How do you guys keep your belt dry? What belt is the best once it gets wet? Getting sick of the revving in neutral trick. Do you guys silicone the cover or double up the o ring? I need answers!

Thanks

 

Mike,
I to had alot of trouble with my belt getting wet. I used a thin beed of silicone around the inside of my cover & then just tightened the cover screws. That was 6 months ago now & I do not have a water prob anymore. When removing cover for service just run a knife around the lip to loosen the seel, clean out old silicone then re-apply.

 

Most of the time when your belt gets wet, it isn't the cover or seal. Alot of times the belt gets wet because the water was forced right down the clutch vents. The water can also get in threw any bad vent connections. Don't be so quick to silicone the cover on. I have never had to do this on any Polaris. I'm not saying the water never gets in from the clutch cover but it is my experience that it more oftenly doesn't.

When your belt does get wet, what were you doing at the time. If you went 40mph into a water hole, the water was probably forced down threw the vents. I get alot of calls at work from many different automatic owners about their belt getting wet. Most of the time they tell me they went racing into a water hole real fast and the belt started slipping.

You don't say what kind of machine you have. Look over your whole belt case and vent system and try to imagine where the water is getting in. Sometimes the manufactures don't seem to place the vent openings very well. You can't block of the vents but you should be able to block the water from getting in the vents.

Bruce Lee once said,"water can take the shape of anything it wants to, be water my friend".

 

Elroy,

Funny you mention Bruce in the post. Did you see my name and bring that up? MikeJKD stands for Jeet Kun Do the art Bruce derived. Anyway back to the problem, the belt will get wet if I get stuck in a foot of water and it sits there for a while. That is why I think it is the cover leaking.

thanks
Michael Blackledge

 

I see we have a few Martial Artist in here?Interesting enough that they to like to ride and get dirty like normal folks to.I too spent some yrs learning the disciplined form of ''Form of the Dragon''taught by Master Richard Anderson.

Bruce Lee was a great leader/teacher of the arts.He and his son Brandon Lee are badly missed in the Martial Arts,both were truly dedicated to their art forms[which were many differant styles]and than Bruce taught his own form of many arts combined.

Mike,
are you still involved in Jeet?

''When you can walk this path and leave no trace,you will have learned''

 

It was pure coincident that I mention Bruce Lee. I myself never attended a single class in any martial arts school. However I did have a couple good friends that did. One was kung fu ant the other was thai kwan do. They both liked to use me for their bunching bag. After a while I learned to protect myself pretty good. I never did learn any kicks but they learned not to let me get ahold them. I always liked the idea of grabbing an arm or anything for that matter and just breaking it in one quick move. After breaking my hand three times, I only punch when it is all I can do. The thai kwan do guy quit sparring with me except to show me a new move. The kung fu guy was 6'6 at 260lbs and he could kick my but anytime he wanted to. He did teach me quite a bit. Most of all, how to take pain and just defend myself.

As for your belt case, your probably right. These belt cases where not intended to be submersed in water. They would probably leak if they were just sitting in water. The only thing you could really do is what Stinky said.

 

Yes, muddy4life still envolved. I'm almost 28 and have been doing it since I was 17. It is Lee's own style I have learned and think it is the most practical for my way of thinking. We fight in class to learn no drills or punching to the side of someone. Full contact at 50% and keep evolving.

Michael Blackledge

P.S. Use no way as way!!!