man, those F7's are amazing. Running high speed down a lake or field is exactly what it was built for . That F1000 is the high speed autobahn cruiser. Nice one
That would be a $4,000 USD sled down here in western Pennsylvania. Take that diamond drive out and take it apart and check the inside and drive bearing out.
Cheers Pete. If that diamond drive is like the rest of them there's a bolt in the center of the brake rotor that ya take out then the whole diamond drive housing will slide on out. If we have another winter like last year we may have to come north for some riding.
The Firecats were all wicked fast. I had a 2004 F5 and most 600 sleds saw my tail lights. Great video as usual Pete and yes your girl friend is a keeper
Run a brand new PB 80 primary also aftermarket y-pipe gains are significant. It be cool for you to modify to get the most top speed as possible . Two-stroke top speed runs are fun to watch.
I was a Yamaha man since 1976 when I bought a new GP440 but I bought a 2008 F10000 LXR in 2012 had 465 miles on it. It likes fuel and ran ok untill I clutched it and fuel controller and a D&D y-pipe than it was a different machine, it was the best riding sled I ever rode.
Check the exhaust valve cables.. 2 different friends have the same sled.. I'll almost guarantee they'll need replace or adjustment.. Fun fast comfortable sled on the trail tho..
Had my f7 for almost 8 years now. Still surprising how it's still keepin time with the new stuff. Only thing I've done is a race muffler because I like the sound and some studs for safety. 🍻
I'm still riding my 08 F1000 and love it to death! I had an 07 too and I have no plans to upgrade any time soon. He won't have problems keeping up with anything new that's for sure! Enjoy boys!!!
I worked for a Cat Dealership in 2006-2009 and a unique thing with the 1000 is they were designed to run on 87 fuel. Had a guy buy one and running premium fuel wasn't performing properly called the service rep and was told not to run premium in it. customer tried it with regular and sure enough she ran better.
I loved my 06 Arctic cat 900 the only sled I ever bought new never made that mistake again. So many good used sleds for half the price but I was the coolest "cat" in town back in 06.👍
Nice one! I thought that clutch would have blown before the belt! Here in Southern Mn. our snow has all melted! Last nite it snowed again 5" but its gone again already. My sled is sitting on a bare lawn! 😡
Just got back from the trapline thought id play catch up. Good entertaining post, i agree I'm pretty partial to the older Cat triples. Happy Holidays and cheers!
I had almost88 the same sled but f8it was a tank and by that I mean heavy decent trail sled though a bit pushy in the corners though didn't keep it long went to a cfr8 after that much faster and better handling
I have A F1000 also Change the Drive oil every season and you wont have a problem Also they have a problem with getting snow in the nose. Of them Where the Airboxes is You should always thaw your sled out after riding with If Not The ice will Crack The airBox and you Will suck it in amd kill the engine but I have a bunch of aftetmarket parts if your looking
Hey Pete...allways great to see new content brother, you said you would include your wife in more videos and i think thats pretty cool..happy wife happy life! Glad to see you guys are still having fun, my season was a complete bust in illinois...7 sleds never moved an inch all season. As allways im glad to see ya and your buddies having a blast. Looking forward to whatever you do next brother...
thank you! yeah it was a bad winter for the sleds that's for sure! hopefully next season will be a better one and ya can get them 7 sleds just a Danglin!!! 🍻
Make sure clutches aligned sure u know. I have a 2010 Z1 turbo had to cut 1/4 inch off backside of secondary to get clutches aligned. Great stuff as always Thanks Josh G
That would make me think someone put the wrong primary clutch on it. Different years and models have different offsets even though they look the same, or are the same model clutch.
