Pre-Season Sled Check List
- By dan@nextlevelclinics.com
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- 12 Nov, 2018
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Prevention is the best maintenance!
- Siphon out old fuel and start with fresh fuel
- Overall inspection of clutch belt and drive belt (if chain case, service prior to first ride)
- Look over, clean and possibly rebuild clutches; SLP does an amazing job of reconditioning clutches!
- Check for exhaust leaks at the Y pipe and the silencer connection.
- Check carbides
- Check suspension (air shocks will need to be pumped up and reset to desired pressures)
- Coil over shocks should be inspected and possibly rebuilt
- Top off fluids
- Check steering controls, throttle cable wear, brake feel etc.
- Fresh spark plugs if needed
- Inspect track for missing lugs, track fraying or tearing
- Adjust track tension
- Realign steering linkage if needed
- Start and run your sled (allow sled to build to temperature)
Its time to improve your AVY skills on and off the snow! Ask yourself, is my riding group ready and able to handle an avalanche search? Do they truly know how to use their AVY equipment? Can they do it efficiently when the seconds count? Be honest with yourself.
Join us, and bring your riding buddies for an avalanche skills workshop designed specifically for snowmobilers! World-renowned speaker and teacher Mike Duffy of avalanche1.com will be presenting this new workshop on Thursday January 19th, 2017 at TCSAR Hanger. Discussion topics will include: how not to get caught in an avalanche; daily routines; effective search techniques, searching by snowmobile, advanced rescue techniques; nine avalanche problems; recent avalanche stats; and reading the avalanche forecast. A Q&A with Mike Duffy and Dan Adams (Next Level Riding Clinics) will follow.
Space is limited in the workshop. Please register online HERE to secure your spot.
This workshop is brought to you by Teton County Search and Rescue, Backcountry Zero and Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center.
