{"id":1317,"date":"2018-02-21T18:41:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T23:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2018-02-22T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:48:14","slug":"helpful-tips-as-snow-season-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/helpful-tips-as-snow-season-comes-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Tips as Snow Season Comes to an End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hit almost 70 degrees here in NH today!\u00a0 Fair to say that snowmobile season is winding down.\u00a0 BUT you don&#8217;t just want to leave your sled in the trailer until next season.\u00a0 \u00a0Take the opportunity now to prep it for storage &amp; you&#8217;ll be much better off next year when the snow starts falling. \u00a0 Here are a few tips to help you out!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1318\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1318\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SnowmobilePic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow will be melting soon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Give your sled a <a href=\"http:\/\/snowgoer.com\/snowmobile-tech-tips\/snowmobile-tips\/snowmobile-tech-tip-snowmobile-cleaning\/\">good cleaning<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only will it look better but it could help you notice anything out of place that could turn into a problem later on.<\/li>\n<li>Now is a great time to do any repairs or modifications you have been planning.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batterytender.com\/\">Battery tenders<\/a> are very easy to use and much cheaper then a new battery.<\/li>\n<li>If your sled has carburetors, make sure to drain the float bowls.\u00a0 Having to remove, disassemble, clean and reassemble them is NOT what you want to be doing once the snow hits next year.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the drive belt and loosen the tension on the track.\u00a0 This helps both pieces last longer.\u00a0 Also, taking the belt off removes tension from the clutches.<\/li>\n<li>Seal off the exhaust and any holes it the air box. \u00a0 Mice love to make homes here and that turns into big problems come riding time.\u00a0 Just make sure you open everything back up before you start it up.<\/li>\n<li>Grease all zerk fittings before putting the sled away. \u00a0 This is an easy thing to forget once you see the snow start to fall.<\/li>\n<li>Store your snowmobile in the driest place you can to prevent corrosion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1319\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowmobile-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did we miss anything?\u00a0 What are your tips for fellow snowmobile riders when putting your machines away for the season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hit almost 70 degrees here in NH today!\u00a0 Fair to say that snowmobile season is winding down.\u00a0 BUT you don&#8217;t just want to leave your sled in the trailer until next season.\u00a0 \u00a0Take the opportunity now to prep it for storage &amp; you&#8217;ll be much better off next year when the snow starts falling.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[117,129,58,132,128,119,116,43,131,130,15],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-new-from-ricks","tag-arctic-cat","tag-maintenance","tag-polaris","tag-ski-doo","tag-sled-maintenance","tag-sleds","tag-snow-mobiles","tag-snowmobiles","tag-tech-tips","tag-winter-storage","tag-yamaha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}