well after 4 hours of beating and banging and a 6 pack later, I had removed what was left of the old ones and instaled the new. thanks for all the advice guys, now all we need is some snow. Jeremy

I loosened the track but its just being a pain in the but. the old ones were so bad that they actualy wore through the hyfax to the metal and wore a spot through the metal and that is where the left is catching. the penitrating oil helped some. thanks guys, I appreciate all the help from this forum....

any tips on removing old hyfax slides? I put a screw in the end and put a pair of vicegrips on the end and heated the old slides with a heat gun, and then beat on the vicegrips with a BFH (big freaking hammer) after about an hour, I only moved the one slide about 12". any tips would be gratly a...

I got some studs from ebay (.635 star) and they say I need to install tunnel wear bars. what are they and where can I find some? thanks for all the help everybody

yeh, I could try that

I already did that, I removed and cleaned all the conections with a small wire brush.

Im trying to get the starter to work on my 79 trailfire 440, I already replaced the ignition switch and the battery (390 cca) when i turn the key the starter engages but it is slow and hesitant to turn the moter over, I dont think the solenoid is closing all the way when i turn the key. any sugestio...

I put my lawnmower battery in it, its rated at 300cca and all it would do is click. think i need a bigger battery.

what kind of battery does the starter use in the 1979 trailfire 440? how many cold cranking amps? thanks

what battery do you use? and what kind of cranking amps do you need?

also, the compresion is good

so far, I replaced the plugs, added a fuel stabalizer (there was only about 2 gal of gas in the sled) and I injected some 2-stroke intake cleaner. I think my next step will be pulling the carb and clean it, and clean it. and when im done, Ill clean it some more. Is there a carurator rebuild kit that...

thanks, I dident know becouse the previous owner put a hose clamp around it just to hold it on becouse the bottom half is cracked. I just use the ignition key to kill the engine.

Hello everyone, I just got a 79 440 trailfire for a trade and it runs but of course, with all great things in life there are isues. first of all, I was suprised to see a starting system on the sled and after some electrical troubleshooting I was able to get the system working with my lawnmower batte...