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I'm trying to replace the hifax on our 07 apex mt but the hifax is too wide to fit through the track holes. It's the 162 maverick. Somebody tell me what i'm doing wrong or a tip to get it off before saturday.
Hifax too wide to take off!!!
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Pull the skid.
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How much too wide? I've carefully enlarged a track window with a hot knife for a eighth inch.
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It's about an eighth inch on each side so i better not cut up the track and i don't want to pull the skid because a bolt on the rear right side is so tight it just spins the tube. It makes me want to pull my hair out because i have to have it ready by sat for the drags.
pull the skid....take a strip of brass,wrap around tube,pipe wrench, and take bolts out...there is NO other way unless u cut the track holes
how ever you may be able to remove rear wheels and scoot track over enough to clear hifax but it is 1000 times better to yank the skid. As when u go to put the new ones on its much easier on a bench with the skid upside down.
how ever you may be able to remove rear wheels and scoot track over enough to clear hifax but it is 1000 times better to yank the skid. As when u go to put the new ones on its much easier on a bench with the skid upside down.
I'd remve the skid. Or try greasing up the hyfax and you should be able to stretch the rubber.
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turn it 45 degrees grease it up and ram it through the window . vice grips are youre friend
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Pull the skid??? Just cut a small hole in the window of the track! You only need to cut 3/8 or 5mm each side then put the sled in reverse and out it pops easy as !!
Mine was done two years ago and no probs with track strength.
Mine was done two years ago and no probs with track strength.
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its a tight fit but i just pulled my hyfax thourgh the window with no cutting. the windows will flex apart enough. just tight vise grips and pull hard. done it multiple times
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like others have said it will go through the window of the track just a little tight, turn the new hifax side ways till your through the window and wd 40 works nice.
http://snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56209
http://snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56209
Another vote for cutting the windows.
We made our own slide hammer set up with a vice grips and some all thread. I pull them through the windows every time.
We made our own slide hammer set up with a vice grips and some all thread. I pull them through the windows every time.
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I'll be shooting a video next week of how to remove them using the reverse method then posting it on utube if anyone is interested.
niko.:beer;
niko.:beer;
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Trim the windows.Much easier than pulling the skid
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Thanks guys, I guess I am going to have cut it up slightly because nothing else seems to work but hopefully this does.
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They will fit through the windows with a bit of force. You just get them through the windows a few inches, start the sled, put it in reverse and give just a bit of throttle. It pops off in a split second.
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they'll go through. been there, done that. vice grips are your friend and wd 40. makes life easier.
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Well i ended up having to pry it off, it just would not cooperate, but thanks for the tips guys.
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Loosen track to the max.
Back the Hifax until it hits the track.
Use a lubricant.
Use WD40 on the rail so that the lubricant goes down into the hifax for the length of the rail. Sometimes they are almost baked on there.
Use vise grips and turn the hifax just a little it will fit throught the window.
It will not be easy but it will come through the window.
Hope this helps.
I also used a regular flat screw driver and a hammer to get the hifax started.
Back the Hifax until it hits the track.
Use a lubricant.
Use WD40 on the rail so that the lubricant goes down into the hifax for the length of the rail. Sometimes they are almost baked on there.
Use vise grips and turn the hifax just a little it will fit throught the window.
It will not be easy but it will come through the window.
Hope this helps.
I also used a regular flat screw driver and a hammer to get the hifax started.
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