I had the same thing happen to ours, what i did is cut the bolts off flush with the hub and put lock washers on the bolts. then i also ground down the bearing carrier bolt heads works fine.
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What are you racing this weekend?? They have grass drags for Mini's? Wonder if there are any in Michigan??Mac-Daddy said:
I took the drive axle out of the mini and reversed the bolts and nuts on the carrier bearing. Now the rounded side is out and the nuts are near the drivers. Adding the wheel kit to the rear suspension and removing the Hy-fax really frees up the rear. We also pulled the limit straps up two inches on the front and rear. Looks like the 800 Pro Stock now.
The races in WI are for NSRA, we run the mini's at intermission and everyone gets a trophy lots of
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on the kids faces. Gotta make sure the next bunch of racers is ready to go.
The races in WI are for NSRA, we run the mini's at intermission and everyone gets a trophy lots of
My son would love to race his sled but I have never came accross drags for the Minis. What did pulling up the limits up do to the travel?Mac-Daddy said:I took the drive axle out of the mini and reversed the bolts and nuts on the carrier bearing. Now the rounded side is out and the nuts are near the drivers. Adding the wheel kit to the rear suspension and removing the Hy-fax really frees up the rear. We also pulled the limit straps up two inches on the front and rear. Looks like the 800 Pro Stock now.
The races in WI are for NSRA, we run the mini's at intermission and everyone gets a trophy lots ofon the kids faces. Gotta make sure the next bunch of racers is ready to go.![]()
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Also, what do you mean 'removing" the hyfax? From what I can see there is not too much of what I would call "hyfax" there. It looks more like a metal strip.
Funny my son wants to be a 'snowmobile racer' when he gets bigger too. He is 6. I put the wheel kit on and it seemed to lift the track off the 'hyfax' just a hair. I would lover to get a deeper lug track for this thing. I studded it with 24 picks so it gets better traction than before but in the loose snow it spins like mad. I would like to get a set of plastic skis to eliminate some of the resistance with the metal skis.Mac-Daddy said:
Have you had that drive shaft out before, the reason i ask is because the carrier bolts on the gear side should have the rounded head towards the gear from the factory, sounds like they were in backwards if the nuts were towards the gear.Mac-Daddy said:I took the drive axle out of the mini and reversed the bolts and nuts on the carrier bearing. Now the rounded side is out and the nuts are near the drivers. Adding the wheel kit to the rear suspension and removing the Hy-fax really frees up the rear. We also pulled the limit straps up two inches on the front and rear. Looks like the 800 Pro Stock now.
The races in WI are for NSRA, we run the mini's at intermission and everyone gets a trophy lots ofon the kids faces. Gotta make sure the next bunch of racers is ready to go.![]()
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So an otherwaise stock mini except for the gear? do you know what kind of speed you were getting? Did you have wheels on the skis?Mac-Daddy said:
my sons has a 32 tooth gear on back and a little work down on clutch butbesides that its stock and runs about 15 mph in snow and dont know in the grassmxzdoo2 said:So an otherwaise stock mini except for the gear? do you know what kind of speed you were getting? Did you have wheels on the skis?Mac-Daddy said:![]()
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This is what has been done thus far.So an otherwaise stock mini except for the gear? do you know what kind of speed you were getting? Did you have wheels on the skis?Mac-Daddy said:![]()
1. removed hyfax and installed rear wheel kit. removed ski's and installed small riding lawn mower tires.
2. lowered rear suspension apx 2" on front and rear limiter straps (drilled new holes in straps).
3. installed new quick change hub.
4. removed 4hp Honda and replaced with 6.5 hp unit from ebay. (looks like a honda knock off).
5. geared 10 front and 28 rear. Shot down the lane at 35mph with my 8yr old in Wausau.
I drove it around the block last night and got it going 23 mph on a powermadd radar unit, and i weigh 250#. It needs more gearing to pull the r's down, likes to fall over the edge on the power. I will be getting a 13 and 15 tooth front and a 26 rear for the grass drags.
This is what has been done thus far.So an otherwaise stock mini except for the gear? do you know what kind of speed you were getting? Did you have wheels on the skis?Mac-Daddy said:![]()
1. removed hyfax and installed rear wheel kit. removed ski's and installed small riding lawn mower tires.
2. lowered rear suspension apx 2" on front and rear limiter straps (drilled new holes in straps).
3. installed new quick change hub.
4. removed 4hp Honda and replaced with 6.5 hp unit from ebay. (looks like a honda knock off).
5. geared 10 front and 28 rear. Shot down the lane at 35mph with my 8yr old in Wausau.
I drove it around the block last night and got it going 23 mph on a powermadd radar unit, and i weigh 250#. It needs more gearing to pull the r's down, likes to fall over the edge on the power. I will be getting a 13 and 15 tooth front and a 26 rear for the grass drags.
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I must be doing something wrong. I have the same engine and gearing, rear wheel kit, power intake kit, and high rev valve springs. My son (50lbs) has been clocked by GPS at 24-25 on the lake. Oh and the governor is tied off. What gives? Can cinching down the limiter strap get me an extra 10mph??
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By 'on the edge' you mean loose as can be? The track seems to be where it is suppose to be as far as tension goes. I may loosen it up a little though and see how loose I can go. I have the manual chain adjuster from Rec Motor and it is adjusted to spec.
MPH I am not sure but it definitely takes the tension off the rails. Hard to say what is worth it or not....getting the mini to the 15-18 ball park seems pretty easy but anymore than that is tricky.
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