Guides

Six things worth knowing before you order, written by somebody who has ruined a track.

• Studding a track without ruining itThe order of operations, the three numbers that matter, and the two mistakes that cost a track.
• Reading belt wearWhat a worn belt is telling you about the clutch, and why replacing it without reading it means doing it again.
• Replacing hyfaxWhy it is a ten-minute job, why it matters more on ice, and why we do not sell them yet.
• When to re-clutch, and when not toThree situations where a clutch kit is the right answer, and several where it is an expensive way to avoid fixing something else.
• Choosing carbide lengthMore carbide is not better. It is a trade you make deliberately, and the published charts already know what you should trade.
• Breaking in a new drive beltTwenty minutes of restraint buys a season of belt. The procedure is published; almost nobody follows it.