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Hi I'm in need of advice for better hill climer mods
looking for 01 summit suspension mods
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I dropped the skid out of my tunnel on an 02 HMX 5 1/4" with longer drop brackets to run a 156x16x2.5 Camo Xtreme, front arm mounts down within an inch or so of bottom of tunnel, has worked great for several years, sled will go through anything, 16 year old son is still riding the he!! out of it.
Wouldn't droping your whole skid like that change your attack angle, and make the sled trench through the snow instead of climb on top of it?
Maybe because you put a longer track with 2.5" paddles on it, you may not have noticed the trenching?
I know you said it goes through anything, but that goes against everything I have learned about track angle. (Not trying to ruffle feathers, just good discussion.)
Maybe because you put a longer track with 2.5" paddles on it, you may not have noticed the trenching?
I know you said it goes through anything, but that goes against everything I have learned about track angle. (Not trying to ruffle feathers, just good discussion.)
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No real change in his approach angle. Look at the pictures of the front and rear mounts. The front dropped about 1/2 of what the rear dropped. Angle stays basically the same.
Picture this. Take the 4 skid mounting bolts out. Now lift the back bumper up slightly. The front mounts will only change about 1/2 of what the rears will. Attack angle is the same. The track is still flat on the floor.
Picture this. Take the 4 skid mounting bolts out. Now lift the back bumper up slightly. The front mounts will only change about 1/2 of what the rears will. Attack angle is the same. The track is still flat on the floor.
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This would however pose a problem if you didn't raise up the front of the sled to match wouldn't it? Looks like you've done a little front end work to get it to sit that high?
By pulling the 4 rear skid mount bolts, and lifting slightly on the rear bumper, you are actually raising the drivers farther away from the ground. The track goes over the top of the drivers and back to the ground, so by lifting the drivers, you are actually changing the attack angle. Even though you are only lifting the drivers just a little bit, it still makes the attack angle on the track even steeper than it was in the stock position.
The attack angle might not mean to much on the trail in, but once you hit the steep and deep, the shallower the angle, the better the ride. JMO.
The attack angle might not mean to much on the trail in, but once you hit the steep and deep, the shallower the angle, the better the ride. JMO.
Front end is stock.
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