finally got the track changed on buddies 96 Indy XLT 600

first we removed the old broken dangerous track (with carpinter knife), than took the skid out, after that we removed the drive shaft..but was that easy..NO! the secondary was rusted on their tighter than the hubs of hell, but with some weasle piss (WD40) it came off.

than we opend up the chain case, well he has never changed the oil in it since he got it (2003) and it was blacker than the night. We broke some O-Rings while takin the chain case off (but that was for the better, they were falling apart anyways). when we got that all done we started looking around, the little thingy attached to the engine that ran the fuel and coolent hoses was off (viberation vibed the screws out), and it was just hanging there.

we noticed that some wires were diconected under by the gas tank also when we were down there.

after we were done putting it all togeather, the clock hand went from 1:00 PM (when we started) and was at 7:30 when we were done.


i left out a few things but MAN was that time consuming, and i have never seen a sled with so many parts rusted, fallen off, and disconected still running in my entire life. now that the secondary is all greased up, he might be able to go through a season without blowing 3 belts.

The garage....... a buddy........BEER.......... working on sleds......... PRICELESS!!!!!! Couldnt think of a better way to spend 6 hours.


I've done 3 or 4 "bearing" changes and the first time is a B**ch but it gets easier each time you do it...


Jerry

we had all that but the "beer", no time for that haha. i am just glad that it is over with and i will never have to change a track on an indy ever again (unless he manages to rip his off somehow). the IQ chassis is just way more easier to change everything, it is all open (you can open the sides up to expose everything), everything is designed to be removed easier. when me and him started on this, i was starting to get a headech...and what makes me even more mad, was that when we were all done, i found out what those "rubber plugs" on the sides were for..TO GET THE RATCHET EXTENSIONS AND SOCKETS TROUGH!!!...but that was too late, we were done by then.

and in about 2004, he had a major chain case leak and it sprayed Chain case lube all over the place, and he didn't clean it up!! so i was working in dirty stickey black crap the whole time we were doing this, and ofcourse i have alot more knowledge about snowmobile machanics (i work on them alot) so i was the guy down there doing most of the dirty work haha.

and with the sleds arse-end up in the air for 6 hours,the engine flooded, so we both took terns pulling the recoil rope for about 20 min.

man, i think that the IQ chassis is polaris's best idea yet. ofcourse the Indy was the major gound breaker for Polaris and if it wasn't for that chassis than polaris might not be what it is today...but it is not an easy sled to work on.

I used to own a Indy but i never did any work on it, i always took that sled in to get its major work done to it.