@@robertanthony9674 no iv been working on sleds since i was 12 years old im now 44. Raced SX and pro XC for 15 years with many wins and championships. A clutching master cat had a lot of trouble with the 1100 turbos in the beginning blowing belts. I can only assume this is probably one of the reasons anyway couldn’t get clutches aligned. U wouldn’t believe what iv seen from dealers most have bo idea what there doing lol!! I also repair sleds bikes atv’s and cars on the side. Iv seen things that make me think how some of these shops say in business its disgusting sometimes. Actually how I learned to become a mechanic is having shops work on my toys they never came back fixed or right. Told myself i can mess crap up for free dont have to pay people to do it lol!! My father had a 2009 1100 turbo with 5000 miles on it didn’t have the secondary problem but mine did. Iv also known many other guys with belts blowing on there 1100’s wish i new what I learned on mine maybe i could of helped them because there dealers didn’t. But what u said is definitely true in many cases just not on mine. Iv had to help a few 1100 owners now since I discovered the offset problem. I guess u never know could of been off other models but so many having the same problem my guess probably not.
I used to have a 08 800 snow pro with the 139 in best sled I ever had it had the double spark plugs I was hoping this thing was going to be like the old triple thundercat
Speaking of off season maintenance… doing any maintenance on that F7? I just picked one up. I’d love to see a maintenance video on it so I can replicate what you do to mine! Haha
Well guy number 1 you didn't have the belt set properly, did you check the springs in the power valves? They break than your power valves don't open and choose properly. My 07 F1000 stock as you guys say " roasted " my buddies 2012 xf 1100 turbo. Now I've put speed werx pipe and y-pipe with dynojet programmer with opened air intake on both sides by the windshield. My buddy put a 210hp tune in his 1100 turbo and I still clean em up. So your lucky I wasn't there cause I would of roasted, cleaned up , anilalated your f7 !
haha yeah the belt was shit in that video but we didn't care at the time just wanted to rip it! since then we've put a new belt on and got the right shims for the secondary for proper belt deflection and she works mint and pulls hard! sounds like your sled is dialed in and is a bit of a "Nice One" as for annihilating the F7...yeah maybe but I'd giver a go if ya want! loser buys the beer! 🤣🍻 but it's always in good fun! I'd say a good run would be yours against JP's winder...if ya can roast 1100 turbos that easy...same rules though....loser buys the beers 🍻🤣 we might end up even at the end of the day...or just drunk! 🤣
@rednecksdirtyhands hey guys thanks for the reply. I hope ya don't think I'm an a hole for my talkn it's all in fun, I enjoy your guys site pulling these old barn finds out and getting them running, I do the same thing. It would be so much fun to run some races but I'm stuck here in the flat lands of Saskatchewan! Lol.
Idk if u saw snow trax sled weights believe it or not the thundercat and sidewinder only weighs in around 60 pound wet over the patriot Boost. Not as heavy as people think
yeah I watched it and I was kind of surprised! I mean 60 pounds is kind of a big weight difference but if ya get a skinny fella on a winder and a big boy on a boost then it equals out! 🤣🤪🍻
No denying the ol F is still one of the most bad ass trail sleds, still to this day. I've heard a bunch of horror stories about the 1000 twin, and i'm a life long cat guy, they like to shake themselves apart, and for the cubes, it don't make much more ponies than a 700 or 800. idk where the styling folks heads were at when they built those year F sleds but they sure weren't on their shoulders, i always thought they looked like the big desert worms from the movie Tremors with Kevin Bacon lol Bring the sleds down to Nodak, we'll be riding for a month yet they way it looks. cheers fellas!
Actually the 1000 is a very reliable engine 165 hp stock. F8 was around 150 hp before the HO 800 came out in 2010. That did have dyno numbers that was around same as 1000 but torque was down a bit compared to the 1000. U put reeds good single with Y pipe heads or head work ur up around 200 hp. Port work could get 1000 up to around 220hp. The 1000 in the right hands someone that knows what there doing has lot of potential compared to a lot of sleds. The 1000 in the Cross Fire chassis can be a real weapon.
@@joshgessinger4509 i own a 2009 CFR1000. It has the full SLP kit with a PC5 controller. Its a fucking weapon. Before Arnies Cat house did the top end and clutches it was a killer. Super light and insane power.
@@jamesquaife5633 So after rebuild not as fast as it was before am I understanding right. If so maybe i could help get back on track just let me know. The 1000 is a great sled better MPG than 600 and 800 just all good besides vibration but that goes away though once ur moving lol!!
