05/29/2026
STORAGE CORROSION... THE REAL COST.
These photos may be hard to see, but our good customer Steve definitley has an issue with how he is parking his sled. This is his backup sled, so it doesn't get used as much as Steve's main ride, his Mach. I beleive he finishes every ride (Yes he can ride from home) down a salted township road, then parks the machine somewhere where it can't dry out. This photo was taken a few weeks ago at the end of a busy season. NOT after a very long period of storage!!!!
Steve contacted us due to accelerated and unacceptable hyfax wear on his machine. HE BARELY GOT 1200 KM OUT OF HIS HYFAX on a snowy winter and thought there was an installation problem.
After a thourogh inspection of his sled, we came to the conclusion it was RUST ON THE TRACK CLIPS THAT TOOK OUT THE SLIDERS. We have all seen the tell tale rust in the snow from the first 20-50 yards after storge in a wet trailer from carbides that may have sat a spell between rides, and the track clips do the same thing. Usually the rust gets cleaned off the first mile or so, but it grinds some life off the hyfax much like a bastard file. In Steve's case it just happened over and over and over again due to the corrosive environment and the hyfax couldn't take it. There was no fractured clips and both hyfax wore out at about the same rate.
In the last picture is Wurth's Film. This is an environmentally friendly corrosion spray/ lubricant that we fell in love with. It is amazing, we put it on our website for sale if you can't find it locally. We mist the sleds down after riding on a salty road and for summer storage. All the steel and aluminum bits on the sled. Bolt heads, rivets, suspension bits, steel skid parts, shock shafts, TRACK CLIPS, carbides and yes even the clutch outer sheaves carefully, masking the belt, inner sheaves, weights and rollers from unwanted lubrication (that discussion is a whole other post LOL).
Its only May, there is still time to look at that sled before it's long rest before next season. Elevate it, corrosion spray it and SPRAY THE TRACK CLIPS TOO!👍🤓(on top of your usual stoarage regime)