I seem to only have seen one picture of a broken shaft if you broke your shaft can you post a pic here , Just seems like with all this carnage there would be more pics up?
please post any pictures of broken shafts here
- Thread starter sleddread
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I think it was between friday and saturday riding, 6 in revy, 3 in valemount, and one in ft st john today
Yup crazy. And 80% of sleds haven't moved I bet. I can't believe this is how Polaris is gonna handle this. They should send out 2012 shafts. Who cares if the inner race rusts on it will still get u back to the truck.
C'mon... plenty of commentary on "hows and whys and rumors and frustrations"....
Lets keep this one "clean" where we can post up pics... it would be good to give as many details as possible if it is YOUR shaft.
Post if you have a pic!
Lets keep this one "clean" where we can post up pics... it would be good to give as many details as possible if it is YOUR shaft.
Post if you have a pic!
this one posted on snow and mud this morning. 9 more broken shafts reported today over there. this was the only pic posted, 30 kms on the machine
This is the first photo that shows the earlier stages of the failure.
1st phase: adhesive bond breaks in shear from engine torque (not the moment related shear from a cantilevered quick drive belt pulley or from the moment related shear from the track tension).
2nd phase: aluminum yields in flexure due to steel core spinning inside of aluminum axle
3rd stage: KABAMMMM!
4th stage: Rider goes over windshield and is runover by the sled that now is squarely parked on top of him with engine running and exhaust pipe burning through his brand new Polaris jacket.
This is a great picture to conduct failure analysis on. Was hoping to see one at this point of failure. This indicates that the wall thickness of the extrusion is not thick enough. After seeing this i believe that the fixes that have been offered will definitely extend the life of the drive shaft. I believe that the glue is not 100% of the issue. The amount of load in this connection will cause deformation of the joint. This glue is good for a sliding motion but very week for tensile strength/pulling motion. It requires a large contact surface area to retain joint strength. IMO
Really? what I see is a glued joint that came unglued......if the glue was still glued togeather wouldnt it have ripped the "thin tube" material off in spots?looks to me if the glue stays glued..the shaft holds up fine........
clean off
Here is another from snow and mud, looks like the glue was on the piece and it just sheared clean off....
Here is another from snow and mud, looks like the glue was on the piece and it just sheared clean off....
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edavis0202
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Let's say I know a guy and he works for Polaris...
There has been over 70 broken driveshaft reported to date. Polaris has sent out a statement today saying they will be replacing the shafts as a as need basis...all other orders are back ordered.
Polaris says "they stand behind their products and it has been tested vigorously in the field"
So, with that said no expect any 2012 driveshafts anytime soon.
There has been over 70 broken driveshaft reported to date. Polaris has sent out a statement today saying they will be replacing the shafts as a as need basis...all other orders are back ordered.
Polaris says "they stand behind their products and it has been tested vigorously in the field"
So, with that said no expect any 2012 driveshafts anytime soon.
Here my shaft that broken on Friday, felt what i thought was the track racket a couple of times during the day, checked the tension it was good, so it must of been the glue letting go.
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Grounder
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