Trouble with clutches getting wet
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
Any of you guys have a problem with water getting inside the clutch cover on your Sportsmans, or any wheelers for that matter. If I go thru any water that deep, the clutches get wet, and I get some serious belt slippage. I've thought about laying a bead of silicone where the gasket is, but then if I get water in there thru the vent, it won't drain at all. Plus it'd be a bit of a pain pulling it open to let it drain out, and then it'd be a mess to clean out the silicone, so I'd be able to put a new bead of silicone in there. This is the way I'm leaning anyhow, cause it'd take some deep water to get it thru the vent. I was just curious if any of you have had this problem, and maybe had a better solution then what I'm thinking. Thanks for any feedback.
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
you should have a drain plug under the cover, it is red and lets you drain the water if it gets to high.
If you neeed to check the cover all you need to do is fill the cover up with water and look for where it is leaking from. Then drain it out. I did this to my Sportsman and did not have any leaks, I have also had my SP up to it's racks in a river with no slippage
Chris
If you neeed to check the cover all you need to do is fill the cover up with water and look for where it is leaking from. Then drain it out. I did this to my Sportsman and did not have any leaks, I have also had my SP up to it's racks in a river with no slippage
Chris
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
I've had the cover off before, and there is no drainplug in it. The gasket that they have in there is really cheap to boot. I'll check the cover for leaks, but I'm almost certain that it's the gasket that isn't sealing, and that's how the water is getting in. It happend to me on Saturday when we parked in the lake to wash our wheelers off. If I just drive thru the water it doesn't get enough in there to make it slip, but sitting in there for fifteen minutes or so, it got enough that it was a problem. Then it takes about that long to let it drain out, so that it doesn't slip anymore. Both of my buddies have 650 Prairie's and neither of them had a problem with it. It's only happend a handful of times, but it's a royal pain when it does happen.
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Quad Patrol
Don't let the hp numbers fool you. Its all in how you get it to the ground. Clutching clutching clutching!
Don't let the hp numbers fool you. Its all in how you get it to the ground. Clutching clutching clutching!
Trouble with clutches getting wet
I thought you had an ATV not a jet ski[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] Ok now I got the smart A$$ stuff out of the way.You need to seal the tudes onyour intake and exhaust vents and stay out of water over the vents.If you plan on deep water make you some extensions for these ducts.
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
If your SP does not have a drain in the clutch cover get a very short valve stem (take the guts out but keep the cap) and install it at the low point of the cover and put a little silicone on it befor you pull it through the hole you drilled. When water gets in just remove the valve cap and drain the water. If your gasket looks bad get a new one and try it , I agree with you silicone would be messy and hard to remove.
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
I never thought of the valve stem deal. I'll probably try that. A guy on another forum suggested putting wheel bearing grease on the seal of the clutch cover. I'm gonna try that for sure, sounds like it would seal, and it wouldn't be such a mess if I ever did need to remove the cover again. Thanks guys.
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Trouble with clutches getting wet
i used to have this problem too,
it was because of the stupid *** coupler from the tranny vent tube to the actual cover. the factory thinks that ordinary black zipties will seal out water,,,,, nope.
i would recommend replacing those crappy black zipties with actual hose clamps. they make them that size,,, at the auto parts store. they stay put better too because they are wider.
the tranny cover gasket, unless torn or improperly seated, should keep out the water.
just my ideas,,,,
X
it was because of the stupid *** coupler from the tranny vent tube to the actual cover. the factory thinks that ordinary black zipties will seal out water,,,,, nope.
i would recommend replacing those crappy black zipties with actual hose clamps. they make them that size,,, at the auto parts store. they stay put better too because they are wider.
the tranny cover gasket, unless torn or improperly seated, should keep out the water.
just my ideas,,,,
X
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