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2 hours ago, jdels said:

Interesting.  What is your assessment?

I like it.  Use to hang a weight off the track to adjust them.  Start the sled to spin the track and make a final adjustment. 

With this I've haven't had to adjust the track after setting it with the tool.  I normally run my tracks a little loose and it's easy to gauge how tight or loose with the index lines on the tool.

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I think I'll give one a try.  I run loose as well, and sometimes a bit to loose.  

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Is it just too simplistic  to do it by eye????  that's what I've seen  my local  Arctic Cat do for ever....

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1 hour ago, ICG said:

Is it just too simplistic  to do it by eye????  that's what I've seen  my local  Arctic Cat do for ever....

For me I run my track loose almost to the point of ratcheting.  I've had to adjust my track on rides on occasion.  Using this tool with a more precise way of measuring I have not had to adjust my track during a ride.  I also work on sled on the side and don't have the luxury to test ride them so it works out well for that.  If you look at an Arctic Cat service manual Arctic Cat also has a tool to check track tension.

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4 hours ago, Doug said:

For me I run my track loose almost to the point of ratcheting.  I've had to adjust my track on rides on occasion.  Using this tool with a more precise way of measuring I have not had to adjust my track during a ride.  I also work on sled on the side and don't have the luxury to test ride them so it works out well for that.  If you look at an Arctic Cat service manual Arctic Cat also has a tool to check track tension.

Same here.  Been doing it by feel for years but sometimes you miss.  Plus I maintain 4 machines so this could be a nice time saver.

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