I was pulling my kids on a sled behind my sons Blaster everything was fine. 3 days later I washed the snow/ice off with warm water and washed real good around wheels to get all the snow junk off. I ran it on dry pavement after re-oiling chain and siliconing all bushings and it seems to pull to the right when accelerating hard. I escpecially noticed it doing wheelies that it would pull slightly right and if I accelerated then free rolled with my hands off the bars it would pull right. The front drum brakes also seemed to stop better than before. The temp when I was riding it was about 25 degrees. I never noticed this when it was warm outside. I never hit or crashed it pulling the sled just easy riding on the road. Any ideas? Thanks.

Keith

 

HOws the tire pressure on the right side, front or rear?

 

Check to make sure all the air pressure is the same in all 4 tires or bent tie rods.

 

Tire pressure makes sense. I'll bet it sitting in the cold in my garage caused a slow leak. I'll check this ASAP thanks! Tire rods are fine, like I said I never noticed this until after the sleddding.

 

lol, crazy u posted that less then 60sec befor me, lol

 

That was cool, thinking the same thing the same time, and all the way across the united states. LOL[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

you may want to make a practice of checking your tire pressure before each ride (amongst other things)

its amazing how easy an atv tire will loose pressure,,,,,,and it really has a huge effect on performance

 

Yeah ive noticed that, atv tires loose pressure over the course of a few days, just keep tabs on your pressure. I go through my "pre-ride" checklist, tire pressure, oil, gas, and i pull the plug just for ***** and giggles.

 

If it still does it when you stand it up (pull wheelies) then its not a problem in the front end. Most likley you need to adjust the tension on the chain, one side is probably tighter then the other causing the rear end to dog track. If it pulls right then you have the right side in to tight, or the left one out to far. Either one will cause a dog tracking condition in the rear end. Blasters have a crappy tension mechanism and usually comes out of alignment pretty quickly. Check the length of both adjusters to make sure the're equal.
A problem in the front end might also be contributing to this. Like everyone said tire pressure is a big thing. Also the toe on the front end might be out of alignment causing it to pull one way. It's a good habit to get into to check all of these things before you head out on long rides. You'll be amazed at how quickly you can kiss your tires good-buy when they are dog tracking on out of alignment.

 

I checked and resest the air pressure to recommened level of 3.6psi in rear and 4.4psi in front. The Blaster tracks perfect! Thanks for your help I will keep an eye on this from now on.

Keith