What about some facts scramdaddy? I'd venture to guess that many sport riders would call your scrambler a feable attempt at a sport quad.

 

xepathfinder: So, what, are you calling me a liar? I was there, I watched it happen. It happened the way I described it. The machine came to a halt because it couldn't get up out of the mud and over the ice. Maybe if he had been able to keep moving he would've been fine.

To anyone: By the way, what should you do when the tranny housing gets water in it? We couldn't find a drain plug so we loosened some bolts and that allowed the water to escape. The we just revved it until belt caught again and we were on our way.

 

Read the other posts to see why the 500 HO has the edge over the ruby.
I'm not saying the ruby is a bad quad but all polaris had to do was take the engine out of the scrambler 500 HO and put it in the sportsman frame, honda had to make a completely new quad from the ground up instead of taking two exsisting tried and trued machines and combinding them into one ultimate piece of machinery. The chances of a recall are slim to nill.

2000 SCRAMBLER 400 2X4

SCRAMDADDY400

 

Bis

Lets not get excited. I don't think xepathfinder is calling you a liar, its just not typical for the belt housing to take in water at that level. Your brothers sportsman probably had a bad seal around the belt housing and that allowed the water in. If you look at the belt housing on a Polaris, it is snorkled up underneath the gas tank. Unless you get water up to this level, it typically will not get the belt wet. My Polaris has never got the belt wet from slow riding in water up the the gas tank level. It will get water in it when I hit water too fast and it splashes into the PVT intake. To get small amounts of water out of the belt housing, put the machine into neutral and rev it up for a minute. Should clear it out. For a total swamping, pulling the belt housing may be necessary. By the way, how are you liking the transmission on the Rubicon. I am hoping to take a spin on one someday to see how it compares to the belt drive system. Ride safe.

 

MMM: I think the Hondamatic tranny is the wave of the future. It's easily the best thing about the bike. If it can stay reliable for the long run, it's the perfect transmission. I heard from a dealer (consider the source) that the new GoldWing may incorporate this tranny in the future. True or not, it sounds like a great match to me. Very smooth power delivery, nearly as tight-feeling as a manual. It actually enhances engine-braking because it stays in the perfect ratio all the time. Anyway, I still believe the perfect quad has yet to be made. A combination of the SP and the Rubicon would be a good start. It certainly would have the Hondamatic transmission.

 

Why is taking parts from a scrambler to make the HO such a great thing? Believe me I'm not saying the HO is bad, it just that a little credit should be given to a company who designs a new quad from the ground up. It may not be the right machine for you but the overall effect on the industry is positive. I would be willing to bet that belt quads will be no longer offered in 5 years.

 

 

I have done that same thing a dozen times here in the spring and early winter, allot deeper than that , tire deep water will not make a belt slip on the SP. espeically in those circumstances. it would make them useless if everytime they went in tire deep water the belt slipped. it is not so much that I am calling you a liar it is that there had to be something up with the belt he had stressed it at some other time by improper use. I have dropped through ice into a brook up over the front rack. and drove out breaking the ice as I went, no slippage. I have owned two Polaris atv's and been in allot of water and never have I had that happen or have seen it happen to others, not in tire deep water.

 

maybee the guy that bis is talking about was in High gear. this still shouldnt cause belt slipage though. there must have been a leek in his CVT guard that allowed water in, this is very unusual at only tire deep.

later
jon

 

The only time my belt ever slipped was when i drove through a lake with my trailboss and it went COMPLETLY under water. I almost made it though. LOL

Joe
2000 Trailboss 325