"The Polaris fusion of backers"😂😂😂 being a former fusion 900 owner I could write a book on the problems that occured with it .....then again if it wasn't for the internet I'd likely run into even more issues with my 2020 sidewinder SRX but ive done a boatload of preventative maintenance and now it's 300 ish hp and has only caught fire twice 😂
I would replace that primary ASAP, cat clutches are not the best anyway but that one is bad and if she decides to blow, it will take everything with it.
That’s the wrong gauge for an 08. The top pod might be from a 07 and someone put it on there. If you take out the block I think on the left side then it can pull air from both side of the top pod.
man, those F7's are amazing. Running high speed down a lake or field is exactly what it was built for . That F1000 is the high speed autobahn cruiser. Nice one
Pete does an excellent job and is very funny .
I had an f1000! They vibrate at idle like crazy lol. Loved the tourque of them but I'll take my f7 all day over it!
Same issue the 900 fusions and rmks had. Big bore twin for ya.
That would be a $4,000 USD sled down here in western Pennsylvania. Take that diamond drive out and take it apart and check the inside and drive bearing out.
yeah we will have to giver a once over for sure! cheers Pennsylvania! 🍻
Cheers Pete. If that diamond drive is like the rest of them there's a bolt in the center of the brake rotor that ya take out then the whole diamond drive housing will slide on out. If we have another winter like last year we may have to come north for some riding.
The Firecats were all wicked fast. I had a 2004 F5 and most 600 sleds saw my tail lights. Great video as usual Pete and yes your girl friend is a keeper
That f5 won't beat a f 1000 pale . it ain't going to beat my thunder cat 1200. Haha.
Run a brand new PB 80 primary also aftermarket y-pipe gains are significant. It be cool for you to modify to get the most top speed as possible . Two-stroke top speed runs are fun to watch.
The f7 is hard to beat! I love mine she dangles!!
Nice One! 🍻
I was a Yamaha man since 1976 when I bought a new GP440 but I bought a 2008 F10000 LXR in 2012 had 465 miles on it. It likes fuel and ran ok untill I clutched it and fuel controller and a D&D y-pipe than it was a different machine, it was the best riding sled I ever rode.
Check the exhaust valve cables.. 2 different friends have the same sled.. I'll almost guarantee they'll need replace or adjustment.. Fun fast comfortable sled on the trail tho..
Same problem on that sled you have I see.. Not cycling right.. Power valve cables..
I have the same sled but mine is orange just in this video I have learned so much stuff about my sled thank you so much for sharing love your videos
that's awesome! cheers buddy! 🍻 I'm glad to hear you find the videos helpful!
I'm a cat man but hated those twin spar chassis models, a two bagger on a night out for sure...
Had my f7 for almost 8 years now. Still surprising how it's still keepin time with the new stuff. Only thing I've done is a race muffler because I like the sound and some studs for safety. 🍻
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Thanks for another GREAT Video!!! Keep Er Going!!! CHEERS ALL!!
thank you! cheers 🍻
Great vid! That belt would have lasted a lot longer if he wouldn't have been burning it like a forest fire at the start.
haha thank you! yeah I'm not sure what he was doin...guess he thought it was like anti-lag lol 🤣🍻
Bud you should come over to northern Aroostook county Maine lots of great riding
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I'm still riding my 08 F1000 and love it to death! I had an 07 too and I have no plans to upgrade any time soon. He won't have problems keeping up with anything new that's for sure! Enjoy boys!!!
Nice One! 🍻
Should have to remove washers to tighten the belt.That primary has seen better days should be a runner
Your lucky those bolt for the head light cluster came out I've had them be a real pain to get them out
I've had a lot of diamond drives apart. It's a planetary gear case. Easy to work on. There's a tiny sealed bearing in there that is the weak link.
The parts fiche shows a shim in between the driven clutch and the diamond gear shaft. #16 shim
Your gonna have to find some warm weather projects because we need more content. You can make a quad dangel!!!👍👍
Another absolutely awesome video Pete
I worked for a Cat Dealership in 2006-2009 and a unique thing with the 1000 is they were designed to run on 87 fuel. Had a guy buy one and running premium fuel wasn't performing properly called the service rep and was told not to run premium in it. customer tried it with regular and sure enough she ran better.
