Sidewinder Suspension Issues & Repair! Common Problem? 

The best snowmobile mechanic on RU-vid right there.

clearly he found one "healthy " poutine princess hes not speaking on. 😂😂 That's one beefy upgrade for the sausage! Nice one!🍻

Enjoy your video's greatly appreciated as I'm a new sled owner of a polaris 2up trail touring"08"550 with 2600 miles on it , learning from you and watching as many video's as possible. Thanks again brother, peace Turtle, from south of Boston mass.

I enjoyed watching the machine work! Brought back sophomore metal shop memories! Keep up the great content, Pete!

That was good to know that the front bars aren't very heavy duty. More great info ya learn from your show. Love it. Keep up the great work buddy. RNDH 4 LIFE.

Another great video Pete! Good buddies, beer and laughs is what its all about. Nice one 🍻

Very common problem as least here in Finland where the trails are always in rough shape. I turned mine from steel and also the front shock lower shaft and made reinforcement plates to the tunnel. Never gonna break again or if it is then I'm having bigger problems also.

With these big girls (998's) its suggested to upgrade with the RR or LTX-SE front arm components. The parts you need to get are the following Axle, Front Slider 3604-663 Screw, Cap 8408-041(I believe these are slightly longer) Bushing, Flared 3604-233 (Mine had a edge broken off) AXLE 3604-269 (Steel) Most people just get the slider axle upgrade and completely bypass the lower axle, the part the shock mounts to that mounts to the slide rails. If you upgrade the slider and all that force comes down, it goes rite into the bottom axled and ends up bending that or sending it through the precious track.

Great video Pete. I work in a machine shop and I am a Yamaha guy. Going to work on this project ASAP. Cheers from Wisconsin. We're finally getting some snow !!

Pete, your so handy, so interesting to watch your solutions, another great vid.

Thank you from Southern Wisconsin. Great content and fun to watch the shop shenanigans!

Glad to see you got the sausage back in running condition,the lathe work reminded me of grade ten machine shop! Nice one!🍻

If it breaks again get some 7075 bar , and that should be golden. It's funny to hear you speak American measurements, and metric in the same breath.

Thats a badass old band saw

You guys have way too much fun rippin on each other😂. Cheers guys🍺

Pete you have not tried my method for removal and installing skids yet? I do them by myself! I take 2 lengths of wood around 4 foot long, 2" wide, 1" height ( As long as the height is above the Track Lugs). I ratchet strap the top of the track to hold it up, I then slide the 2 pieces of wood between the bottom of the Track and the Skid, and it slides right out! Reverse method for going back in! "TICKITY BOO"

Really enjoy your videos coming from a fellow licensed tech you're absolutely priceless!

Another amazing video, ya'll are doing a great job. Thanks for sharing brother, peace Turtle

Cat DNA! My 1971 skiroule helped me learn how to work on stuff as a kid, if I wanted to ride more than an hour! Nice job!! I believe Barn of Parts makes one from stainless. Havent put one in mine yet...still fun not knowin where yer gonna break down! Adds to the adventure as Johnny Skeptical would say.

Another awesome video Pete. You are an incredible snowmobile/do all mechanic. Keep up the great videos.

the ol SLIDE GRINDER issue.....

Cheers from Wisconsin! I have a Yamaha Viper and can’t wait to hit the trails soon here. We are currently under a blizzard warning 👍🤘

Remember me when you hit a million subscribers, you deserve it Pete. Maybe one day I will meet ya, I am from Brechin after all😂

I used the exact same lathe at good ol Opeongo High School in Doulas Ontario. Nice one! 🍻

Y’all the best!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Of course it's the cat bits of these sleds that will leave you stranded.

Nice hunk of Sausage You made there 😎👍🍺

Hopefully u hit the 100 k soon Pete... just a matter of people see a vid then ul have them hooked.

You got a little snow here in the one western province from you we’re still getting snow 😊

Pete, how are you doing? Hey I just wanted to let you know that I like the way you do your videos! The camera angles are excellent, and the way you explain what your doing as you repair a sled is nice! I’ve been searching you tube for some repair videos for my F7 and all the ones I’ve found suck to be honest lol! Keep up the good work and if you do any work on your 03 F7 plz make videos!! Thanks and cheers…

The videos Rock and always make me laugh thank you

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Easiest way to line up the rear skid holes is to just tighten the track adjusters until the holes line up, put your bolts in then set your tension

Great video Pete. Hey you should power tap them holes. Just run your chuck slow and put your tap in the tailstock and leaver the tailstock loose and as you bump your chuck on and off just push on your tailstock with your other hand. Use some tap magic tapping fluid it's the best thing for aluminum.

Pete, another thing you can do on your lathe is upgrade to a steel bar for the front shock bottom mount like they use on the RR. Nice one!

Nothing like opening beer 🍺

Pro tip. Start the tap in the lathe. Just put it in neutral and turn the chuck by hand and feed the tap from the tailstock

If you order arctic cat rr shafts and stuff they are all solid and stronger..I did that to my 2014 cat when I bent the shock shaft and noticed that cross shaft was flimsy...very worth while upgrade

Wow! Varsity !!

