I heard that one shop is trying this.To many posts to see if anyone else has tried this.
drill,tap,and bolt each face of hex.
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Going West
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When I picked mine up I was shown that they did exactly that to my sled, drilled, tapped and screwed each side. I'm not too happy about it but it has held up to 160 miles so far, and theres not much I can do about it till it fails or Poo releases some shafts.
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i woud think the collar would be far superior to the drilling and riveting..??
drilling and riveting may get polaris hackles up for warrenty where i cannot see them having an arguement with the collars...jmo..
drilling and riveting may get polaris hackles up for warrenty where i cannot see them having an arguement with the collars...jmo..
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rmscustom
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Wow! pretty bold dealer. Big mistake IMO.
I am a bigger fan of drillling and tapping than riveting. I would put 2 ea 1/4" button headscrews on each each flat of the probably 1/2 in away from the corner
Polaris asserts in their bulletin that doing so will disturb the bond . That is nonsense IMO.
IMO a longer stub combined with secondary mechanical fastening such as rivets or bolts would have prevented issues in the first place .
Polaris asserts in their bulletin that doing so will disturb the bond . That is nonsense IMO.
IMO a longer stub combined with secondary mechanical fastening such as rivets or bolts would have prevented issues in the first place .
By doing that they likely voided the warranty for you as well as negated any chance of you getting a replacement shaft, if it should fail. As papa Polaris is rationing out the new (re-QC'd) '13 shafts to only those dealers that have a valid warranty claim filed. Maybe your dealer has enough clout in Roseau to get you a new shaft on his dime, hope all goes well and yours was a good shaft to begin with. If it comes down to the glue not being good; no rivet, bolt, or any other fastener will keep it together. IMO
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frog
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I don't think the material is thick enough to tap, only a few threads would be made and not warrant enough improvement to be worth while. Riveting is a waste of time because the vibration and harmonics could cause the rivets to loosen. IF anything and I strongly say IF anything other than leaving it the fawk alone I would use one of the external clamps offered but, that is a waste of time IMO.
I would bet my house that if a dealer did this temporary fix they would fork the bill for a new shaft and have one for you as soon as every other dealer gets new shafts.
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I would bet my house that if a dealer did this temporary fix they would fork the bill for a new shaft.
Yup, whether they liked it or not.
I would bet my house that if a dealer did this temporary fix they would fork the bill for a new shaft and have one for you as soon as every other dealer gets new shafts.
That was my point to your statement ( pre-edit); the dealers can't get a replacement either unless it is a legit warranty claim and this one likey would not be as it had an unapproved alteration. So the soonest he could likely get a new shaft is when they re-release them to the general public. The dealer could always rob from an unsold sell to keep him happy and riding, as lots of other dealers have been doing to keep their customers happy.
Well we agree to disagree. If the Dealer mods the shaft I highly doudt that they will put you to the bottom (Gereneral Public) of the list because of what they did. And if thats how your Dealer treats U, I would find another Dealer.
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The dealer has his hands tied if you have read the official statement (posted in other driveshaft threads on SW). They can not get a shaft any easier than you or I can. Polaris (Corporate) is only releasing them to approved warranty claims. The dealers only recourse in the meantime is to steal one out of an unsold sled.
I'm not here to be an ***, I personally would not have taken possession of the sled with a redneck fix for something that in all likelyhood will not manifest itself in great enough numbers to worry about. Again just my opinion
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Going West
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I'm not worried about warranty, I'm 1000% confident that they will take care of me if it fails.
I just don't like the idea of it being in there long term, especially if I change tracks and drivers (which is planed for later this year). I'll need to take out and reinstall all the screws and with how little meat there is I'm sure some will strip.
Unless you are a Polaris dealer, all you can do is speculate how hard or easy it will be to get a shaft. Great enough numbers, you did read that more and more are failing every weekend, didn't you?
Unless you are a Polaris dealer, all you can do is speculate how hard or easy it will be to get a shaft. Great enough numbers, you did read that more and more are failing every weekend, didn't you?
You bet I'm in tune with all of this as it unfolds. The odds are still small 1/200 or so. I'm two blocked on three of my builds as well. Because I personally want to run the '13 shaft in my three new IQR / Pro hybrid mountain builds, and when they put the shafts on BO it screwed my season as well. At least most of you can at least ride. I'm a welder / machinist by trade and a passionate technology hound and I like where Polaris is pushing towards. They have built a 340# dry prototype which would be sub 400#'s wet RTR! I have been efforting that myself for thirty years on my meager sledding budget and have gotten fairly close a few times. Hence my passion and choice of embracing this move by corporate Polaris.
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suitcase
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Im not sure what to think about that? If a dealer is doing that on there own, without talking to you? WOW !!! I sure they are just trying to help.
tudz was saying a fella got his shaft replaced and the replacement failed in 20 miles...??
so if it is originally a glue issue are they still uncertain of the glue quality on the warrenty replacement..??...willikers..
so if it is originally a glue issue are they still uncertain of the glue quality on the warrenty replacement..??...willikers..
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