akimp
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After weeks of getting my Snow-Trac dialed in I finally took it to my cabin in the Talkeetna mountains in Alaska. I was pulling my 4x8 off road trailer on skis with 12 2x12x16 sticks of lumber. The Snow-Trac is not well suited to maneuver through tight treed trails pulling a trailer which caused me to do a lot of backing and winching. These machines seem to do great in the swamps were minimal turning was required. After about 6 miles a tight hill section got the best of me and I found my self using the hand brake that activates the disk brake setup on the drivers side. While winching I noticed that the left hand track stopped spinning. I made the assumption that I broke something in the variator. On further inspection I noticed the caliper attached to the left hand chain sprocket was broken were it attaches to the drive axle. After cum-alonging the Snow trac backworks into the cut out alder patch and hand-man jacking the left side up I tried to do the field repair. Removed the track, removed the outside nut on axle and drive sprocket. I attempted to remove the inside nut with no success. Using a 1/2 cordless dewalt impact (very powerful) the nut would not budge. I will have to go back with a torch and heat and try to break the nut loose with a impact again and if that does not work use a cutting wheel and cut the nut and cold chisel it off. Back to work for 2 weeks and I notice before leaving that the 3 gear sprockets I have (ST34) are the old style and do not have the drilled holes like the newer inboard brake models have. I e-mailed Christer Morlind in Sweden to see if he has one. Does anybody have a ST34 with the holes drilled in them I could purchase? The machine sits waiting in the woods. I'm selling both of my machines cheap when its fixed. Looking for something a little heavier duty like my J5. Thanks
