I'm wanting to buy a pair of fox float 2's. I took out my swaybar and it just seems too soft for what I like to do. I hill climb boondocks side hill, just mountain riding. I was wondering if the fox float 2 would make the sled better with No swaybar.
Fox Float 2 shocks
Started By Ski doo 42, Jun 01 2012 08:47 AM
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:47 AM
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:17 AM
I'm wanting to buy a pair of fox float 2's. I took out my swaybar and it just seems too soft for what I like to do. I hill climb boondocks side hill, just mountain riding. I was wondering if the fox float 2 would make the sled better with No swaybar.
Personally I would try some preload before changing out shocks.
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:10 PM
I was running Float 2's on my 07 Summit with no sway bar. I ran 16.75 CTC. They work great. Tom at Tom's Snowmobile will give you all the info you need on Floats. I also ran HPG piggyback shocks with 105# springs on an MXZ that I stretched to 144 with no sway bar and liked that set-up as well. Those shocks were revalved by Ian at Monster Performance.
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 12:36 AM
I took out my swaybar on my 2006 summit and for the first few rides felt the same thing, too soft. In a week or two the sled felt fine, plus new shocks were gonna cost $1800. Give it some time.
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 04:15 PM
No sway bar and at least a 90lb spring...floats and float 2's suck imho...
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Posted 05 June 2012 - 05:30 PM
I went back to shocks with springs also, but I'm a bigger guy. I wanted more pre-load. I liked the handling with revalved shocks heavier springs up front and on the skid. That is with no sway bar too.
Its all subjective though.
Its all subjective though.
You don't get into this sport to save money
Keep the rubber side DOWN!!
Keep the rubber side DOWN!!
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 10:23 AM
I've tried fox floats, evol r's, evol X's, and KYBs (valved right) and I found that evol R's worked the best for me. They're the perfect all around shock, not as harsh as regular fox floats, not as expensive as evol x's, and have good adjustability.
Jimmbo's right though, it's all subjective
Jimmbo's right though, it's all subjective
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 06:53 PM
I have my preload so that the shock will be as stiff as posible.Personally I would try some preload before changing out shocks.
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