Went riding today in about 3 feet of fresh snow. The sled performed flawlessly and amazed me all day. When I put it in the shop I opend the side panel and couldn't believe the amout of snow in my beltdrive area. I know companys make vents but I have a blowhole on the clutch side and was wondering what you guys do for the other side? Thanks!
Good way to keep snow out of the beltdrive?
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sledneck_03
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I have a foot well screen and mine had a bunch of snow build up. you need to cover the hole under the belt drive. i made a duct tape patch for now. Waiting for my local dealer to get wrp skid plates in.
Don't forget the belly pan block off plate from Starting Line. Running them since 2011 along with foot well screens and I never have snow in my engine compartment.....unless something bad has happened there never will be.
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Flying Dutchman
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^^Same question. Does it really matter?
And if snow does get in, it will eventually melt. If the hole is blocked off, where will the water go? Then when it freezes, there will be an ice pack under the belt waiting to chew it up. Again, just thinking out loud.
And if snow does get in, it will eventually melt. If the hole is blocked off, where will the water go? Then when it freezes, there will be an ice pack under the belt waiting to chew it up. Again, just thinking out loud.
That makes sense. Although if the snow isn't melted by my next ride I stick the sled in the garage the night before and turn on the heat.
VEI belt gaurd covers the drain hole keeping most of the snow out. It should still allow the water to drain though. Here is a pic of it mounted on my sled:
What happens when snow or ice get wedged between belt and sprocket and there is no slack in the belt?
Must be a good idea to prevent that from happening!
Must be a good idea to prevent that from happening!
I can imagine that I had snow and ice get into the pulleys and belt. I'm quite sure of it.
I've opened my panel on deep powder days and looked in there. LOTS of snow. The pulleys do maintain enough heat to keep powder melted off...but you know it comes in and hits it while it's running. It must.
It probably adds to the cooling feature. Can't hurt to keep that belt from overheating.
The powder gets pulverized when it's in there. (can you imagine getting your finger sucked in there when running at 25 or 30mph?)
I'd be silly to think ice didn't make it's way in there also.
My belt is in good shape. Visual inspection shows no damage or areas of concern.
My dealer actually inspected my sled this week. I'd hear from them if they thought something was up, too.
With this ice and snow in mind...I didn't take any chances and in about March, I installed the VE drop pan like shown above just for piece of mind.
But my main reason for installing it was because I also didn't want some rock or log coming up through the tub plastic and punching into my lower pulley.
What people can't see...and may not know:
That drop pan is OPEN on the track-facing side. No side panel. TOTALLY open!!!
It drains.
That drop pan is OPEN on the track-facing side. No side panel. TOTALLY open!!!
It drains.
VEI belt gaurd covers the drain hole keeping most of the snow out. It should still allow the water to drain though. Here is a pic of it mounted on my sled:
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sledneck_03
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my duct tape had water build up but the skid plates only cover the bottom of the hole, the side the water can pour out of.
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i see scott already pointed this out.
No problems here. Oh ya! I love my chain case.
Belt drive has is benefits over chain case. Very noticeable difference in throttle response with the belt drive.
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