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Well I had a short weekend of riding...didn't even make it out of town, noticed a green puddle under my sled after paying for my gas. Studs finally gouged their way through the heat exchanger, and I couldn't figure out why at first. After taking the track off, all I could find was one stud snapped off at the nut, so I assumed that to be the culprit. Then I looked a little more and found that the track had torn around one of the double backers, which allowed it to "flap" at higher speeds. I cut and removed that piece of track, but there is another spot starting to tear the same way. Tried to pull all the studs out today, but about 1/3 of the torx fittings were stripped so I couldn't get some them out...ending up putting them all back in. I plan to make some front cooler protectors and see what happens...friggin' studs.
Anyways, has anybody else seen track damage like this? 1900 miles, stock '03 440 track.
Anyways, has anybody else seen track damage like this? 1900 miles, stock '03 440 track.