Kevin's Liquifire

[Cdnturboz]

Thanks I'll look into it!

[nick80lf]

Sorry it's been awhile since I posed an update on the 82. Had a few things come up that stalled progress, had to put my dishwasher out of it's misery and I came down with the plague (still trying to shake that).

Even though the 82 wasn't completely finished, I robbed a seat off of one of my 80s and we took it to the show at Honda East in Toledo. We managed to bring home a plaque for best vintage sled. It was a great show and was great to catch up with some guys i hadn't seen i awhile.

When we got home and went to unload sleds we noticed the deck of the trailer seemed to be catching on something when we tried to tilt it (I have a 1999 Triton XT10-101 with a topper). Did a little investigation and found this ugliness.

I've come to realize that this bolt is broken and both halves are corroded fast in extrusion that are welded in the frame tubing. I haven't had a chance to get this apart but I'm sure this is going to be a good time. I did stop at the local Triton dealer to see if this extrusion could be purchased and the answer i got was....no. We will see where this goes.

I did manage to get out to the shop tonight and did install the battery box and ran most of the wiring. Since I'm not finished just yet photos will be forthcoming.

[snowmoer]

Congratulations on winning the category! All that hard work paid off.

That stinks on the trailer. I have a 95 Triton. I keep an eye on all the bolts just for this reason. So far, the only thing that I have had to replace was the deck.

[nick80lf]

The bad thing about the way these Tritons are made is that if the bolt corroded into the aluminum spacers the bolt can appear to be intact when it's not. I bought mine used in about 2013 and my suspicion is that the bolts were corroded fast long before I bought it. Talking with my son he believes my wife broke it when she recently borrowed it to haul some stuff for a function at school. He recalls her saying she heard a loud pop when they were loading (more like overloading) it.