Broken Heim Joint

christopher · Mar 22, 2012

So we are on top of the mountain and the new half inch heim joint just snapped off on me! SUCKS to be me. Would some one please call Jeff at skins and let him know I need a replacement joint overnight

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EDITING NOW THAT I AM BACK.
Here are the photos that I took as this happened.

The Tree I glanced off of.

Notice there is NO CUT on this tree from impact.

What I saw JUST after I heard that horrible PING of the Heim Joint snapping on me.

Ski should never point in this direction.

Clean sheared fracture.

The replacement crew!

Had to get a little creative to straighten out the Steering Arm.

christopher · Mar 22, 2012

The Snowest group is staying at the glacier house lodge

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christopher · Mar 22, 2012

Heim joint had enough thread left on it that we are retreading it back into the a-arm

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TheBreeze · Mar 22, 2012

That's snowmobiling for you. Bummer.

tmk50 · Mar 22, 2012

Not fun - I hope you can get the parts ASAP.

I know this will sound like I am Monday morning quarterbacking - but I will throw my $0.02 in.

When I heard of guys breaking the bolts, I threw my "bad" ones into the tool pouch on the front of the sled as a back up plan on the hill.

Do you still have your old ones at home? Perhaps you could have someone run to your house and send you the old ones overnight?

christopher · Mar 22, 2012

Let's get the parts sent to the garabaldi resort in Squamish. We are hours from getting off the mountain. I hope someone will contact SPG for me....

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K45 · Mar 22, 2012

Cant see how that happened, must have really Hit something HARD :face-icon-small-win
I feel for ya, but..........5/8"

richracer1 · Mar 22, 2012

Anyone working on this or what?????

BREAKING NEWS: I called SPG, talked to Jake and they will get a joint or two out first thing in the morning.

For Christopher, SPG's number is: 320-243-8771

This is the address I gave him:
Executive Suites Garibaldi Springs Resort Hotel, Squamish
40900 Tantalus Road, Garibaldi Highlands, Squamish, British Columbia, V8B 0R3
Toll Free: 1-877-815-0048

sidehil · Mar 22, 2012

Welcome to BC greatest show on earth till your chit breaks. Please post a pic from either rescue can, I like the old dozer if you make it:face-icon-small-coo Hopfully youre gonna ride B=wine with your guides:usa2:

smokindave · Mar 22, 2012

richracer1 said:
Anyone working on this or what?????

BREAKING NEWS: I called SPG, talked to Jake and they will get a joint or two out first thing in the morning.

For Christopher, SPG's number is: 320-243-8771

This is the address I gave him:
Executive Suites Garibaldi Springs Resort Hotel, Squamish
40900 Tantalus Road, Garibaldi Highlands, Squamish, British Columbia, V8B 0R3
Toll Free: 1-877-815-0048

Great and many thanks,Chris will be very happy.The spare sled,a NA Nitro with a 153 got stuck twice today while facing down hill.
Two of us pulling on the skies and all it did was trench deeper.
The powder here in Revy iss deep and from what I hear Pemberton will be deeper.

christopher · Mar 22, 2012

We are all off the mountain and eating dinner at the lodge. Have loads of photos. Outstanding ride today. Major kudos to our Canadian riders. Will get details posted after we eat and get some fluids in us

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christopher · Mar 23, 2012

Skins was unable to get a replacement heim joint shipped out last night and can't get one to me before Monday. Anyone have a suggestion of where Iight be able to track one down in the vancouver/squamish/pemberton BC area?

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Monster Max · Mar 23, 2012

Check with crracing in Kelowna. He makes his own nytro arms and may be able to get some rod ends.

Good luck

Thistledoo · Mar 23, 2012

Gotta be someguys in that area who have the front ends who have there old heims laying around no? Can skinz tell u where or who bought them that direction??

christopher · Mar 23, 2012

Skins just called me. They got a set of them shipped to the UPS store in Vancouver. They are supposed to arrive by noon on Saturday now. So worst case I miss Saturdays riding and drive south into town. Best case someone comes up with one that I could pick up and install tonight an still be able to ride with the group tomorrow. Or if anyone is coming through Vancouver on Saturday to join us for riding on Sunday maybe they could pick up the package for me and I will ride my spare sled with the group???

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richracer1 · Mar 23, 2012

Chris, I'm glad Skinz was able to get a hold of you. They called me in Jackson and I texted them your cell #.

christopher · Mar 23, 2012

Got a courier to run to Vancouver to get the parts for me!

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Thistledoo · Mar 23, 2012

christopher can you not buzz it with the mig to make due for a day?

Where are your old ones you removed?

pylon · Mar 23, 2012

its too bad this happened . i have a few days on my skinz front end and love it . the joints are all pretty big piles of junk though , there are much better heim joints out there and available .Going to order some next week then hope it snows so i can see if i can bend them up just like i did with my skinz joints

christopher · Mar 23, 2012

Thistledoo said:
christopher can you not buzz it with the mig to make due for a day?

Where are your old ones you removed?

I don't have any welding ability.
Sadly I will have to ride my backup stock nytro tomorrow on the ice cap and not get the chance to ride nytrocity. Really breaks my heart as I have been looking forward to riding her up on top for 5 months now.

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