awesome, thank you!🍻
Cheers from Wisconsin! I have a Yamaha Viper and can’t wait to hit the trails soon here. We are currently under a blizzard warning 👍🤘
Pete, how are you doing? Hey I just wanted to let you know that I like the way you do your videos! The camera angles are excellent, and the way you explain what your doing as you repair a sled is nice! I’ve been searching you tube for some repair videos for my F7 and all the ones I’ve found suck to be honest lol! Keep up the good work and if you do any work on your 03 F7 plz make videos!! Thanks and cheers…
Nice hunk of Sausage You made there 😎👍🍺
haha thanks 🍻
Cat DNA!
My 1971 skiroule helped me learn how to work on stuff as a kid, if I wanted to ride more than an hour!
Nice job!!
I believe Barn of Parts makes one from stainless. Havent put one in mine yet...still fun not knowin where yer gonna break down! Adds to the adventure as Johnny Skeptical would say.
haha and who doesn't like a little adventure! 🤣🍻
NiceOne!
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Hopefully u hit the 100 k soon Pete... just a matter of people see a vid then ul have them hooked.
haha thank you! we'll see 🤞🍻
Great video!
Remember me when you hit a million subscribers, you deserve it Pete. Maybe one day I will meet ya, I am from Brechin after all😂
haha thanks! I'm sure we'll have a beer at some point! 🍻
I used the exact same lathe at good ol Opeongo High School in Doulas Ontario.
Nice one! 🍻
Nice One! 🍻
Was a great video keep them coming
thank you! 🍻
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If it breaks again get some 7075 bar , and that should be golden. It's funny to hear you speak American measurements, and metric in the same breath.
haha best of both worlds right there! 🤣🍻
Nice Machine work 🍻
Thank you! Cheers!🍻
Pete you have not tried my method for removal and installing skids yet? I do them by myself! I take 2 lengths of wood around 4 foot long, 2" wide, 1" height ( As long as the height is above the Track Lugs). I ratchet strap the top of the track to hold it up, I then slide the 2 pieces of wood between the bottom of the Track and the Skid, and it slides right out! Reverse method for going back in! "TICKITY BOO"
Great fab work. Cheers pete
Thank you! Cheers!🍻
You got a little snow here in the one western province from you we’re still getting snow 😊
cheers 🍻
Handsome and handy !
Great video Pete. Hey you should power tap them holes. Just run your chuck slow and put your tap in the tailstock and leaver the tailstock loose and as you bump your chuck on and off just push on your tailstock with your other hand. Use some tap magic tapping fluid it's the best thing for aluminum.
Good tip! 🍻
@rednecksdirtyhands once you get the hang of it it's a life saver..
Nothing like opening beer 🍺
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Keep making them wish I had half your skills
well thank ya!! cheers 🍻
Nice tight fit that's what she said . Nice one pete looks awesome hey whats a matter pete you said some nice about Polaris you must have had to many beers lol.
haha well I mean we have been working on a few polaris's lately....they might be rubbin off on me...🤪🤣🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands No i don't think so pete i don't think you will ever be a Polaris guy . Hey thats okay if we all loved the same braned we would have nothing to talk about lol. just keep doing what your doing pete great work love your channel .
being a Newfie myself going to go in business selling Newfie LockTight! $1 each or 3 for $5 lmao. Cheers boys keep the good content and laughs going!
haha Nice One! probably won't be able to unscrew the lid off the newfie lock tight!! lmao 🤣🤪🍻
Jesus calm down b'y, one solution at a time lmao 😂
Wow! Varsity !!
Good job Jim !!!!😂
haha thanks Jim! 🤣🍻
Dang Pete hating on polaris sure work alot on yamaerhammer lol another great video keep it up brother !!! Need more polaris repair videos so we can work on ours hahaha
haha oh I'm sure there will be more in the shop! 🤣🍻
Nice One !!!
