bought my 800 in april. love the bike, but i have had the plastics replaced once already and now they are melted again. polaris covered them the first time and should cover them this time, but should i be doing something different. anybodyelse had to deal with this?

 

scooch...........
You're not the first one to have that problem..........It's happened to a few others that I've heard about......I think Polaris was replacing the side panel and adding more heat tape on that particular piece....But I also know a couple guys that fabricated a bracket to keep the panel away from the header....That's probably the best fix.........Do a search here on "melting plastic" and check out what firemedic5586 did with his machine........He fabricated a bracket to hold the plastic away from the header..
John

 

thanks for the great info

 

WOW, your plastic melts? That suck's. I'm glad mine don't do that.

 

it has been a problem for several years. i have formed alum. strap and attached to the frame on both of my bikes, 99 mag. and 04.5 sptsmn....

 

thanks any pictures?

 

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please send me any photo's you may have or can take..........

 

My buddy had this problem. It is not all that common, around 2 machines out of 1000. He had his pips ceramic coated and used the heat tape as an extra measure. He did that months ago and no more problems..

 

Melted a dime size hole in the fender of my 05 500. Just behind the removeable side cover.
Dealer replaced fenders and taped the he!! out of it.
there is a heat shield , but it end right there to let the shifter rod pass.
Should be lots of good used fenders for you guys that crash.
Ken