Repairing my written-off rt1000

[Summitric]

After a nice hill climb, i came down on a stump in the left footwell area...... Tunnel is not damaged, but the footwell and brace/bracket/support and metal and plastic damaged..... Lucky i never had my foot in the footwell at the time! I accepted the insurance buy-out and took my sled back. It will now be considered a "rebuilt" sled in the registries eyes. I straightened some of the damage last nite so i could get a grinder to all the rivets. Still have to remove the drive axle and primary so i can get to the tunnel on the inside. Already removed the skid..........
Some before pics, then a pic of what the support should look like(a used one from threadkiller here on the site, and owner of sled recyclers --- thanks, dusty), then pics of it partially straightened out...... The lower sheetmetal is ripped/torn and lots of rivets pulled out

 

[magnet]

Chit that wasn't that bad to right it off

 

[Summiteer]

didn't you already try to kill that sled with a big rock?

 

[Shadam]

that is awrite off ???

mine has 8200miles and that makes mine worth about 3 pennies ...
thus nothing ???

could have been a ton worse eh?

 

[Trashy]

Hurry up Ric, 18 more sleeps and Revy bound

 

[Summitric]

I'm a tryin'....totally stripped now, starting to grind the rivets tonite

 

[TylerG]

I'm a tryin'....totally stripped now, starting to grind the rivets tonite

survivor and Big Brother Canada distracted you again hey?

 

[Summitric]

survivor and big brother canada distracted you again hey?

a little, but had it on in the garage

 

[Summitric]

Ground and chiselled off all the rivets from the support brackets to remove, then straightened the metal out as good as i could -- metal is ripped/cut in several places........ Going to machine shop tomorrow to weld up the cracks/rips and then will put a reinforcing plate underneath........ The twisted/folded metal straighten out better than i thought it would .............. This has given me the chance to rebuild the recoil starter, and now replacing all the bearings in the wheels on the skid(rear 2 wheels, the bearings are almost non-existant)

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

Progress is being made. Looks good Ric.

 

[maxwell]

nows the time to do that 174 conversion!

ive got a 174 xp with brand new track and skid you could buy from me for 5000. LOL. throw the 174 in the RT then you would have a spare xp!

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

nows the time to do that 174 conversion!

ive got a 174 xp with brand new track and skid you could buy from me for 5000. LOL. throw the 174 in the RT then you would have a spare xp!

Do you have Turbo for him as wel...he might as well go all the way...lol

 

[Summitric]

sled is in at Custom Metal Works, getting welded up and straightened and reinforced ........... then get 'er home and put 'er back together

 

[PS94]

Summit - Any of these parts work for you? it's a 2005 Summit 800 159" front half of the skid....i'm sure someone is comming from Grande Prairie to your area, it can tag along with them..yours for the taking if you want it. Or you can buy me beer, I never object to that!!! only thing i wanna salvage was the side panel bungee things and the front cooler....

 

[Summitric]

got the big RT back from Hugh @ Custom Metal Works, and he worked his magic on the running board....... can hardly tell it was crinkled as bad as it was..... just have to rivet back into place and put 'er together and it's done....... What y'all think??

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

Doesn't look like it was ever damaged.

 

[raceu4it]

had i known you got a big fat payout, i'd charged you a few more dollars. But it's okay, i like ceasars at Zala's when i see you with quadtrash in Revy! lol looks good

 

[Summitric]

had i known you got a big fat payout, i'd charged you a few more dollars. But it's okay, i like ceasars at zala's when i see you with quadtrash in revy! Lol looks good

thanks again for the parts threadkiller...... Sure makes like easier ...... Will pay up at zala's some day

 

[Summitric]

The sled is finished..... Put 'er all back together on saturday......... Just have to replace a cracked/split rear upper skid inner shaft(has been like that for a while, it appears) -- threads stripped on the side with the crack. Otherwise, very happy with how the repair turned out......... Looks great!!!

 

[hfrick]

just as a side note...in my experience (autobody shop owner) your sled should not come up as "repaired" with registries ,it should remain "active" status... the write off/repaired etc status is for "on hiway" vehicles only..written off on offroad stuff normally just means your insurance thot it was cheaper and easier to pay you out than to deal with fixing it...have fun...Hardy