I don't know if I can do this sled thing anymore...

Rowboat · Jan 2, 2010

I've just about had it with my luck so far this season...

Christmas day ride - Ruin left Holz trailing arm. Get lucky on here and find one for a good price.

Today - Get it put on and everything is perfect. Go riding with some pals, riding is perfect, having a blast... launch up a good size hill, got the adrenaline flowing, feeling great... doing some boondocking on the bottom of the hill.... then hit a boulder (Ok not a boulder but it sure felt like one) under the snow, launch myself over the bars and tear up my shoulder... take out the new left Holz trailing arm that I had just put on 4 hours ago, and steering rod... 10 miles back in, it's dark, forgot a tow strap, have a buddy ride out, get one, come back, and hook the tow strap up to my ski loop and to the bumper of the buddies sled. 3 hours later, get it loaded, and then get my truck stuck...

I think the sledding god's are trying to say something...

Would like to say thanks to a couple of guys that stopped stayed and shot the bull with me and bummed me some cigarettes.

PS. Anyone got some stock trailing arms they want to sale? I can't afford to keep going through this lightweight stuff anymore, it's just to expensive.

PSS. I've got a right Holz trailing arm for sale

Feels good to vent... and people wonder why I smoke... stress is hard.

cbc24 · Jan 2, 2010

yeah feeling the same man. spend so much time fixing and not enough actually having fun. its a buzz kill

Rowboat · Jan 2, 2010

Total buzz kill.... don't get me wrong, there is no better feeling in the world then that of carving through fresh pow, it's better than sex bar none... But hell... I'm not rich lol... and now I'm looking at a ruined fox shock, not cheap to replace, radius rods and steering rod, trailing arm, possibly a toasted bulk head, and a step bolt (6 hours alone to fix)...

Might end my season 2 rides in it... that's worst case though, lets hope I get away with trailing arm and steering rod

mountainhorse · Jan 2, 2010

There is a complete new Holz front kit on Ebay for $399 that Rexburg has for sale.

It has been there for a while... I'll bet they would take a lower offer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Polaris-RMK-Edge-Holz-Front-End-Kit-NEW_W0QQitemZ350214303497QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSnowmobile_Parts_Accessories?hash=item518a662f09

Rowboat · Jan 2, 2010

Will edge swap over to gen II?? Even though I'm totally not sold on Holz arms, the price is almost to good to stand up. I might give them a call and shoot them an offer monday.

happylilcuss · Jan 2, 2010

Hate to see this happen fellas.. However its the nature of the beast in our sport.. We wait and wait and wait for it to snow. Then we get a dusting and we cant control ourselves. We head out into the wilds and bang break something.. It has happened to me more years than I hate to admit to.. The spring is just as bad.. We hope for one more ride and smash...
Thats why for the last 2 years I have made it a point to hold back the need to ride and waited for enough snow to ride safely on..
Now dont take this the wrong way I am not trying to say this is what happened in your case.. Just doing as you did and venting a little.....

happylilcuss · Jan 2, 2010

No the edge and the gen 2 are different. They do not interchange easily..

rmkrazi · Jan 2, 2010

Stick with it, it'll get better. I spent a good portion of the last few days wrenchin' mine so I could get 4(mediocre) hours of riding in.

Rowboat · Jan 2, 2010

happylilcuss said:
Hate to see this happen fellas.. However its the nature of the beast in our sport.. We wait and wait and wait for it to snow. Then we get a dusting and we cant control ourselves. We head out into the wilds and bang break something.. It has happened to me more years than I hate to admit to.. The spring is just as bad.. We hope for one more ride and smash...
Thats why for the last 2 years I have made it a point to hold back the need to ride and waited for enough snow to ride safely on..
Now dont take this the wrong way I am not trying to say this is what happened in your case.. Just doing as you did and venting a little.....

This is exactly what happened unfortunately. It's so hard to fight that urge, especially when your seeing trailer after trailer going up... so you tell yourself "Oh I'll just do a trail ride to see how the pigs running" and then it gets even harder to stop the temptation of diving off the trail... and even harder after you get a taste of good fresh pow.

Kind of why I'm not in a huge hurry to get the sled rolling again, trying to teach my arse a lesson in patience.. and what better way to stop temptation then to not have a working sled right?

mountainhorse · Jan 3, 2010

Cuss is right... My bad... I didn't pay attention.

