Hate to add to the fodder but....

[ReTodd]

A friends 13' ground the cogs off the drive belt today, swapped it with a spare and blew the spare in half in less than a mile! Not sure what or why but not cool cause it was crazy deep and he had to limp her back on the cogless belt while we rode pinned WOT in the flats.

His sled has a few hundy on it prior to this including 5 days in Revy and never an issue?

PS Poo doesn't warranty those belts!

 

[skibreeze]

I think that 2 that quickly would indicate a problem, maybe the driveshaft starting to come apart. Also, 2 belts like that, Polaris should cover them with some coaxing from your dealer.

 

[NRHS]

I believe if you push them hard enough they will warranty it.

 

[rp2000r]

I agree that there is a underlying issue wether it is runout from a bad shaft/manufacturing defect and would fight tooth and nail to get the belts covered under warranty along with inspection/repair of the problem.

Hopefully sled was bought locally and the dealer steps up..

Keep us posted.
THX

 

[rmscustom]

I agree that there is a underlying issue weather it is runout from a bad shaft/manufacturing defect and would fight tooth and nail to get the belts covered under warranty along with inspection/repair of the problem.

Bingo. Is it the stock shaft? Clamp or no clamp? I would look and see if there was any seperation between the shaft and the glued in hub.

 

[RMK935VA]

Maybe, just maybe, he hit something on the bottom where the hole is in the belly pan for the iol drain plug on the chaincase models. The belt and bottom sprocket are very close and the belly plan plastic is like paper. I put on one of the aluminum covers for that area. It rivets to the metal on the inside and rivets through the belly pan with washers on the outside. It is about 1/4" thick. It covers the hole which you don't need anyway and it protects the sprocket and belt from getting bashed if you hit a rock or stump in that very vulnerable location. It is good insurance and may keep you from trashing a sprocket and/or bending your driveshaft. You should look into getting one if you own a 13 Pro. Cheap insurance.

 

[wjl]

Besides checking all the above, one should remember is that every time you put a new QD belt on you have to go through the beak in. This is what is crazy.
Wonder how you could break in the belt with out running it on the sled, some type of jig at home?

 

[Flygti32]

Ya I couldn't imagine having a broken in sled and having the belt go. Then have to ***** foot around for another 100 miles that would suck balls!

 

[snowmobiler]

but there so darn flickable when they run.

 

[500 CID]

You definitely need to look a little further, those belts are a lot tougher than people think. We had a 13 PRO with a turbo suck a large rock through the tunnel and lock up the track completely, took a bit to figure it out ( a few belt smoking pulls on the throttle) and the cogs were fine on that belt. I too had my doubts about these belts, but felt a lot better after this weekend.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

but there so darn flickable when they run.

heck with the flickable...try the tiltable...

 

[R44guy]

heck with the flickable...try the tiltable...

M8, I would use flickable or tiltable but flamable! Break in the quick drive belt, install the drive shaft. clamp, install the free gallon of oil, cross your fingers and ride only where it can be towed out when it breaks.

 

[sledder22]

A friends 13' ground the cogs off the drive belt today, swapped it with a spare and blew the spare in half in less than a mile! Not sure what or why but not cool cause it was crazy deep and he had to limp her back on the cogless belt while we rode pinned WOT in the flats.

His sled has a few hundy on it prior to this including 5 days in Revy and never an issue?

PS Poo doesn't warranty those belts!

My buddy lost one on tuesday. installed a new one and lost one yesterday. May need a new dealer his got warrantied

 

[rpk3]

Still Waiting.....

Untill I get the letter.... I am all about sending the most flickable sled with the thumb pressed at maximum. WARRANTY GOOD, R&D with PRO's only- BAD.

Polaris, Contact me if you want REAL static opinion's on break in and overall horse beating by a daily user!

 

[mrquick68]

Had a qd belt break in our group today. Sheared right in half. He was just ripping a pow turn with it pinned and snap! I will note that this particular sled had had some prior driveshaft issues and had a new belt installed recently as well as a new driveshaft with collars. I don't know how many miles were on the new qd belt or all the details (no bs guessing here). But what I think is important to note is this - apparently break-in is really as important as the manual says. Fyi. Break-in the qd belts per the manual. Every. Time.

It seems no one has had issues with qd belt as long as they ran collars from day one and broke in the qd belt per the manual. I hope!

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[rotax]

Polaris should just break these in on a machine so its done right.
Then they'd probably have to warranty, right.... ><

The dilema is, you can't break in the engine properly if you are breaking in the qd belt...
Can't properly break in the qd belt if you have an engine to break in...

Maybe they should just break them both in, so the vehicle is ready to "use" when they sell it...hmm?

 

[geo]

Snapping a belt in half was deemed to be impossible. Maybe not.

I watched a vid on another site of an XP bounding and diving in awesome pow. It ended with a snapped belt on a C3 system.

Dang. Guess I need to find a place for the spare. I used to need to carry a chain on my Doo's and lost a couple of plates on my PC last year.

This proves lol, s**t happens so be ready.

 

[IceCap]

Does the 13 really go that much better than the 12?? If the QD doesn't improve performance that much then P.I. should just drop it for next year.

BTW if a manufacture can't build a sled that you can just pick it up new.... and ride it in 3 plus feet of powder then they need to go back to the drawing board.

It is silly that you have to break in the motor, break in the clutch belt and break in the Q.D belt what next?

 

[rmscustom]

Does the 13 really go that much better than the 12?? If the QD doesn't improve performance that much then P.I. should just drop it for next year.

BTW if a manufacture can't build a sled that you can just pick it up new.... and ride it in 3 plus feet of powder then they need to go back to the drawing board.

It is silly that you have to break in the motor, break in the clutch belt and break in the Q.D belt what next?

Very few problems with the QD belts right now IMO with the miles being put on these sleds now. Less weight, less rotational mass is always a good thing. If your afraid of the new-better technology and feel that old and proven is the only way to go get a base model or a 11 or 12. Don't get me wrong, there will be a few growing pains with new stuff but if its worth it you'll have to decide for yourself. Kudos to Polaris for pushing the limit with these sleds.

 

[rmscustom]

Also, every manufacture "suggests" a break in... What do some of you guys want, to be able to go pick your new sled up with 100 miles on it?