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I am wanting to put scratchers on my 2013. The spring type that you flip up on the rails when in the powder. Am I going to have to drill holes in the rails or am I missing something? thanks in advance.
 

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There should be a hole somewhere that you can use. If not you will have to drill. But don't go to close to the top the rails can crack.


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Drill hole.. If you have powder coated rails drill another hole for an eyelet bolt to hold the scratcher, if you just put scratcher up over your rails will make a mess of the powder coat

The reversible scratchers work good, they throw up more snow/ice on a hard trail
 

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JP is right the reversible scratchers do throw up more snow/ice but if they r like the ones I had on my sled they do have a tendency to pop off the raild when u don't want them to.
 

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Drill hole.. If you have powder coated rails drill another hole for an eyelet bolt to hold the scratcher, if you just put scratcher up over your rails will make a mess of the powder coat

The reversible scratchers work good, they throw up more snow/ice on a hard trail

Good to hear, I just bought a set of them :)
 

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JP is right the reversible scratchers do throw up more snow/ice but if they r like the ones I had on my sled they do have a tendency to pop off the raild when u don't want them to.

I was supplied with eye bolts to attach them to. But im buying a couple smaller ones from Princess Auto instead as these are a tad big for my liking. Would work fine of course, im just a picky mofo
 

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I was supplied with eye bolts to attach them to. But im buying a couple smaller ones from Princess Auto instead as these are a tad big for my liking. Would work fine of course, im just a picky mofo
If u could put up a pic of scratchers installed along with eyebolts I would appreciate it as I really liked the amount of snow/ice that the reversible scratchers threw up, just not the popping off the rail when I didn't want them to.
 

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Rail mounted scratchers with j bolts
 

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Yes, the Between the Lines Design, carbide cable scratchers work wonders. I have the single slide and it is enough for cooling and lubrication. One needs to attach the bolts with a little lock-tite as they have a tendency to come undone. Drilled holes are required.

With the stock powder coating on the rails, I did not experience any scratching that was detrimental. Before you drill the hole, bend the scratcher in the upright position and do a pre-test for location.

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I had issues with cable scratchers coming lose on one side, the other side wants to get tightened as it gets pressure put on it. I always thought the manufacturer should have left hand threads on one and right hand threads on the other. I fixed the problem by taking a hack saw and cutting slits in the end so it bit on the rail better. Since I did that no more problems.
 

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Fernie, have you seen these yet ? I was thinking about trying a pair, sounds like the cable ones don't last and I know I will bend the rail mount spring ones.
 
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