Just bought the new efi. First weekend day 1 I took it easy to break it in (around two hours of fields and lioght trails.
Day 2 went creek riding about six miles in got stuck in sand and water. (Following a bunch of older Honda 400's) got pulled out
The trans started making a clunking sound, made it back home, took it to the dealer. 7 teeth came off the drive belt, he replaced it in about 20 minutes and recommended that I carry a spare belt. Has anyone else had this problem? Do 700's burn thru belts that easy.
I just traded in a 2yr old 660 Grizzley- did have the belt slip when wet bit it always dried out. hope i didn't go wrong with the Polaris

 

No they don't burn up belts very fast at all. I had 2000 plus miles on my old carb 700 before I sold it for my new EFI. My EFI now has 800 miles on it's first belt and no sign of neededing a new one. The best way to make sure you get the most miles out of a Sportsman's belt is to use the low gear when pulling, mudding, going up hills, going below 7 MPH. Using the high rang in any of these conditions is not good on the belt. Also if the engine is reving high when in the high range going up a hill because you stoped on it you may want to shift into low. You're going to have to use your own judge ment on it, but thats usally the problem. Use the low as much as you can.

 

Thanks, Iwas running in high when I got stuck. I'll try low form now on
Chas

 

Yeah, you should really only use low when you are gonna be poking around at slow speeds for a length of time. Also, if you are pulling something very heavy or plowing a lot of heavy/deep snow or climbing a steep hill, use low.

 

I always carry a spare belt but have never needed it. I put over 500 miles on a 700 last weekend and it still pulls the front off the ground from idle[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] to about 40[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. Use low when you start sinking in anything, sand, mud, water. If you are in high and dont have time to shift to low for some reason, floor it and the clutch will grab the belt instead of spinning on it (this works great on my scrambler, but 4x4 on a sportsman might be to much for this to work).