Riveted Drive Shaft
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That probably isnt a very good idea, when you drill holes thru a stressed part, it will crack thru the holes...I would not recommend anyone else do it...if you are worried about having a shaft failure..either limit your inital ride or two to areas easy to tow a broken sled from, or take the sled back to the dealer and PAY them to install the 11-12 steel driveshaft....For the OP..if I was you..I would keep your sled out of technical areas until you can replace that driveshaft..good luck...
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T Rocket
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Yes it is through both pieces, there are already 2 glue relief holes on opposing sides of the shaft through the aluminum. I removed the glue from those holes to make sure there was steel under it. I drilled those out to 3/16" and the other 4 sides of the shaft the exact distance. It looks like on the photos of the ones that have failed the glue is failing and the steel boss tries to back out of the aluminum, this should keep the steel boss in place.
I hope it works for you..you might want to order a spare shaft, and figure out the tools needed to change it in case the worst happens...and keep a close eye on it....
AK is making a good point... the rivets will start "stress risers" in the shaft.
The rivet process probably voided your warranty on the drivetrain.
A bit of time on these sleds before making these decisions.
The rivet process probably voided your warranty on the drivetrain.
A bit of time on these sleds before making these decisions.
I don't think they are first backing out by looking at the pics, looks to me like they spin inside the hex shaft first rounding it out, then back out of the shaft. I don't think what you have done will hurt anything especially if your shaft is one of the good ones. if it's one of the bad ones, something is better than nothing IMO....
could you tell how thick the inner piece was when you drilled it? my only question would be how long a rivet shank would be required to get all the way thru to be effective.
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Going West
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I will guarantee that it will void all warranty on that shaft. Plus if the glue is faulty those rivets will not hold.
my hope would be that they just do a recall and switch them all out like 'doo had to.
Another option might be 1 small diameter hi-strength bolt with nylon lock nut, pushed into a Simpson SET epoxy filled hole. Too many holes drilled through the steel core, could weaken it too much.
If Poo comes out with a fix replacement you will likely be out to lunch if altered.Just sayin as the 2012 shaft may be the fix
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frog
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Doubt it. Different oem but in 08 I plug welded my Xp driveshaft and two others and when the update was released all of our driveshafts were replaced with no questions or issues.. I worked at a dealer and many times when a recall was issued only part of the recalled part was necessary to be sent back. Normally polaris would only want enough of the defective part sent back so the part could not be resold as a good replacement part. Just my .02.
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rmscustom
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Yes, details please.
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paulharris
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looks like part of the stock driver cut off and pressed on the shaft for support, looks good
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NM
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Yes it is a stock driver that was pressed on, cut down, then turned down on our lathe so we could press the steel ring on.
The customer was asking me what I thought I the idea and I told him we were already going to try it, so we used his shaft to try the first one.
I don't see any way that the stock shaft could spread with this setup on there.