I fuckin love this man! The Polaris fusion of backers😂.that was too much
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I would like to thank you for this video I’m have same sled I learned some stuff I did not know about love your videos
If you throw a DND y-pipe on that it wakes it up quite a bit
That primary has more in common with a cheese grater 😂
What an awsome channel, keep up the great work!
Cool! Seeing the beer runner out in the woods! Good times
That twin spar needs the fuel tank recall done it does away with the flip cap they crack around the fuel lines and burn really good
Great to see the Beer Runner out and about.... Nice one Pete Wow that F7 is a runner.... Have a great weekend.
Thanks, you too!🍻
This is so fun to do I love the rides you go on it's so free feeling.
I loved my 06 Arctic cat 900 the only sled I ever bought new never made that mistake again. So many good used sleds for half the price but I was the coolest "cat" in town back in 06.👍
Right on! 🍻
2k for that sled is a great deal! Awesome video.. cheers 🍻
cheers 🍻
That F7 is fast.
It only it had a old fashioned chaincase. I preferred a chaincase for easy gearing adjustments. Cheaper.
Awesome lots of fun boys
We didn’t get hardly any snow this winter in New England. So I got out my new Honda dirt bike ☃️🇨🇦, keep up the good work my Canadian friend😂.
Primary clutch was an issue with all big cc cats , I put a comet 108 pro 4 weight clutch and that was worth the money on my 1000 tcat
Hahahaha! What a great humour you are a joy to watch everytime , maybe the 1000 with a tighter belt would be pretty close race. Nice one again.🍺👍😎💪
Nice one! I thought that clutch would have blown before the belt!
Here in Southern Mn. our snow has all melted! Last nite it snowed again 5" but its gone again already. My sled is sitting on a bare lawn! 😡
Hey Pete you take the washers off to tighten the belt!!!
Just got back from the trapline thought id play catch up. Good entertaining post, i agree I'm pretty partial to the older Cat triples. Happy Holidays and cheers!
Looks like the diamond drive might be a planétaire gear box.
Oh my God! Did I stumble upon the red green snowmobile show?
A Chrysler sno runner ... wow never saw one running ever ... NICE ONE!
cheers 🍻
I had almost88 the same sled but f8it was a tank and by that I mean heavy decent trail sled though a bit pushy in the corners though didn't keep it long went to a cfr8 after that much faster and better handling
The happy handle is doing alot of dangling kind of annoying. Great video keep them coming.
I have A F1000 also Change the Drive oil every season and you wont have a problem Also they have a problem with getting snow in the nose. Of them Where the Airboxes is You should always thaw your sled out after riding with If Not The ice will Crack The airBox and you
Will suck it in amd kill the engine but I have a bunch of aftetmarket parts if your looking
Thanks for info much appreciated
It's wonderful to ride .
Even at 5 mph the beerrunner looks terrifying lol... My kind of ride!!
Replace that suitcase of a muffler and the primary on that F1000 and it'll work better
This show rocks thank you for sharing.
thank you! cheers 🍻
Hey Pete...allways great to see new content brother, you said you would include your wife in more videos and i think thats pretty cool..happy wife happy life! Glad to see you guys are still having fun, my season was a complete bust in illinois...7 sleds never moved an inch all season. As allways im glad to see ya and your buddies having a blast. Looking forward to whatever you do next brother...
thank you! yeah it was a bad winter for the sleds that's for sure! hopefully next season will be a better one and ya can get them 7 sleds just a Danglin!!! 🍻
Make sure clutches aligned sure u know. I have a 2010 Z1 turbo had to cut 1/4 inch off backside of secondary to get clutches aligned.
Great stuff as always
Thanks
Josh G
thanks! cheers 🍻
That would make me think someone put the wrong primary clutch on it. Different years and models have different offsets even though they look the same, or are the same model clutch.
@@robertanthony9674 no iv been working on sleds since i was 12 years old im now 44. Raced SX and pro XC for 15 years with many wins and championships. A clutching master cat had a lot of trouble with the 1100 turbos in the beginning blowing belts. I can only assume this is probably one of the reasons anyway couldn’t get clutches aligned. U wouldn’t believe what iv seen from dealers most have bo idea what there doing lol!!
