18 Ascender Steering Post Options

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Hey Fellas I hope everyone is having an awesome season! Mine has been incredible with some of the best snow I've seen in years. I cant say enough good things about my 18 mountain cat, its been an incredible machine, However I'm about 240 with out gear and I tend to be a little bit rammy so the inevitable has happened and my steering post has broken off. I Spoke with Kurt at Canada Sled Pars but they currently don't make an aftermarket post, just wondering if anyone on here knows of any other option? Thanks in advance!
 

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Can you put a sleeve inside drill some holes and plug weld to double up wall thickness to make stronger.
Option if nothing else.
 

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That's a good idea Snochuck I might give that a go, I was thinking maybe a piece of steel rod that was the same diameter as the inside of the post. Only problem is I filled it with fiberglass resin when the sled was new as I've run into this problem before...
 

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Can you put a sleeve inside drill some holes and plug weld to double up wall thickness to make stronger.
Option if nothing else.
That's exactly what I did when I broke the post on my m8 a couple years ago. Pulled the post on the hill, brought it down to town, and welded it with a piece of pipe inside so I could ride it back out of the drainage it was at the bottom of. Still in one piece today.
 

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You know anyone that can weld? Cut the bottom linkage section off, buy a section of chromoly piping with the same OD, weld them up. I bent mine on my Sidewinder and bought a new factory one, but thats my plan for my old one and keep the factory one as a backup.
 

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I think that's the route I'm going to go, pull the post and reinforce with a piece of tubing, hopefully it will hold up! thanks for all the comments and help.
 
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