hi i have a eton 150 and when i get in some water it slips how can i fix this or cant it be fixed thank you cody

 

cody. Maybe water in the CVT housing. Water too deep and flooding down the snorkell and getting the drive belt wet. ?

 

thanks for the info

 

cody
did you find the problem?

 

Depends how deep you were.., I don't know the Eton very well, but on my Kodiak 450, i had a similar problem. It was the fitting at the CVT housing where the snorkel clamped on. The clamp came loose. Once clamped securely, I can go pretty deep in water with zero problems.

 

Not too sure on the 150s but on the 90s the clutch cover is not sealed.It has a vent hole in the front and rear of the housing that covers the belt and clutches.Going any deeper than the bottom of the floorboards is a no no or the belt will slip.Also the vent tube from the transmission hangs down and can suck water right up into the transmission and will mix with the oil.I had our 90 puke out a bunch of milky white oil while it sat overnight so luckily I caught it right away and changed the oil.

 

Are you serious about the water depth?? Floorboard depth only? I'll have to re-think my purchase plan, because we routinely go full tires covered in water. We live in a dam rain forest, so water is part of the territory.

 

I've heard a lot of the CVT transmission mini's don't like the water too much.Some may be better than others but you might want to go with a semi automatic mini if deep water is part of your everyday routine.

 

so maybe the Yam. 80 is good for this. It's got so few other options though. The LT 80 has been pretty good in the water. Wow, there is no perfect quad for everything, is there? I was really liking the stuff I'm hearing about the Eton 90, but we do a lot of riding through water. Have you had problems with wet belt in your 90, and how deep was it before it became a problem?

 

Yes we had one episode with the belt slipping on our Viper.We were trail riding and came to a flooded part of the trail.It was slightly below the bottom of the floor boards so we proceeded slowly with caution.The water was dark so you couldn't see what was in it.My son was keeping close to the edge of the trail trying to stay as shallow as possible,I drove through the water and looked back and he wasn't coming.I walked back and he had come up against a rock with the right front tire and I think the left side was in a bit of a hole so the bike was tipped with the belt side down.I'm not sure how deep it was on that side but my son did get his foot wet.I didn't realize the bike wouldn't move until my son gave it the gas and it just revved up.I realized what was happening and gave a tug on the front bumper that got him over the rock.As soon as it got over the rock my son nailed the throttle and the bike managed to pull itself out of the water but the belt was slipping badly(I was hollering at him to stop but he couldn't hear me over the engine noise).Once we got through the water we stopped for a few minutes and then carried on and the bike worked great for the rest of the way home.The only problem was the water in the transmission oil that entered through the vent tube.This could be fixed by extending the length of the hose and routing it upwards instead of just hanging straight down.I'm not sure if we hadn't stopped in the water for a minute if we could have made it through ok or not.A lot of the guru's on the other forums really don't recommend splashing through deep water as it can also cause electrical problems with the water entering the air intake for the cooling fan and getting the stator wet and possibly losing spark until it dries out.Also the electrical wiring needs to be packed with die electric grease at all the connections to prevent corrosion and future electrical gremlins.Again this is not unique to the E-ton this concerns most mini's with this style engine and transmission.Putting on larger diameter tires and regearing might be an option to increase the height of the mini but the basic design just wasn't meant for submarining[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]