SnowSkoot long track project

Thistledoo · Dec 15, 2014

Well since there hasnt been much local snow and my sport turned out great I decided to jump into the skoot. Plus both my girls are ready for this and we all know what it would be like just to have one. I had drivers which I found over the summer so the rest was easy. Found a nice polaris 3/4 inch lug track fully clipped, so XCR 121 rails and the rest was fab up as we go. I cut this track in the table saw which was a ton easier than the sawzall...a good friend is needed to help, thanks Ryan!! So anyhow I just started this one on friday and I think in the next couple days I will be ready for a test ride. Also doing some other work to her as she needed some love, the viper skis also fit well with some bushings I made to fit the spindles. New fuel lines and oil inj lines while I'm in there. The skid is totally different from the sport one but this is what I came up with so far....should work:face-icon-small-hap
Also what do you guys think about this on the clutch? from what I see the belt doestn even come close to sitting at the bottom in the primary which wont help take off for sure...now it does and u can see way higher in the secondary...guess well see here soon enough!

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volcano buster · Dec 15, 2014

We used a table saw too. Once done, a bit of laquer thinner to get the burnt rubber off the blade and we were cleaned up with a vacuum.

I also had some PVC that I cut to fit inside of the coil in the rear spring to keep it snug.

You installed a spacer in the primary to let the belt drop lower?

Thistledoo · Dec 15, 2014

yes it dropped the belt lower, its not even close to low in there with my set up anyhow...and with a brand new belt even worse. So well see when I ride it, hopefully in a couple days

on your springs I was going to use a threaded eye let just incase some adjustment was needed but maybe I'm over thinking the wheel here??

Vertical-Extreme · Dec 15, 2014

cool man, we're are already scheming, and I'm going to start looking for parts for a next summer build.

tree-magnet · Dec 15, 2014

swing arm mount

I like how you mounted the swing arm to the skid, real clean. Did you remake the tube that the springs go on for the mount to bolt to the skid that way? Most go a little further in then that.

Thistledoo · Dec 15, 2014

yes that cross shaft hasnt been touched...i made the brackets to fit the rails I had...so well see when it driveable and go from there!

Thistledoo · Dec 17, 2014

rode the beast!

OK got it rideable last nite and tried a couple things...with my little washer in the clutch man its zippy on the bottom but the top end speed for sure was less...so then I drove it back in the garage and took out the washer and bad outta the hole but had good top speed....so my wheels are turning now. I want both lol, here is the lates pics!

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new light I got and am going to rig on both the skoot and the sport:face-icon-small-hap

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Srxjay · Dec 17, 2014

looks good and I cant believe how quick you got it done

Thistledoo · Dec 18, 2014

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Thistledoo · Dec 24, 2014

DONE!!!

Well pretty much done!! missing a couple small items that didn't make it but will get those on after the holidays!! Cant wait to try them :face-icon-small-hap

gonna surprise my girls later today:face-icon-small-hap

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couch · Dec 24, 2014

still one more great mod left ....
cut away the plastic foot rest part of the shroud and the couple of slight stiffeners underneath. Add a short piece of round / square tube from the back to the front of the frame on the inside edge and a few short cross pieces al air frame boards .... no more feet slipping off or snow / ice under foot.
Hope the kids have a very Merry Christmas riding them!

utah340six · Dec 28, 2014

Clutch mod

So how did the clutch mod work.

Thistledoo said:
Well since there hasnt been much local snow and my sport turned out great I decided to jump into the skoot. Plus both my girls are ready for this and we all know what it would be like just to have one. I had drivers which I found over the summer so the rest was easy. Found a nice polaris 3/4 inch lug track fully clipped, so XCR 121 rails and the rest was fab up as we go. I cut this track in the table saw which was a ton easier than the sawzall...a good friend is needed to help, thanks Ryan!! So anyhow I just started this one on friday and I think in the next couple days I will be ready for a test ride. Also doing some other work to her as she needed some love, the viper skis also fit well with some bushings I made to fit the spindles. New fuel lines and oil inj lines while I'm in there. The skid is totally different from the sport one but this is what I came up with so far....should work:face-icon-small-hap
Also what do you guys think about this on the clutch? from what I see the belt doestn even come close to sitting at the bottom in the primary which wont help take off for sure...now it does and u can see way higher in the secondary...guess well see here soon enough!

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Thistledoo · Jan 2, 2015

ok here is what I have found, on the skoot a 0.040th washer was used and it woke up the bottom end really well...it runs, drives and steers awesome!!
used a nytro flap trimmed, turned out great!

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volcano buster · Jan 4, 2015

The shim you are using fits over the splined shaft and is no larger diameter than the slip tube? And you are thinking a .080 thickness is a good starting point?

I have this one up on the stands getting it ready for snow and may add a shim washer if you think it benefits the long track.

As for your adjustable spring eye bolts, I'm not sure that makes as much difference as having adjustability in the limiter strap. I had to play with this one once I got it on the snow to make sure I had enough ski pressure to turn. I might work over a set of plastic skis I have on hand to make them more usable than these stock skis with XLT ski skins.

Thistledoo · Jan 5, 2015

yes find your self a 5/8 machinery washer and grind down the OD so it just has some meat left and do a 0.040 and a 0.080 and try em and see what you think. Big diff on my units.

and yea on the skids I musta lucked out because both steer excellent even on ice at slow speeds they turn in 6 feet :face-icon-small-hap

Im sure the skis help, they have a short 2 inch chunk of carbide that I ground flat but so far from what I have seen is great!

Thistledoo · Jan 6, 2015

Final touch...done!

found these...fit perfect...holes even lined up!

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volcano buster · Jan 10, 2015

Man, I was on fire this afternoon.

The scoot needed fuel to the carb and I knew if I took enough stuff off I could figure out what the problem was.

I ended up replacing the oil and gas site tubes so you could actually see the volume, took the tank off because I hadn't done that in a while, replaced the snap ring on the kick starter shaft and put a riser block on the handlebars to get the Phazer pod up 1" higher. I also pulled the carb and checked it out. Once the carb was off I figured I may as well put a new fuel line between the pump and the carb.

Oh yeah, while I was there I put an aluminum shim behind the upper steering support bushing to squeeze some annoying slop out of it. I took pictures and everything. Got the camera back to my desk and realized the SD card was still in the slot on the PC. Oh well. The steering has slop, just not from the upper bushing now.

Backwoods M Max · Feb 3, 2015

Those sleds are mean! Do you have issues with running board drag or do they float enough with the light weight riders that it isn't much of an issue?

haymaker11 · Feb 5, 2015

More beautiful work by you! And FAST! congrats on a great project and sick fab work.

those tail lights are perfect! would you please share where I can order one?!

thanks!

Thistledoo · Feb 6, 2015

I got the tail lights from murray at www.mountainmod.com

also no issues with drag so far...haven't had them in kick *** deep yet though, crazy winter everytime we get percip it warms up!! WTF!! :face-icon-small-sho

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