Nice work Pete, one suggestion on machining the bar is you shouldn’t have tapered the ends. I’d have left the shoulders on which would have maintained the overall strength. Now you’ve got a bit of a weak spot at the collars.

Handsome and handy !

Nice Machine work 🍻

Great job lads!

Keep making them wish I had half your skills

NiceOne!

Had the same thing happen at the drags a few years ago on the sidewinder I upgraded with a thundercat apparently there a bit heavier not sure but it didn’t ever break again 👍

being a Newfie myself going to go in business selling Newfie LockTight! $1 each or 3 for $5 lmao. Cheers boys keep the good content and laughs going!

Good job Jim !!!!😂

Dang Pete hating on polaris sure work alot on yamaerhammer lol another great video keep it up brother !!! Need more polaris repair videos so we can work on ours hahaha

Good stuff Pete! You have a lathe! I could port you some cylinders cut the base on your lathe cut the squish band and make pop up pistons using your lathe then you want to talk about dangle!! Too bad I'm not closer lol!

Nice tight fit that's what she said . Nice one pete looks awesome hey whats a matter pete you said some nice about Polaris you must have had to many beers lol.

Great fab work. Cheers pete

The main thing pete the ultimax belt didn't blow. Take her to the max

I’m surprised you didn’t already use the ole ratchet strap. My old man used to manage a cat dealer in the early 90’s, so I learned that trick early on in life helping out on customer sleds. 😂

Great video!

She must have been a hefty lass with a big ole personality!

Another Nice one Pete! Thanks man. Hey do ya have any XL hoodies in yet? I think I got your last one at the sled show, but I promised a buddy I would pick one up for him when ya got your stock replenished.

Minded the same thing broken That aluminum shaft I had my work Is make a steel . Not as bad I caught it in time🍻

Nice work! Love your videos!

Maybe ya had too much newfie lock tight when you inspected that lol. we have no snow here in NL either :( ......yet

Just did mine with the Precision EFI slider axle. Not a fun 1 man job. Onto the drive shaft bearing next.

I'd make that aluminum bar that broke out of steel instead of aluminum

Ten push ups for leaving the chuck e and a lave . what I used to have to do

Thats when you need a Tabagin to throw under the track maks it much easier to tow when the machines broke down

Was a great video keep them coming

Just a thought though. since it sheared the original part at the steel collar; then wouldn’t machining a larger diameter rod down to the same diameter it was where it sheared, essentially be the same thing? Unless your aluminum is higher strength than OEM. Love the videos by the way

Nice One !!!

I still love them pistachios..but I'm missing the real teeth to chew 'em lol 😉🍻

had bad luck with aluminum cross shafts, steel is the way to go.

Newfie lock tight. Lol😅

Om my hen 4 Rev you can you the rear track adjusters to line up the holes

Ok D-Rom let the Sausage dangle lol.

Fett brothers performance make a steel cross shaft for Cats as it sounds like the racer break the aluminum shafts.

D Ron I have a great XRS 800 etec for you ,if you ever want a get rid of the Yamaha. ☃️👍👍

You mentioned in the last sausage video d Ron went over the rear end skid area, better leave the job to the pro Pete next time!

Mr. Pete. I’d like to ask a question, please? I have a 2001 Cat Triple Touring - triple triple 600. I’m sure you’ve come across this as my only complaint is that it doesn’t have that “triple” sound. Assume it’s how it’s muffled. What would you suggest, if you had it, to get that sound with as low a budget as possible and that a simpleton could install?

Wait a second Pete, is the New To you Viper you got for Christmas. Have the same aluminum design that you had to straighten? I'd hate to see the Viper walk by Yomama cross the finish line fail then grenade your drivers.

Heyyyyy Ratchet strap for the win Next time get a smaller one lol

YAMAHA ENGINE--THE BEST there is--- ARCTIC CAT JUNK for the rest of it.

Make the shaft out of steel

Pete , live in Lindsay and love to come by and see your shop . Address please ? Thanks .

LIKE THEY SAY IN FRENCH TABARNACK

Barn of parts

Groomers are packing the trails in T-Shores Jan 11 Thurs. Should be a good pack for the snow coming on the weekend.

How many miles or km on that newer Yamaha? Also is the Apex your most reliable machine? Thanks and cheers.

Killa content keep up the great work 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🍺🍺🍺🤘🏻🤘🏻😎😎😎👊🏻👊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

That Lathe and bandsaw are probably WW2 Era, don't make them like they use to.

The Yamaha chassis is a weaker link with the Cat DNA

This guy is pretty beefy so next manufacturing will require the under carriage of Army tanks just to survive past warranty limitations..

If I may why not steel instead of aluminum

Did you say it broke again?

This will get a lot of hate but im gonna go there anyway 😂Yamaha didnt quit making snowmobiles for no reason. Just saying 😂

? What should be the compression? Turtle

Why do you sell the rod at your store

Anyone no where I can get decent priced piston’s for my 1991 583 formula plus?

Is he really an Eagles fan?

Just stumbled across your channel, i dont know how far you are from peterborough but same snow situation here. Supposed to be a bit more later in the week but who knows. You got any plans for some atv/utv stuff in the summer months?

Fluffees brother?

I have a question how do i msg u?

I work as a CNC-machinist. This was the most boring clip so far. 😆👍🏼