Gregw7
New Member
Good afternoon all, I am new to snowmobiling and acquired a free 2007 Edge 550LX from my cousin. He said it had been sitting for a couple years so I started with what I thought were the obvious maintenance things;
I broke down and cleaned out the carbs, blew out fuel lines, drained gas in the tank, broke down and cleaned the fuel pump, new plugs, and dumped some sea foam in the tank along with some new gas.
After doing this the sled seamed to fire up right away and was idleing really well. I drove it across the yard and parked it to wait for some snow to show up.
When I went to use it again a few days later the engine again fired right and up was responding to the throttle very well but the track would not move. The engine would rev up and it just seemed like the track was stuck. When I raised the track in the air it would spin without any issues but once dropped to the ground it just didn’t want to move.
After some research I tried to start checking things off the list- checked brake which was not jammed up, opened gear box and chain and gears all looked good, track tension does not seam to be too tight, did visual inspection of bearing and both sides seem to be centered and not failed. The track would move by hand when elevated but took a little force to do so.
When I dropped the sled back down to see if anything I had done worked it seamed to be running great and again I was able to drive it across the yard to load into my truck and try to take it for a ride. I will say I did smell a little burnt rubber and it seamed like it was still fighting something at this point.
As I was getting ready to load up the sled, it again would not move but this time the engine was bogging down and stalling. It would start up but when I tried to give it gas to push into gear it would bog down and eventually stall.
Sorry about the long post but I am trying to provide as much info as I can on this as I’m out of ideas. I am new to snowmobiles but am fairly familiar with small engine repair. I really don’t know what else could cause this and am hoping to dig into some brains that are much more knowledgeable about this than myself. Thanks in advance!
I broke down and cleaned out the carbs, blew out fuel lines, drained gas in the tank, broke down and cleaned the fuel pump, new plugs, and dumped some sea foam in the tank along with some new gas.
After doing this the sled seamed to fire up right away and was idleing really well. I drove it across the yard and parked it to wait for some snow to show up.
When I went to use it again a few days later the engine again fired right and up was responding to the throttle very well but the track would not move. The engine would rev up and it just seemed like the track was stuck. When I raised the track in the air it would spin without any issues but once dropped to the ground it just didn’t want to move.
After some research I tried to start checking things off the list- checked brake which was not jammed up, opened gear box and chain and gears all looked good, track tension does not seam to be too tight, did visual inspection of bearing and both sides seem to be centered and not failed. The track would move by hand when elevated but took a little force to do so.
When I dropped the sled back down to see if anything I had done worked it seamed to be running great and again I was able to drive it across the yard to load into my truck and try to take it for a ride. I will say I did smell a little burnt rubber and it seamed like it was still fighting something at this point.
As I was getting ready to load up the sled, it again would not move but this time the engine was bogging down and stalling. It would start up but when I tried to give it gas to push into gear it would bog down and eventually stall.
Sorry about the long post but I am trying to provide as much info as I can on this as I’m out of ideas. I am new to snowmobiles but am fairly familiar with small engine repair. I really don’t know what else could cause this and am hoping to dig into some brains that are much more knowledgeable about this than myself. Thanks in advance!