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Pete, another thing you can do on your lathe is upgrade to a steel bar for the front shock bottom mount like they use on the RR. Nice one!
yeah thats not a bad idea!! I mean these sleds are already pretty heavy so I mean it's not like we care about weight savings...just don't want the freakin suspension to fall out lmao 🤣🍻
Had the same thing happen at the drags a few years ago on the sidewinder I upgraded with a thundercat apparently there a bit heavier not sure but it didn’t ever break again 👍
Nice One! 🍻
If you order arctic cat rr shafts and stuff they are all solid and stronger..I did that to my 2014 cat when I bent the shock shaft and noticed that cross shaft was flimsy...very worth while upgrade
good to know! thanks 🍻
Of course it's the cat bits of these sleds that will leave you stranded.
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Good stuff Pete! You have a lathe! I could port you some cylinders cut the base on your lathe cut the squish band and make pop up pistons using your lathe then you want to talk about dangle!! Too bad I'm not closer lol!
lol well now I wish ya were closer!! I'd be willin to do all that! lmao 🤣 we're just like Ricky Bobby....we like to go fast!!! 🤣🍻
the ol SLIDE GRINDER issue.....
Maybe ya had too much newfie lock tight when you inspected that lol. we have no snow here in NL either :( ......yet
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Minded the same thing broken That aluminum shaft I had my work Is make a steel . Not as bad I caught it in time🍻
cheers 🍻
Nice work Pete, one suggestion on machining the bar is you shouldn’t have tapered the ends. I’d have left the shoulders on which would have maintained the overall strength. Now you’ve got a bit of a weak spot at the collars.
Agreed
The reason y he machined them down is the skid has smaller mounts that hook onto that spot then gets bolted to the chassis
Ah, makes sense.
yeah I was thinking the same thing..but where the bar slides in I needed a bit of extra room for the rubber cushions so I tapered them for that. I guess we'll just have to test it and see. I mean it's still thicker than the original bar so I'm thinking it should be good to go. I appreciate the input though! cheers 🍻
FYI, love the channel! I’ve watched all your videos… keep em coming. I think a lot of Rednecks like me are getting a lot of very useful information for working on our sleds. I’ve got an idea if you’re interested in hearing about it, think ‘questions and answers’
Newfie lock tight. Lol😅
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Easiest way to line up the rear skid holes is to just tighten the track adjusters until the holes line up, put your bolts in then set your tension
Nice One! will have to giver a go! cheers 🍻
I’m surprised you didn’t already use the ole ratchet strap. My old man used to manage a cat dealer in the early 90’s, so I learned that trick early on in life helping out on customer sleds. 😂
yeah I always just released the springs to line them up by hand, but I'm not gunna lie...might be usin the ratchet strap more often lol 🤣🍻
Another Nice one Pete! Thanks man. Hey do ya have any XL hoodies in yet? I think I got your last one at the sled show, but I promised a buddy I would pick one up for him when ya got your stock replenished.
thank you! yeah we should have a couple XL's 🍻 check the website just in case lol www.rednecks-dirtyhands.com
Pro tip. Start the tap in the lathe. Just put it in neutral and turn the chuck by hand and feed the tap from the tailstock
thanks for the tip! cheers 🍻
Just did mine with the Precision EFI slider axle. Not a fun 1 man job. Onto the drive shaft bearing next.
Nice One! cheers 🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands Get yourself some Coors Banquets… They're delish 🍻
She must have been a hefty lass with a big ole personality!
Haha yessir! 🤣🍻
I still love them pistachios..but I'm missing the real teeth to chew 'em lol 😉🍻
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Om my hen 4 Rev you can you the rear track adjusters to line up the holes
Ten push ups for leaving the chuck e and a lave . what I used to have to do
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The main thing pete the ultimax belt didn't blow. Take her to the max
haha ya got that right!! 🍻
Ok D-Rom let the Sausage dangle lol.
