I'm looking to add some idler wheels to my TS skid. I'm sick of replacing my hyfax every 500 miles. What ones are people using?
Idler wheels on timbersled skid
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idler wheels are not your problem. You should not be replacing hyfaxes every 500 miles unless your strictly trail riding with no ice scratchers.
Are you using ice scratchers and what hyfaxes do you use.
Are you using ice scratchers and what hyfaxes do you use.
Factory Polaris hyfax. I changed them twice last year. (1200 miles of mountain riding) and I changed them once during the local grass drags and the new ones are already toast. I run my track pretty loose during the season and I do have ice scratchers mounted as far forward on the skid as possible. What could be causing them to wear so fast?
I've had really good luck with Hyperfax. They have a teflon insert and wear like iron. I had 3 seasons on the last set with no idler wheels, just scratchers and they looked almost new when I sold the sled.
When using hyperfax you have to either run a fully clipped track or install wear buttons on the unclipped windows.
For the grass drags you'll want to run wheels though. What I did for the grass drags, is plane down an old set of hyfax and run wheels to reduce the rolling resistance. Grass drags will chew through a set of hyfax pretty fast!
Depending on the class rules, some guys use to remove the hyfax completely for grass dragging. It can be a little hard on the rails though!
When using hyperfax you have to either run a fully clipped track or install wear buttons on the unclipped windows.
For the grass drags you'll want to run wheels though. What I did for the grass drags, is plane down an old set of hyfax and run wheels to reduce the rolling resistance. Grass drags will chew through a set of hyfax pretty fast!
Depending on the class rules, some guys use to remove the hyfax completely for grass dragging. It can be a little hard on the rails though!
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