I also repair sleds bikes atv’s and cars on the side. Iv seen things that make me think how some of these shops say in business its disgusting sometimes.
Actually how I learned to become a mechanic is having shops work on my toys they never came back fixed or right. Told myself i can mess crap up for free dont have to pay people to do it lol!! My father had a 2009 1100 turbo with 5000 miles on it didn’t have the secondary problem but mine did. Iv also known many other guys with belts blowing on there 1100’s wish i new what I learned on mine maybe i could of helped them because there dealers didn’t. But what u said is definitely true in many cases just not on mine. Iv had to help a few 1100 owners now since I discovered the offset problem. I guess u never know could of been off other models but so many having the same problem my guess probably not.
I used to have a 08 800 snow pro with the 139 in best sled I ever had it had the double spark plugs I was hoping this thing was going to be like the old triple thundercat
Belt smoked on take off from him holding the throttle while braking. You can see the litteral cloud coming from under the hood
Sick I just bought a 2007 f1000 with DD clutch and primary boondocker programmable Dd full exhaust and headers hopefully she’s bad
Fun video Pete,keep up the good content
Another great video Pete!
Glad you enjoyed it! cheers 🍻
Speaking of off season maintenance… doing any maintenance on that F7? I just picked one up. I’d love to see a maintenance video on it so I can replicate what you do to mine! Haha
Well guy number 1 you didn't have the belt set properly, did you check the springs in the power valves? They break than your power valves don't open and choose properly. My 07 F1000 stock as you guys say " roasted " my buddies 2012 xf 1100 turbo. Now I've put speed werx pipe and y-pipe with dynojet programmer with opened air intake on both sides by the windshield. My buddy put a 210hp tune in his 1100 turbo and I still clean em up. So your lucky I wasn't there cause I would of roasted, cleaned up , anilalated your f7 !
haha yeah the belt was shit in that video but we didn't care at the time just wanted to rip it! since then we've put a new belt on and got the right shims for the secondary for proper belt deflection and she works mint and pulls hard! sounds like your sled is dialed in and is a bit of a "Nice One" as for annihilating the F7...yeah maybe but I'd giver a go if ya want! loser buys the beer! 🤣🍻 but it's always in good fun! I'd say a good run would be yours against JP's winder...if ya can roast 1100 turbos that easy...same rules though....loser buys the beers 🍻🤣 we might end up even at the end of the day...or just drunk! 🤣
Thanks for the info much appreciated I’m learning so much about my sled
@rednecksdirtyhands hey guys thanks for the reply. I hope ya don't think I'm an a hole for my talkn it's all in fun, I enjoy your guys site pulling these old barn finds out and getting them running, I do the same thing. It would be so much fun to run some races but I'm stuck here in the flat lands of Saskatchewan! Lol.
The secondary's bind bad and burn the belts. Call bikeman and they have a fix for it. When the secondary is fixed it will destroy that f 7.
I kno the older crossfire 1000s were rockets with a bitta tweaking of the clutches
I've got one I ported and wow you want to talk about dangle!! It's pretty scary!!
Maybe if you did a RNDH wrap on it, it might look better???😁👍👍👍
Great video, where in Ontario are you located? Viewing from Sydenham just outside Kingston!
thanks! we are in the kawartha lakes area 🍻
Not a Cat fan had a few. Hated the Twin Spar chassis. F 7s are unbelieveable though for sure
Another nice 1🍻🍺
Thanks! 🍻
I think I would do a compression test on that cat.
The F1000 needs a Ypipe and pipe with a controller and clutching. Then everyone loses stock for stock. CFR 1000 is faster though by a lot.
I love my F7. They're pretty fast I have an 03 sno pro 150 horse give or take. I walked a lot of machines..
Still needs a clutch and a washer
Idk if u saw snow trax sled weights believe it or not the thundercat and sidewinder only weighs in around 60 pound wet over the patriot Boost.
