OEM Plastic Ski - Potential Wear Patterns

OEM Plastic Ski
Potential Wear Patterns


The steel ski will deflect better on impact when sharp objects are under the snow.



		Polaris Plastic Ski Caught while loading on trailer



		Ski-doo Plastic Ski Found debris on the trail



		Yamaha 2001 New Ski Design Photos compare a new and used ski showing the wear pattern. Now that the wear rod is exposed the snowmobiler will have to buy new skis to regain the benefits of the original design.



		Ski-doo Precision Ski - New New ski and rod

		Ski-doo Precision Ski - Used Used ski with new rod (1600 miles). To see how much plastic has worn away, compare the silhouette of this used ski to the silhouette of the new ski (photo above).

		Ski-doo Precision Ski and Carbide - New

		Ski-doo Precision Ski - Used with the Same New Carbide Using the black line as a reference point, you can see how much plastic has worn away. Used 1600 miles in 2002 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.



		Yamaha Plastic Ski Sudden stop! You think?



		Arctic Cat Ski Woody's 8" Carbide 1998-1999 - Used 550 Miles in Northern Wisconsin in 8"-10" of powder with, of course, little or no floatation. Note the wear on the ski on each side of the wear rod... despite the fact that all carbide is still there.