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At one point I'd get it half to 3/4 into the tower and it would pop back out
Need Help with QRS Re-install Problem
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Yup had that happen as well - ridiculous. Wondering if skidoo has a special tool for that like they do for so many other things...
Now that I know what’s going on I’m sure I’ll get’er in. Just can’t believe they’d eliminate a cross member and allow that tower to have any play.
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Lots of side to side flex in the secondary tower, maybe that’s Ski Doo’s idea of a floater
The tower flexes when you push the qrs shaft in, the bearing is a tight but perfect fit, pull the shaft and give a love tap to the tower should pop right in...
Unless ya dorked the tower by mashing the edge over
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The tower flexes when you push the qrs shaft in, the bearing is a tight but perfect fit, pull the shaft and give a love tap to the tower should pop right in...
Unless ya dorked the tower by mashing the edge over
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All that side to side play and the two rear bolts that matter the most to support the tower and they use crap bolts threaded into the aluminum bulk head with not nuts, made no sense to me. I pulled those out and thru bolted with grade 8 and nuts like the front two bolts before the recall notice even came out.
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Because they figured with all that wobble the crap bolts can snap before it damages the brittle bulkhead...
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Well before I saw the recall anyway. Then my dealer wouldn't give me the factory fix bolts and nuts, they said I couldn't do it myself must bring the sled in and have them do it to have the sled not have an open recall. They would not even sell me the recall bolts.
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My sled had some scratches on the slide frame from shipping straps they ordered me new slide rails and in the mean time I installed ice age bomber rails and Elka shocks. Then 4 weeks later my new factory rails showed up so I went down to swap them with the scratched rails and they said oh we can't do that we have to install the new rails. They wanted me to take the ice age rails out put the scratched stock rails back in then they would swap them out. I said no way so they sent the new rails back and I got left with the scratched factory rails instead of the new ones. Totally rediculous imo.
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Have you guys tried to install the QRS in as far as you can, then put in the gear bolt to suck bearing in housing? I have done this on stubborn XP chassis when installing shim kits.
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Yup tried it - won’t suck the bearing in, just flexes the tower over...I’m thinking the c-clamps or some way to press the bearing in is the best option.
Open to ideas...ended up taking chaincase cover off and pulling the top gear and chain.
Waiting on a new gear anyway but that should allow the shaft to seat freely into the case as I press the bearing into the cradle on the tower.
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Put the QRS in freezer for an hour (shrink bearing). Heat the bearing tower up (expand). Might give enough clearance.
I had to put the flange that holds the bearing in place and tighten the nut and it sucked it in just fine. it was the tower to bearing interface that was holding mine back, not anything in the chaincase.
This is what I did.
This worked for me. Popped right in. Try this before doing anything more drastic that might damage the bearing.
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