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Ooops double hit.

 

Unfortunately, this is a completely different situation than running your quad through mud and water. Perhaps if the held the pulls in a 2 foot deep stream? After all this is where most belts slip.

 

Great article! But your dreaming if you think it will put the end to it by the disbelievers.

 

I thought if a belt is going to slip pulling a heavy load would be the time to do it and most of these winners are belt drive bikes.

 

I have only seen two belts slip while we were riding. This happened both time playing in a river on two seperate occasions. One quad was a SP500 & the other was a Yamaha Kodiak.

Some people have the perception that a belt is going to slip with just the smallest amount of water getting on them. They are wrong.

People who use their quads as submarines are more prone to slippage than people who do not.

Never seen a belt slip while trail riding or going through mud holes. Not much muddin' up here in the North West.

 

I saw it twice this year on separate occassions. Guys tried to ride thru about 3 1/2 feet of water at speed. The one guy evidently never experienced it before, didn't know what to do. He just sat there revving furiously. The second guy knew, he just let it idle for a few minutes, and away he went.

 

As I mentioned before...a new owner!!I love it!! My findings are as follows:

1. If you bail into heavy water on the SC500 4by, it can splash up into the air vent of the belt, then it takes 3-5 minutes to dry out. My fix was to wrap some foam in screen wire and make a small bracket that attaches in front of the opening. Now the water and mud can not splash in there and it still receives the air to cool the belt. The foam is easily cleaned later. Maybe Polaris should try something like that to keep the water from splashing up there, because the vent points towards the ground.

2. I placed a pliable sealant around the outside along the area where the belt cover joins the housing attached to the frame. Especially at the rear where there is a clip securing the cover on.

3. My wife has a TB 325. She does not ride as hard as I do, but she still travels through the heavy mud and shallow water. It seems that the air vent is better protected under the faring.
She hasn't experienced the slippage.

01 SC 500 4by
00 TB 325

 

Good try Tim1, all this proves is your polaris's weigh the most and don't slip when in the correct tranny stage.

 

Good idea with the foam, I'm dreaming up a similar setup for my Sportsman right now. I've slipped several times after playing u-boat commander. Bad thing was all the honda and yamaha bikes I was riding with were doing the same water playing but kept on going. (Shifting their gears) Oh well, I had the nicest ride of the bunch still.

 

It proves more than that,even if the other bands put sand bags and a passenger on there machine the results would look the same.It proves 3wheels do not have the traction of 4wheels is more the case and belts are very hard to slip.