2010 Yamaha Motorsports Apex LTX GT Owners Manual - Page 71

2010 Yamaha Motorsports Apex LTX GT Manual

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Periodic maintenance and adjustment 1 1. Spring scale 1. Rear axle nut TIP Measure the gap between the slide runner and the edge of the track window. Measure both sides. 2. 3. 4. 2 Lift the rear of the snowmobile onto a suitable stand to raise the drive track off the ground. Start the engine and rotate the drive track one or two turns. Stop the engine. Check the drive track alignment with the slide runners. If the alignment is incorrect, loosen the locknut on the left and the right sides of the snowmobile, then align the drive track by turning the adjusting bolt on each side. 1. Drive track deflection 2. Slide runner 1 Standard drive track deflection: 30.0-35.0 mm (1.18-1.38 in) 3. If the deflection is incorrect, adjust the drive track. Adjusting the drive track 1. Loosen the rear axle nut. 1. Slide runner Drive track alignment Left adjusting bolt Right adjusting bolt Shifted to right Turn out Turn in Shifted to left Turn in Turn out 65

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Periodic maintenance and adjustment
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TIP
Measure the gap between the slide runner
and the edge of the track window. Measure
both sides.
3.
If the deflection is incorrect, adjust the
drive track.
Adjusting the drive track
1.
Loosen the rear axle nut.
2.
Lift the rear of the snowmobile onto a suit-
able stand to raise the drive track off the
ground.
3.
Start the engine and rotate the drive track
one or two turns. Stop the engine.
4.
Check the drive track alignment with the
slide runners. If the alignment is incorrect,
loosen the locknut on the left and the right
sides of the snowmobile, then align the
drive track by turning the adjusting bolt on
each side.
1.
Spring scale
1.
Drive track deflection
2.
Slide runner
Standard drive track deflection:
30.0–35.0 mm (1.18–1.38 in)
2
1.
Rear axle nut
1.
Slide runner
Drive track
alignment
Shifted to
right
Shifted to left
Left adjusting
bolt
Turn out
Turn in
Right adjust-
ing bolt
Turn in
Turn out
1
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