JD600 wrote:Are these the ones everyone is having all of the problems with, or are they something else?
Dustin,
When Ross had the first set made, the sides of the mount where the spring attaches were cut at a sharp angle. After some hard test miles they cracked at the angle area. He has since changed the design and curved those angles.
Troy
This is what i was referring to, but i had only heard hear say about it, so i didn't want to bring it up on my own. Thanks for the clarification Troy.
DE
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Dustin Elder
Salem, OH
Midmounts.... Lots and lots of midmounts...
"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
Reading through the posts it sounds like the 24" springs are preferred through testing but are not stock to JD. Saddles for the JD based springs (26" springs) still have question markes unless someone can chime in that they have tested these in a plastic ski saddle.
Very much interested just want to make sure if Matt creates saddles to fit JD springs (26") that they are as best as possible. Otherwise Matt will have stock of parts that do not perform and we will not be willing to support his efforts. I have no problem with the owner liability part of it, just want to make sure these are designed to perform the best as possible.
jdsledsrgr8 wrote:Reading through the posts it sounds like the 24" springs are preferred through testing but are not stock to JD. Saddles for the JD based springs (26" springs) still have question markes unless someone can chime in that they have tested these in a plastic ski saddle.
Very much interested just want to make sure if Matt creates saddles to fit JD springs (26") that they are as best as possible. Otherwise Matt will have stock of parts that do not perform and we will not be willing to support his efforts. I have no problem with the owner liability part of it, just want to make sure these are designed to perform the best as possible.
The prototypes were being tested by Horicon Joe this past season. Once I have one in my hand, I'll decide if I'm comfortable with selling them over the summer/fall, or if I think they need to be tested more when the snow falls again.
Here is what the 26" set up and tested on the 83 Liquifire look like. I will be sending these off to Matt shortly.
There will also be one for the 24" spring made as well.
Revmove ski
Install saddle with 2 bolts and bolt on the shock
bolt on SLP SLT ski
Joe
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Matt will let you know on the price when he gets it worked out. All the details of the ski and carbides you could find on DK's web site.
They are the SLP SLT ski and there are many carbides to choose from. The shocks and springs are stock JD.
Joe
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With the ski hanging off the ground it looks tighter on the picture. When it sits on the ground it gets some preload and the gap opens more.
This was something I had Ross look at for me as we went across the lake and he reported them looking real good. I'll try to get a better pictue of it tonight
on the ground. I'll put one on the 84 Sportfire as well and show what it looks like.
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We owe Joe a huge thank you!!! Thanks Joe. As you know I attempted to do this but since I don't have everyday access to the machining equipment it just wasn't going to work for me. Also, I was designing everything around 24" Yami skis and making the upper shock mount a part of the ski spindle. The beauty of Joe's design is simplicity. You simply attach your choice of carbide to the ski, which attaches the mounting plate then all you do is simply mount the composite ski to your existing ski spring. I can't get simpler than that. OH, by the way is anyone interested in some sets of 24" yami ski springs LOL.
DA
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