Edge won't fit Gen II

Another Ebay that might interest you...
Radius rods are availabe from Rodendsupply.com for about $9 each.
They have the rod ends at a great price as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chromoly-Trailing-arms-for-Polaris-RMK-Gen-II-99-01_W0QQitemZ200404355886QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSnowmobile_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2ea907cb2e

Rowboat · Jan 3, 2010

Talked to my mechanic today, he's going to be able to save the trailing arm, by taking the two toasted ones (The one that I ruined last week and the one from yesterday) and running some tube inside of them and welding it up.... weigh a bit more, but that's not big deal to me...

Shock is toasted, rideable, but bent, so it's either foot out the cash for another Fox or buy some stockers (What years could I use?)

Step bolt is narred up, gotta pull about a dozen rivets to pull that and try and weld it up, or replace it.

Leaking anti-freeze from somewhere due to the step bolt, ripped line, or something, won't be able to tell until he rips into it.

Pretty excited about the news, nothing to huge, from how hard I hit I was expecting a toasted bulkhead and the works...

Fortunately my "mechanics" are family and friends, pretty thankful for that... labor is normally what hurts the most...

See if I can't salvage this season for as cheap as possible and replace the stuff over the off-season... I'm working with a recently laid off budget which is very hard...

Anti-Hero · Jan 3, 2010

better stick to the rowboat!

Rowboat · Jan 3, 2010

Def cheaper, and less of a headache... that's for sure.

sodfarmer · Jan 3, 2010

Rowboat said:
This is exactly what happened unfortunately. It's so hard to fight that urge, especially when your seeing trailer after trailer going up... so you tell yourself "Oh I'll just do a trail ride to see how the pigs running" and then it gets even harder to stop the temptation of diving off the trail... and even harder after you get a taste of good fresh pow.

Kind of why I'm not in a huge hurry to get the sled rolling again, trying to teach my arse a lesson in patience.. and what better way to stop temptation then to not have a working sled right?

This is the reason I have really drug my feet this year. Money is tight and I only have money to buy gas. I might wait a couple more weeks and storms to be safe.

Good luck and here's hoping for some cheap repairs.

skibreeze · Jan 3, 2010

Pimpin' ain't easy.

Or cheap, that part of the sport will never change.

Rowboat · Jan 5, 2010

Some eye candy for you;

2 inches to the right and I would have been safe... dang

:beer;

RMKcowboy · Jan 5, 2010

I feel your pain rowboat, this year hasn't been kind to me either.
Wife's sled is building too much pipe heat and melting the hood
Wife's sled has no headlight or gauge lights
My clutch was pooched, had to buy a new one
Boogered up my left ski on a hidden log
Ripped 1/2 a paddle off my track on a stump
Lost another tire on the trailer
Wife's sled is leaking coolant (me thinks O-ring in the head)
My left grip won't stay stuck (not a big deal, until you need to sidehill and the grip accordions up and throws your balance off)

Stumps and down logs were rampant this year... I hit more in 2 weeks this year than I have hit combined in all the other 6-7 years I have been riding. I'm sure the underside of my skis are banged up all to crap. Luckily no major damage... at least not that I've seen. I had a lot of close calls too- hit a tree and thought I busted a ski, rolled my sled for the first time ever, broke the snap ring that hold the tongue jack on the trailer and almost lost the jack...

jcrjet · Jan 5, 2010

Thanks for all the stories guys, makes me feel better about caving in the nose pan on my wife's iq trying to show her what she can do on her sled.

It doesn't make my wallet feel much better though.

Rowboat · Jan 5, 2010

Sounds like you guys have had it a lot rougher than me, I feel a bit fortunate lol...

One thing I always tell myself when stuff goes south "It could always be worse.", and it's the truth..

Fortunately I'm only out like $50, A LOT less than I had been anticipating. Rebuilt the trailing arm, bent the rods back with a press and heat, bent the step back with a bfh.

I will have to buy another shock, shaft has a slight bend in it, but I'll ride it through the season or until I come across one for a good deal.

Should be riding this weekend, def see if all the bending, rebuilding paid off. One positive thing about this ordeal is I ended up finding a name for my sled... the "Red Devil"

BTW, thanks to those that looked for parts for me, it's much appreciated!

I don't know if I can do this sled thing anymore...

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