Doug 2,976 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Here's a track alignment/tension tool been using for a while. https://www.isatnh.com/#/ 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdels 139 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Interesting. What is your assessment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug 2,976 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdels 139 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I think I'll give one a try. I run loose as well, and sometimes a bit to loose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ICG 135 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Is it just too simplistic to do it by eye???? that's what I've seen my local Arctic Cat do for ever.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug 2,976 Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdels 139 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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