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TLKDPROD
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Was screwin'around with my new used bellypan this afternoon and thought I'd share my way of prepping a Hawk bellypan in order to get rid of some problems... Some very basic mechanical skills required. All the old gurus know these tricks of course...
One of the worst problem is that the metal screening you have all over your Hawk allows snow to go through. What that does if you happen to be in deeper than 6" and make a left turn, you're gonna fill the primary clutch with snow and it'll start to slip like hell. It can come right to the point where you can't go forward anymore, I've seen it on my buddy's 503 back east. Whatever clutch setup you'll try, if your primary is full of snow, you won't get any good results. The mag side opening can also cause you problem if you like to lean very far down on the right side, first snow can get onto your pipe, not too much of a big deal performancewise but another problem is snow accumulation. In '08 I was running filter mesh on the primary side only and found that, after a ride in the super deep, There was a snow accumulation in the bottom around the cog belt. It is not necessary to cover the whole opening, covering the back end like I did is necessary though.
In order to prevent these problems, you'll need to go get some filter mesh material , double sided tape, scissors and a free afternoon with half a 6-pack of your favorite beer. First you need to remove these metal screens, drill the ****ing rivets out of there (Sorry I hate Rivets). Use the screens to cut the patterns you need off of the filter mesah material. Apply the double sided tape to the screens, throw the cut out pattern on the double sided tape, rivet and away you go. I attached some picture of the process.
You'll also want to do it for the 3 little openings behind the brake. I ran out of filter mesh material so it'll be doing it sometime this week. Here again, snow getting there causes the brake system to be very well lubricated, something you really don't want.
All of that being said, I'm sure ADB tried their best like on the rest of the machine but bottom line is all 3 openings they made on the belly pan of our machine each caused a problem. Just like roughly 70% of the rest of the machine as well...
As you're at it you might want to add some Heat reflective tape to your bellypan. Look at areas where it's burnt up an cover them.
One of the worst problem is that the metal screening you have all over your Hawk allows snow to go through. What that does if you happen to be in deeper than 6" and make a left turn, you're gonna fill the primary clutch with snow and it'll start to slip like hell. It can come right to the point where you can't go forward anymore, I've seen it on my buddy's 503 back east. Whatever clutch setup you'll try, if your primary is full of snow, you won't get any good results. The mag side opening can also cause you problem if you like to lean very far down on the right side, first snow can get onto your pipe, not too much of a big deal performancewise but another problem is snow accumulation. In '08 I was running filter mesh on the primary side only and found that, after a ride in the super deep, There was a snow accumulation in the bottom around the cog belt. It is not necessary to cover the whole opening, covering the back end like I did is necessary though.
In order to prevent these problems, you'll need to go get some filter mesh material , double sided tape, scissors and a free afternoon with half a 6-pack of your favorite beer. First you need to remove these metal screens, drill the ****ing rivets out of there (Sorry I hate Rivets). Use the screens to cut the patterns you need off of the filter mesah material. Apply the double sided tape to the screens, throw the cut out pattern on the double sided tape, rivet and away you go. I attached some picture of the process.
You'll also want to do it for the 3 little openings behind the brake. I ran out of filter mesh material so it'll be doing it sometime this week. Here again, snow getting there causes the brake system to be very well lubricated, something you really don't want.
All of that being said, I'm sure ADB tried their best like on the rest of the machine but bottom line is all 3 openings they made on the belly pan of our machine each caused a problem. Just like roughly 70% of the rest of the machine as well...
As you're at it you might want to add some Heat reflective tape to your bellypan. Look at areas where it's burnt up an cover them.
