Posts by kev

  • Philip's Belgian Sling

    Sorry @philip_mustang about all the trouble your having it can be frustrating , can,t it, I too just installed Slingshot only's new wheel and just did it in the parking lot while in Florida with no puller, using an old trick I've used on many steering wheel removals. @airoutlaw is correct it will come off by hand, albeit difficultly, but the trick we use is too turn the large column nut out till the face of it is flush with the end of the shaft that way you can drive the head of the shaft without damaging the threads. using a good size club hammer while pulling from side to side as airoutlaw suggests will jar them loose . Driving on the end of the shaft with a good size club hammer while pulling gives the same effect as an impact gun and helps break the splines loose.

  • Philip's Belgian Sling

    Got to learn to proof read my posts before I hit the damn submit button! Forgot to make another point , when I said ''heat is the enemy'' I mean the friction heat generated trying to turn them in as they tighten up, if you can immediately stop as soon as they,re not turning easily, and walk away till they cool a few minutes, then they will usually back out. At which time your only remedy is to run a tap through the hole cleaning up the threads, or it will just do the same thing next time you try to turn it in. Those smaller 6 and 8 mm bolt fine threaded bolts are so easily cross threaded, and they appear to be going in but just a little tight, and this is where the trouble begins. I,m now at the point where I keep a tap in my drill and as soon as I cant turn the bolt in 90% of the way by hand before tightening ,I re tap the hole and/or double check to be sure I,m not sticking the wrong size or threaded bolt in . Done that way too many times too lol If you do have to tap the odd hole just bump the drill in forward then reverse, another bump forward then reverse, and repeat. You will almost inevitably find its broke off in a spot where you cant get a proper tap T handle in place and bumping the tap in with a drill will become second nature and it takes less than 20 seconds, and cleans the hole out allowing you to spin those smaller bolts in by hand at least 90% of the way.


    Again ,sincerely hope this helps ! Nothing is more frustrating than breaking another damn bolt off !

  • Philip's Belgian Sling

    Aw that would piss me off too, sorry @philip_mustang forgot to say , and if they do start to tighten up , stop walk away and let them cool, heat is the enemy on such a small bolt and it takes very little tightening friction to heat them up, believe me I know too ! lol. the next step can be even more maddening. When drilling them out be sure use a much smaller drill bit I,ve had the best luck going down at least 50% in diameter, then tapping in the smallest knock out tool will usually twist them out . the trick is to use a sharp centre punch to start the drill exactly in the centre of the broken bolt. You do not want the bit to wander to the side of the bolt while drilling , especially if your drilling a softer casting like the roll over hoops, the centrifical forces will immediately push the bit into the softer material and then your really gonna be pissed off . Good luck, it seems impossible to get them drilled out the first couple of times, oh yah, and be sure to use a good quality jobbers bit ,with such a small diameter its only too easy to break off the bit in the bolt too , the jobbers bits picked up at your local machine shop suppliers are so much sharper (and stay sharp) you can usually get them in using only a hand drill but of course if you can get the part off and place it in a drill press vise, the chance of breaking the bolt or wandering will be greatly reduced.
    Sincerely hope this helps, can only say ''been there, done that'' way too many times !

  • Philip's Belgian Sling

    Sorry , cant blame Polaris on this one, check the torgue ratings on all 6 or 8 mm standard bolts, they don't withstand the loading of a decent size ratchet or wrench , Typical loading for such a size bolt is no more than what can be applied with a single wrist twist and a quarter inch drive ratchet

  • Slingshade gone?

    I was told by a Polaris dealership owner it was pulled as it turned out to be too flimsy and it may or may not resurface modified .Mine on the other hand,,,, sorry don't want to hijack your thread, lol will be posting soon on another thread.

  • YOU TUBES, CYCLE FEVER TV preparing to air BikeWeeks Slingshot ride

    Jesus H Christopher ! And here I went and converted it , downloaded it into windows movie maker , and made a new wmv file of the footage, then saved it to my pictures , all so I could download it as an attachment from my computer, only to find out the file was to large and alls I had to do all along was copy and paste the damn link !
    Like my old Daddy used to say "better learn to work with your back sonny, cause your never going far with that noggin"

  • YOU TUBES, CYCLE FEVER TV preparing to air BikeWeeks Slingshot ride

    Cycle Fever Tv aired a 45 minute episode last night on You Tube , episode tagged. 03/30/17. five whole minutes of which was the Slingshot ride from Volusia Motorsports, during Daytona Bike week 2017 . It moves along pretty fast but if you watch closely you might recognize some forum members, @kenny_h @funinthesun@kev and others . Damn the attachments upload just rejected the video file as too large. You can you tube search, cycle fever tv 03/30/17 ,for it then watch the ride starting at minutes 5:45 to 10:30

  • SSBODYKITS.COM NEW ROOFS FOR MAGGIE VALLEY

    MBMedic wrote:That thing looks sweet as hell.



    I love how the front end gets the bolder, more robust finish.



    The front fenders though....encompassing the wheels, and the splashguard!! Damn I love that look there.



    The rear is finished very nice as well. Love the saddlebag option.
    [/quote]ivor wrote:
    Looks very good.A great place to market this is to take space at Slingshots in the Smokies



    [/quote]BONES wrote:
    Looks good and I Noticed FAST RED!!



    [/quote]Neosolidus wrote:
    The front end looks great,



    [/quote] Kenny_h wrote:
    I met with Kev yesterday at the track. Hell of a nice guy and the body kits are pretty impressive!
    (ok , so maybe I pulled this one from another thread,,, but he said it, too late to pull it back now Kenny lmao)


    With such compliments from respected forum members, I am going to go out on a limb here and say, tomorrow morning we begin production of the next phase , the development of a new roof I should have available for Maggie Valley. I,ve had the concept sketches on the board for a while now but wanted to get our body kits out there first to show what we can do. I,m going to post those sketches here now , but keep in mind they are just that, concept sketches, and as such the design may evolve as it comes to life. Initially I hope to offer something different from the traditional roofs out there, a design which not only looks slick as hell on our kitted cars but one that will go great on your traditional Slingshots too . Fibreglass, with an embedded steel structure, supporting gull wing sections for easy access and egress, and no front down tubes necessary at the windshield !