is this possible? anyone tried it?

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• Nov 26, 2009

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ive got an old 94 zr580, been a fun sled, i picked up a 97 polaris with a longer track, it appears i could take the rails and track off the polaris and mount them under the zr? any thing im missing, the tunnel is long enough on the zr to accomadate the mounts, track width seems exact, and holes the drive gear runs look the same?, Yes or NO?

 

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• Nov 30, 2009

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I have a 95 580 that was a 136 inch long track and I put a 151 under it. I extended the tunnel and put in the rear suspension from a 02 mountain cat. With a longer track you will probably want to gear down.

 

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• Dec 8, 2009

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tunnel extension ?

my riding buddy is longtracking his 94 wild cat, were can he find a tunnel ext?

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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You can try here http://blairps.com/sections.php?s=sn&c=79

or just go to a heating place that bends metal and have them make something. This is what I did. Heres a pic before I was done. I painted it black.

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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driver ?

did you have to go with a smaller driver?

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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When i got my sled it had a 7 tooth driver on it and a 2 inch 136 track. When I extended out to 151 x2 I just geared down to 18 top and 43 bottom. You will only need a different driver if you do a bigger lug track or buy a track with a different pitch.

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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can you post pics of sled or progress

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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the question is why, the 97 polaris is a better sled...

 

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• Dec 9, 2009

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my buddy has a great running cat and polaris skid and track and wants a longer sled

 

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• Dec 10, 2009

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Heres all my pics.

fitting tunnel extension on.

Good view of new bumper (electrical conduit)

All painted. Good view of modified 1M snow eliminators.

M series snow flap I got super cheap at the AC dealer

All done on the snow.

 

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• Dec 10, 2009

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thanks for the pics, is there any major challenges the we should look forward to while putting in the polaris rails. trying to talk him into swapping out rails at the begining of year

 

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Cant think of any or at least I didn't have any big problems.

 

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• Dec 10, 2009

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he's going to order tunnel ext and extend his drop brackets and have the parts on hand then swap out. then he can still ride till he is ready

 

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• Dec 10, 2009

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it should be a fun prodject

 

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• Dec 19, 2009

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oh, the 97 i bought didnt have a motor...so I figured for the 100 bucks i paid, the 2" track and skid were worth tryin to put into the zr, just got the new bearings so im about ready to try this, except now we have snow!! might have to wait till next spring...lol