Sounds like engine may be an issue. I am looking to get a rental and I've talked with 3 shops with a total of 16 sleds, and 4 sleds had a motor mount break, but no one reported a burn down and they all had 3000-3800 miles. Maybe we just need to ride it like a rental!
Polaris Pro RMK (Dump em boys)
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booooohoooo sh!T! just ride something! dam! they all break! but polaris does break more hahaha! never could build a motor never will!
booooohoooo sh!T! just ride something! dam! they all break! but polaris does break more hahaha! never could build a motor never will!I have a Poo with Doo pistons in it...ran good till the piston broke a skirt. Hmmmmmmmm, musta been cause its a Doo part?????
I call all this BS. I work at a GM dealership and see a glut of problems with GM's. That most likely is because "I work here". I have to ask with all the guys you ride with what is the percentage of brands? Truthfully.
They all have there issues in one way or another, and in a worn out saying...."grass is always greener on the other side" or in our case snow.
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Tec
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I lost my motor with 800 miles, I'm pretty sure I got one of the last short blocks before Polaris ran out of stock, Only took 11 days from blowing it up to running again.
I've been hearing the crank bearing where an early build problem? Polaris has since switched bearing manufactures and have corrected the problem on the new short blocks going out, the 2012's will all have these new bearing as well.
I've been hearing the crank bearing where an early build problem? Polaris has since switched bearing manufactures and have corrected the problem on the new short blocks going out, the 2012's will all have these new bearing as well.
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Slick
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I agree, you're a very smart man. Good for you for sticking to your guns. These things aren't worth anything thats for sure. Now I'm assuming you want to unload that piece of junk, so i'm willing to take it off your hands , (cheaply of course cause its junk) so you can move on and buy a good machine. I'm very sorry for the financial loss you're gonna suffer, but at least you'll be rid of it and will be able to ride. This could benefit us both cause I want a really undependable piece of junk and am more than willing to help you out. What kind of price are you thinking. Cdn or American $ .
I've been thinking hard about getting a new Pro, and talking to the local dealer (who is also my neighbor) he told me the 2011 engines had been much more reliable than the 2008-2010 engines. However, he admitted that he's had 4 2011 Pro's come in with blown engines during March, all with 800+ miles. That's just over 10% of the Pro's he sold with engine failures in one month. Is this a trend or a statistical anomaly? I guess I can go with the four year warranty and hope I get a good one...
But on the positive side around 90% of the Pro's he sold have had little if any problem.
But on the positive side around 90% of the Pro's he sold have had little if any problem.
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dragon12
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That all depends on which side you choose to dwell on. You can either say odds are in your favor to be in the 90% group or you are one in ten to get a pos. We all like to think we are in the majority until we end up on a tow rope and then its right to the forums we go to tell the world what a pos we bought.
Will Polaris dust off the 700 motor again? Just sayin. 
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RU KIDDING ME I DONT CARE WHAT YEAR OF DRAGON U COMPARE IT TO THIS ISNT SAYIN MUCH THAT THEY R MORE DEPENDABLE THEN THE WORST MOTOR EVER MADE WOW WHAT A ACCOMPLISHMENT JEZZZ I WOULD BUY ONE HAHAHA NOT! POS!
RU KIDDING ME I DONT CARE WHAT YEAR OF DRAGON U COMPARE IT TO THIS ISNT SAYIN MUCH THAT THEY R MORE DEPENDABLE THEN THE WORST MOTOR EVER MADE WOW WHAT A ACCOMPLISHMENT JEZZZ I WOULD BUY ONE HAHAHA NOT! POS!
Why is it the XP mafia always has time to muck around in the Pro threads?
You guys are like Democrats...not happy until you force everyone around you to think your way.
You guys are like Democrats...not happy until you force everyone around you to think your way.
if your dealer hasn't put you on either a demo sled, his personal sled, or at least a sled from last year that he has on his lot, you have bigger problems than polaris not putting a motor back in your sled, ie your dealer is a POS and not trying to get polaris to put a motor back in your sled. Let me know how much you want for your pos i'm starting a collection
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GLAD IM NOT A SKIDOO RIDER!
GLAD IM NOT A SKIDOO RIDER!
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800 hillbilly
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My dealer has had zero pros come back for motor problems. Has had 4 800 E techs come back with blown motors,and zero cats come back. I've had no problems with my pro, gas and go, bone stock. I feel sorry for you but if you think your gonna get sympathy here, well there you go thinking again. You should go (Dump) your B.S. in the XP forums, Oh wait you guys are here anyways. Dump on, were used to it.
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SELL ME UR DUST COLLECTOR THAN! OR YA KEEPING IT FOR WHEN U CANT GET UR MOTOR BACK FROM UR DEALER TO RIDE!LOL
SELL ME UR DUST COLLECTOR THAN! OR YA KEEPING IT FOR WHEN U CANT GET UR MOTOR BACK FROM UR DEALER TO RIDE!LOL
Will Polaris dust off the 700 motor again? Just sayin.
I would jump all over a '13 or '14 700 155" in the Pro-Chassis in a second. My 09 700 RMK is a little over 4500 miles and still going strong. Getting rebuilt & ported this summer just because.
Are you talking about your local dealer Kurt's? What tolerance caused the skirt issur and what should the tolerance be?
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aebsledder
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I was talking to a guy the other day and he told me his house burned down. I couldn't believe it. I asked him "What was it made out of?" "Wood" he said. I replied "Oh my God, my house is made out of wood too!" Now I have to sell my house and go live in a concrete bunker. If there is one thing I have learned from my time on a snowmobile and from the forums. SNOWMOBILES BREAK ALL THE TIME! Go to any dealer sub-section and you will find a whole gamut of mechanical issues with sleds. Pick your poison. Is it frustrating? Hell yes! But the longer I am in this sport/hobby I have come to realize it is probably just a harsh reality.
True, true
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