How many miles on your 850xp belt

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Oct 11, 2009 | 08:47 PM

#21

Jomax

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Originally Posted by HIGHOCTANE

DOn't hold your breath that the latest round of ball joints will fix the problem...there are people who have had problems with the new ones as well...it isn't the ball joints exactly..the joint to knuckle fit is where they tend to get loose from what I have been hearing...

Yes I agree, I have both the new and old ball joints in my machine,with pounded out knuckles, the new (chrome colored) actually make the make the problem worse because they measure smaller than the old (gold anodized) joints, (at least the 2 I measured) Sorry for off topic!

Oct 12, 2009 | 09:16 PM

#22

Rockjohn

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I have 800 plus and it runs fine and I run the **** out of it, WV hills.

Sep 18, 2017 | 07:34 PM

#23

Djserino

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850 belt

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Originally Posted by MossyOaker

We have all heard about belts braking with low miles on their 850XPs, What I want to know is how many miles on some of the 850xps with the belt still in tacked?
Just curious If some of you out there are getting up to or close to the 5000 mile belt life Polaris says they have.
I don’t want to start a rant about low gear vs. high gear and all that just if anyone has high miles on their existing belt.
Thanks

I have over 2000 miles on my 2017 850 belt.

Sep 19, 2017 | 12:06 AM

#24

user493

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From: Michigan

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Originally Posted by IDXP850

I may be spoiled I don't know,,,I knocked out 750 miles going in a loop from Challis,ID north, west, south, and east back to Challis,ID,,,around the FrankChurchWilderness on back roads,,, only a few stretches of paved.
OK I admit that I'm hard on equipment. It was on that trip I busted off the end of the thumb piece with my knee when I dismounted. There was just enough left that it could be jerry-rigged with the trusty Vise-Grips and a oyster can lid folded, and bent to form a thumb piece. Drove that way for about 200 miles quite well,,,got me back anyway.

I know this post is almost 8 years old but that's some good Jerry rigging, among the best I've seen.

Sep 19, 2017 | 08:01 PM

#25

Kymco 450i

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From: Perrysburg Ohio

Back when I owned my Praire 300 the factory belts were over 100 but they were made of Kevlar material and lasted for more than 2000 miles with heavy snow plowing on my 300ft long driveway. Also pulled my neighbors and my wifes car from snowbanks. I also towed trailers and lawn sweepers with that machine for 16 yrs. Replaced one belt and that old one was not bad at all. Many others tried to save money by buying a cheaper aftermarket belt but they only lasted around 1000 miles. Sometimes the more expensive belts are well worth the price!!

Sep 20, 2017 | 05:07 AM

#26

old polaris tech

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From: North Texas

Stay with oem belts regardless of make or model and you'll usually have less headaches and longer belt life in the long run.Many forum members have discussed this over the years plus I had my share of customers at the old shop and most came to this same conclusion after having wear problems, creeping,etc with aftermarket belts.Many of the aftermarket belts are a tad too wide in a lot of cases and some are too tight versus oem belts.