i sank my sp500 in the lake this morning. i left it run while i ran home to get a longer strap to winch myself out. once i got back after about 10 minutes i was out and it won't move hardly.
i am sure it must be a wet belt problem, but i let it set down at the lake now for two hours and it still won't move. is there a procedure for draining this compartment or what?

thanks in advance.

bret

 

i sunkmy magnum 325 before..all i did was get it to dry land and leave it in neutral and just keep revving it up..the heat from revving it should dry it out..it took me between 20-30 mins to get it to where the bike would barely move in low but in no time after that i was back to full power..if youve tried that and it didnt work you may want to look inside and see if the belt is toast,it shouldnt be though..good luck

 

A freinds Xpress 400 sunk in 5 feet of water it took about 45 minutes before he could go and roughly 1.5 hours before it was back to normal. He actually took his leatherman and put a hole in the bottom of his belt cover to drain the water, he siliconed it up later on.

 

well, i called the dealer and they told me the same thing, let it idle for awhile and rev it a little too.
i let it idle for around an hour and it still barely moved.
IF it is full of mud/silt, what do i do?
i towed it home too. it actually tracked fine about 15 feet behind the truck with nobody on it!!!

 

Just pull the clutch cover off. It is just a few bolt, and you will be able to see what is wet or wrong. Just be sure the seal is seated right when you put it back together.

 

I had a 97 scrambler 500 that I sunk in a lake and all I did was pulled back that rubber boot on the air intake for the clutch cover and water poured out of it,I also had to drain the air box because that was full of water, make sure it is running when your doing this then I ran it at high idle for about ten minutes and it ran great the rest of the day.

 

I would recomend putting a pipe plug in the bottom. When you take the cover off, tap 1/8 pipe thread in it. Get a pipe plug that needs an allan wrench if possible, this way the plug won't catch logs and such when high-centered. Just make sure you keep the wrench. Nobody else is going to have an allan wrench on the trail.
Then all you have to do when swamped is pop the plug. Then put it in N and rev it a while. Then go for Low so not to flatten the belt.
OR... Buy an X-pedition as the guy up the list did. LOL
Think Snow Eh!
Ox

 

Ok this is what you do put in n Start quad rev up moter just don,t let it run this will not push out the water that is inside the pvt cover. do this for about ten minutes then use low range and try moving. it will slip and grab just take it easy for a while, it will generate eneugh heat in the pvt cover to remove the moisture after a mile oer two it will be fine there is no need to pull the cover apart. Just get out and drive it, You will be fine.