Snowmobile Battery Maintenance & Summer Storage
Don’t kill your snowmobile battery this summer. Learn how to store, charge and protect it for a trouble-free first ride.
How To: Easy Snowmobile Brake Maintenance
Editor's Note: This article on changing brake pads and bleeding the brakes on a snowmobile first appeared in the Service & Repair department of...
How To Improve Snowmobile Front-End Handling
You appear to be doing everything correctly with your snowmobile: coasting into the corner and braking appropriately, leaning into the turn to weight the...
How To Service Electric Trailer Brakes In 13 Steps
Your sled is dialed in. That new helmet fits just right. The lodge restaurant always serves a killer prime rib dinner on Friday nights....
How To Install A Heated Visor Plug-In On A Snowmobile
Having clear vision when operating a snowmobile isn't just a convenience issue, it's also vital to your safety.
The following article about installing a...
How-To Video: Servicing A Ski-Doo pDrive Primary Clutch
Introduced on the MXZx 600RS race sled in 2016 and then expanded deeper into the Ski-Doo lineup for 2017, the pDrive primary clutch is...
Tow Like A Pro: Trailer Maintenance
Editor's note: For the December 2021 issue of Snow Goer magazine, author David Wells pulled together an extensive, nine-page article covering all aspects of...
Tech Professor Flashback: Push-Button Reverse
OK, longtime snowmobilers: Do you remember the era where it was actually a lot of work to back up your snowmobile? That's right, relative...
How-To Spot Your Next Restoration Project
Editors Note: This story first appeared in the December 2019 issue of Snow Goer magazine in the Service & Repair department.
By Nick Longworth;...
Snowmobile Science: Explaining Reeds
EDITORS NOTE: In each issue of Snow Goer, trained engineer and hard-core sledhead T.J. Krob takes a "scientific" look at something in snowmobiling. This...
5 Common Mistakes Made By Shade-Tree Snowmobile Tuners
Some common snowmobile tuning tips never go out of style, even if they sometimes are overlooked. Several years ago, we turned to one of...
How To Prep For Off-Season Storage
Many owners let their snowmobiles coast to a stop at the end of a season’s last ride, and there they sit in the yard all spring, summer...
How To Replace Snowmobile Track Clips
Snowmobile track clips are attached to the windows of snowmobile tracks so they can slide against hyfax on the bottom of the suspension rails....
How To Install A PowerMadd Adjustable Riser
Recently I installed a PowerMadd Adjustable Pivot Riser on our 2016 Ski-Doo Renegade Enduro demo sled. The riser provides about 3 inches of height...
6 Pre-Season Sled Tips
An unlucky snowmobiler might say that if there weren’t bad luck, he’d have no luck at all. Whether it’s a shelled chaincase, blown drive...
How To Replace Polaris Cleanfire Fuel Filter
Does your Polaris Cleanfire snowmobile run rough or is it down on power? There’s a good chance that the fix is as basic as...
How To Replace Ski-Doo Pilot TS Ski Wear Bars
The Ski-Doo Pilot TS (Tunable Ski) skis found on some Ski-Doo models represent a unique way to influence the handling characteristics of a snowmobile. With a...
How To: Adjusting Snowmobile Suspension For Sharper Handling, Better Ride
Whether you’re blazing a path down a rutted-out ditchline or cruising at a leisurely pace, the difference between being worn out at the end...
Must-Do Snowmobile Maintenance
Despite that a snowmobile is well beyond its youth if it shows 3,000 miles on the odometer, with regular inspections and service it can perform as reliably and as...
2-Stroke Top-End Teardown & Rebuild Tips
Rebuilding a two-stroke engine’s top end includes servicing the cylinders, pistons, rings and related gaskets and O-rings. The top end of a two-stroke engine...