Not as heavy as people think
yeah I watched it and I was kind of surprised! I mean 60 pounds is kind of a big weight difference but if ya get a skinny fella on a winder and a big boy on a boost then it equals out! 🤣🤪🍻
No denying the ol F is still one of the most bad ass trail sleds, still to this day. I've heard a bunch of horror stories about the 1000 twin, and i'm a life long cat guy, they like to shake themselves apart, and for the cubes, it don't make much more ponies than a 700 or 800. idk where the styling folks heads were at when they built those year F sleds but they sure weren't on their shoulders, i always thought they looked like the big desert worms from the movie Tremors with Kevin Bacon lol Bring the sleds down to Nodak, we'll be riding for a month yet they way it looks. cheers fellas!
cheers! 🍻
Actually the 1000 is a very reliable engine 165 hp stock. F8 was around 150 hp before the HO 800 came out in 2010. That did have dyno numbers that was around same as 1000 but torque was down a bit compared to the 1000.
U put reeds good single with Y pipe heads or head work ur up around 200 hp. Port work could get 1000 up to around 220hp. The 1000 in the right hands someone that knows what there doing has lot of potential compared to a lot of sleds.
The 1000 in the Cross Fire chassis can be a real weapon.
@@joshgessinger4509 i own a 2009 CFR1000. It has the full SLP kit with a PC5 controller. Its a fucking weapon. Before Arnies Cat house did the top end and clutches it was a killer. Super light and insane power.
@@jamesquaife5633 hell ya
Love the crossfire 1000 one day ill own one to 😂
Great sleds.
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So after rebuild not as fast as it was before am I understanding right.
If so maybe i could help get back on track just let me know.
The 1000 is a great sled better MPG than 600 and 800 just all good besides vibration but that goes away though once ur moving lol!!
$150. Test run ,time to change that clutch anyway ,, good times 😂🍺
"The Polaris fusion of backers"😂😂😂 being a former fusion 900 owner I could write a book on the problems that occured with it .....then again if it wasn't for the internet I'd likely run into even more issues with my 2020 sidewinder SRX but ive done a boatload of preventative maintenance and now it's 300 ish hp and has only caught fire twice 😂
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Ooops guess should have put a new belt on lol 😂😂😂😂 love the videos keep um coming 🎉
You need to find an crossfire 1000. Way faster than that tank
Yes sir! Thats for sure. Firecats don’t exist in my world. They are a killer for a 700 but a CFR is next level.
GREAT CONTENT PER USUAL
Much appreciated! thank you and cheers 🍻
Great video 😁
Nice one.s ... love to see ur videos. They always r great
End of season deals, the old just needs the carbs cleaned special a plenty
Pete you know you can start that machine with the top off of it ,doesn’t need to be plugged in to the harness
Hey nice ride by the way where’s the beer rack?
Hey Pete do you have a video of a Yamaha RX1 starter replacement.
no unfortunately I don't...but I may do one in the future 🍻
I would replace that primary ASAP, cat clutches are not the best anyway but that one is bad and if she decides to blow, it will take everything with it.
And I wish you could mass produce the beer runner, i could ride that thing all day!
haha the beer runner is pretty sweet! 🍻
Hopefully you looked at the diamond drive on that 1,000cc too 😂 nice one. It would be a close race in better conditions so it's a tough call 🤣
Curious to how far you are I'd like to race with Maya seven against 😁
Races looked pretty close, it would be more fair if the F1000 was 100% though.
F7 is a better sled and just as fast
Ya that belt dangled
I think you remove the washers to make it tighter, not add them
I like that cat 700
I like what’s sitting on the green one …nice one . 👍🏻
No can om the f7sounds so much better with 1
That’s the wrong gauge for an 08. The top pod might be from a 07 and someone put it on there. If you take out the block I think on the left side then it can pull air from both side of the top pod.
Cat: "can we build our sled to look like a fusion?"
Polaris: "sure! As long as our iq sleds look like your firecats but only kinda."
Cat: "deal!"
Snow Runner needs a bigger gear. You could definitely get more speed out of it
Those style F-seris looks terrible. Looks big and clumsy. But like you said it's his.
I do like my f82007
You know you’re Julian bubbles and Ricky in one person right? Lol
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