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i might have to buy an god damn ontario snow pass this year. Watching the weather models and everything passes manitoba and hits northern ontario. WTF?

st andrews manitoba, about 20 minutes south of that silverback guy andy

tell me about this one year wonder gem. One for sale by me. Is the water pump rebuildable? The only reason i sold my 1999 XLT Special was because i was worried about the water pump. Love the flat slide carbs and it handled like on rails.

buddy has that same sled, goes like stink! has the LED hand guards as well. pretty cool at night

great photos and great job!

make sure your shock arm didn't flip over as well as take your spring and flip it all the way to the other side so that it's not against the spring block on the rail

there was an 03 F7 Canadian edition about 7 hours north of me last year for $2500. man i should have jumped all over it. Apparently these sleds with the limited edition graphics are worth some cake.

your rpms are bang on. any higher and you'll lose power band. Phat Bastard is talking about the two holes that are in the cylinder by the EV valve. You need a small wire to push through to get the junk out. Also, the EVs have holes in them as well that should be cleaned. you have to break the whole valve down to get to them. They are very small and are overlooked. I use brake cleaner and compressed air on the valves and just compress air on the cylinder holes

try to do it in one swipe, stupid bulbs, every page that loads i break them. i feel like an idiot

k, so stevem5215 the mod at HCS is ZR8000lxr?

man it's good to be around normal people again.

she's got great hair....

he's doubling down i see. Never double down on a pair of 2's

hmm, Joe looks to have posted something that was originally put up by HSR then edited? About 44 minutes ago in the GDF

gonna post something now, will change my avatar there to Sleepless Joe. although if i get banned i have a lot of PMs that have sledding info i refer back to. Any way to download and archive that? FYI, i had sent a PM at HCS over to HSR earlier today about Freedom Sledders and they even changed my private message heading from freedom sledders to hard core sledders. So, yeah, expect them to be monitoring all PMs.

as i thought, which is common. What i would do is just have that clutched pulled and gone over. Never hurts if it's not been done before because whenever you get some else's toys, you never know what you get. I would try the RMK gearing and helix. Not really for that sled, but it gives you an idea of where you're at. who knows, it may even work.

i'm not going to say that track and extension isn't pulling the sled down. That's a lot of paddle to pull, but the fact you're losing 20mph is quite a bit. i still think there's something in your clutching that's not right. If you wait, there's a lot of really smart people coming in that can help you out as well.

belt looks fine. I see a mark on your clutch that i'm assuming is a marker for how high your belt goes as shift correct? or is that from something else

everything points to it being okay. but the mark on your sheave tells me that it's not getting the height you need. Was this sled a 144 when you bought it or did you convert.

ideally you should bring this sled to stock gearing, springs and see where you top out at and then do process of elimination. Kind of like adjusting all your springs and tensions in your suspension all at once to get a better ride. You need to do one thing at a time and test to see if it works or not.

and your belt to sheave clearance?

your getting the proper rpm so the spring is fine. You aren't getting to the top of the sheave if that is your mark. what is your belt to sheave clearance? IIRC typically should be about .02 as it should grab the belt right at engagement RPM and not slam into engagement. If it's greater the clutch will shift out but the belt doesn't make contact so by the time the weights are fully out, the belt is still trying to work it's way up but now can't fully shift out. Also check to see if the belt is 1/8" above the secondary sheave at idle. Another thing to check is the condition of your belt and that deflection is proper. I don't have a manual for your sled but its should be around 1.25".

my best guess is that it is a clutching issue. I would see if your belt is running to the top of the primary while riding and not on a stand. Take a black marker and make a line from the bushing to the top of the sheave. Run it and see where the line is erased and what is still there left. You should be running right to the top. Your gearing should be fine and the extension with track IMO wouldn't take 30mph out of the sled by any means. I have a 1.35 on mine and if i went down to a 1" track i'd only gain 5-6 mph based on my gearing. 21/40 is 1.9 gearing so not out to lunch with what you're trying to accomplish. Look at the primary first. If it were me, i'd send it right back to stock to where it was running properly for gearing and clutching and then see if it goes to where it should be. Expect a loss of MPH with the 2" and extension even when stock, but it gives you a starting point. When did this loss of power start happening. AS well, when was the last time that the injectors were flow tested

fantastic, if you have anyone that the Wild can trade for Liane, we'd be all ears! He wants out badly as he's not being utilized properly.

Hey Zam, nice to see you. Hockey season is almost upon us.