Modding a SN Pole?

[Midlake Crisis]

I have an extra SN pole that is cracked on one side near the pivot bolt hole.
I am thinking about shortening it and cutting some weight off of it.
Anybody gone to the effort of modding one of these with good results?

 

[WRX Dave]

I have one that broke a few inches from the bolt. Been meaning to redrill it to run a shorter pole. I'll post the results once I get around to doing the work.

 

[Midlake Crisis]

I was thinking about cutting out the "belly" of the pole, replacing it with a thinner skin on the bottom and make it about half as thick as stock. Another idea was some kind of removable conduit for easy access to the cables and wires.

 

[mademan9]

I would like to see this done too. I'm in the same position, meaning I want a shorter pole for my square.

 

[Patrick Star]

I have an extra SN pole too and was thinking of doing this but didn't know what steps to take, my old pole pivot hole got really big and the pole wobbled around while riding.

 

[suva]

Keep in mind that if you shorten a sn pole more than a few inches it won't fit in the hood channel.

 

[Boris]

Plus no matter what you do with it, it will still be a flimsy pile of junk just waiting to snap in half and do a Vlad the Impaler on you.

A RN pole is a cheaper alternative.

 

[Midlake Crisis]

Rofl

Plus no matter what you do with it, it will still be a flimsy pile of junk just waiting to snap in half and do a Vlad the Impaler on you.

:chairfall:
TOO funny!

 

[Patrick Star]

I was thinking of filling in the worn out holes in my pole with West Systems epoxy. Maybe installing stainless sleeves to keep the bushings from eating into the epoxy.

 

[Midlake Crisis]

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I was thinking of filling in the worn out holes in my pole with West Systems epoxy. Maybe installing stainless sleeves to keep the bushings from eating into the epoxy.

x2
also thinking about some stainless steel reinforcement.