M 1000 4 weight clutch. . . can you buy 4 weights?

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I am trying to order some primary weights for my friends sled. He has the 4 weight clutch. My dealership is saying they must be ordered in packs of 3. So do I really need to order 6 weights, so that I have the 4 needed for the clutch?

 

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PM me what gram weights you need and I can take care of you.

 

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thanks!

I got it straightened out. The dealer was "confused".

 

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:face-icon-small-win GOOD DEAL.

 

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You can also run two different size weights. I run 2-75g and 2-70g in my 4-post clutch but they have to be across from each other.

 

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1080paul said:

You can also run two different size weights. I run 2-75g and 2-70g in my 4-post clutch but they have to be across from each other.

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There was a bulletin in 07 saying not to do this. Not sure if it's legit or not, but cat doesn't recommend it.

 

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Cat, and a couple other 4 post manufacturers say no way to the staggered weight setup. Knew of a few guys doing this back in 2007, most had their spider break.............but then again most 4 post stock spiders break anyway.

 

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At the time I wondered if that was a cop out for warranty or if it was a legit concern... either way, I stopped staggering.

 

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My dealer staggered mine and it broke in 120 miles. not sure if thats what did it but it makes sense as you have two different amounts of weights trying to bend it in half.

 

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what was the Idea behind the staggering? Hoping to load the motor less right off with the lighter two and still have plenty of weight when your at full rpm?

 

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The idea was you could fine tune a bit better. You could run two 62's & two 64's & you've got 63 gram weights. We'd leave two & change two to get to where we wanted to be.

 

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being cheap.

 

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I've been running the staggered set up since 2007 with a 1200cc and the original clutch is still in one piece, lucky I guess? Not my idea, original owner set it up that way. I picked up a 3-post in 2008 but at the time I couldn't find heavy enough weights. The thing would pull 8000 RPM with 3-92g weights so I went back to the original set up.

 

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I should introduce you to my friend "elevation". Sleds here will barely pull 92gram weights.........behind them, much less in the clutch!:face-icon-small-hap

 

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1080paul said:

I've been running the staggered set up since 2007 with a 1200cc and the original clutch is still in one piece, lucky I guess? Not my idea, original owner set it up that way. I picked up a 3-post in 2008 but at the time I couldn't find heavy enough weights. The thing would pull 8000 RPM with 3-92g weights so I went back to the original set up.

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I would get them evened out and start looking at a billet spider, its a matter of time.