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Killa content keep up the great work 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🍺🍺🍺🤘🏻🤘🏻😎😎😎👊🏻👊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
thanks! cheers 🍻
Just a thought though. since it sheared the original part at the steel collar; then wouldn’t machining a larger diameter rod down to the same diameter it was where it sheared, essentially be the same thing? Unless your aluminum is higher strength than OEM. Love the videos by the way
thank you! yeah I think just a straight steel bar would be the best solution! it would be way stronger as well, I just happend to have that aluminum bar in the shop so figured I'd make one and see how it works for now. 🍻
Gotta get your hands on some titanium and a few good tools to machine it 😂😂. You’re literally the only channel that I’ve seen so far that works on sleds and shows fabrication. Good Job Pete!
Heyyyyy
Ratchet strap for the win
Next time get a smaller one lol
lmao 🤣 that's what she said! 🤪🍻
had bad luck with aluminum cross shafts, steel is the way to go.
Mr. Pete. I’d like to ask a question, please? I have a 2001 Cat Triple Touring - triple triple 600. I’m sure you’ve come across this as my only complaint is that it doesn’t have that “triple” sound. Assume it’s how it’s muffled. What would you suggest, if you had it, to get that sound with as low a budget as possible and that a simpleton could install?
haha yeah nothin like the sweet sound of a triple!! I'd say look around for a set of stingers for it!! they will make it sound rowdy 🤣 🍻 or try to find an aftermarket can for it to replace the muffler.
Thats when you need a Tabagin to throw under the track maks it much easier to tow when the machines broke down
absolutely! 🍻
I'd make that aluminum bar that broke out of steel instead of aluminum
Fett brothers performance make a steel cross shaft for Cats as it sounds like the racer break the aluminum shafts.
You mentioned in the last sausage video d Ron went over the rear end skid area, better leave the job to the pro Pete next time!
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@@rednecksdirtyhands next time have D Ron kick back some molsons and leave it to the professionals!
D Ron I have a great XRS 800 etec for you ,if you ever want a get rid of the Yamaha. ☃️👍👍
How many miles or km on that newer Yamaha? Also is the Apex your most reliable machine?
Thanks and cheers.
Wait a second Pete, is the New To you Viper you got for Christmas. Have the same aluminum design that you had to straighten? I'd hate to see the Viper walk by Yomama cross the finish line fail then grenade your drivers.
yeah I made an upgraded shaft for it too! 🍻
Groomers are packing the trails in T-Shores Jan 11 Thurs. Should be a good pack for the snow coming on the weekend.
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Pete , live in Lindsay and love to come by and see your shop . Address please ? Thanks .
Anyone no where I can get decent priced piston’s for my 1991 583 formula plus?
LIKE THEY SAY IN FRENCH TABARNACK
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Did you say it broke again?
it broke the original bar, the upgraded one I made seems to be holding up pretty good so far 🍻
YAMAHA ENGINE--THE BEST there is--- ARCTIC CAT JUNK for the rest of it.
I have a question how do i msg u?
you can reach out to us on messenger on Facebook at RN+DH 🍻
Fluffees brother?
If I may why not steel instead of aluminum
yeah steel would be better I think but I had the 1" aluminum bar stock sooo...aluminum it is lol 🤣🍻
The Yamaha chassis is a weaker link with the Cat DNA
Make the shaft out of steel
I was thinking the same thing.. I might make a few just in case 🍻
Barn of parts
Is he really an Eagles fan?
lol ill ask him 🤣🍻
Why do you sell the rod at your store
yeah I might...see how these ones work out first 🍻
? What should be the compression? Turtle
This will get a lot of hate but im gonna go there anyway 😂Yamaha didnt quit making snowmobiles for no reason. Just saying 😂
This guy is pretty beefy so next manufacturing will require the under carriage of Army tanks just to survive past warranty limitations..
That Lathe and bandsaw are probably WW2 Era, don't make them like they use to.
you know it! 🍻
Just stumbled across your channel, i dont know how far you are from peterborough but same snow situation here. Supposed to be a bit more later in the week but who knows. You got any plans for some atv/utv stuff in the summer months?
yeah we will have some sxs and atv content for sure! cheers 🍻
I work as a CNC-machinist. This was the most boring clip so far. 😆👍🏼
haha Nice One! at least ya didn't "turn" the channel 🤪🤣🍻
@@rednecksdirtyhands No way. One of the best channels. 👍🏼😊