800 power valve service

[bdoe22]

I am going through my '13 Pro getting ready for the season. I am currently working on cleaning the power valve assy's. My question is should I disassemble the valve from the housing/bellows? They are extremely gummy under the bellows and would like to take them apart to thoroughly clean them. With the cap and spring removed, it looks like a "stud" on the valve with a nut to hold it together...is it as simple as removing the nut and sliding the valve out?

 

[joshkoltes]

http://www.polarispartshouse.com/oe...46/engine-exhaust-valves-solenoid-all-options

 

[skibreeze]

IMO there is no need to remove the nut for just cleaning, only when bellows replacement in needed.

 

[Mark's RMK]

The Edge vintage Liberty had red loctite on that nut and you need to use heat to remove it safely.

I wouldn't remove it if it didn't need to be.

Are the new power valves stainless steel?

 

[bdoe22]

thanks

I Will just clean them without removal thanks!

 

[danduvall]

I Will just clean them without removal thanks!

Its not necessary to remove the bellow nut from the guillotine. But I do, and lightly stretch the bellow and hold it up to a light and check for pin holes. I usually wire wheel the guillotines and removing the bellows eliminates any chance of hitting them with the wire wheel! I then remove my Y-pipe and rotate a piston down, lay a micro fibre ( no lint or strings) rag in the cylinder through the exhaust port and scrape out the valve housing in the cylinder down onto the rag!

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