Hello everyone, my first post.
went through water (about 2 feet) and lost what would seem to be 1st-4th gear. Seemed like i had 5th gear. Had my my wife tow me home with the expedition 425 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] (how embarrassing). The dealership said it was the clutch belt slipping. Does this sound right? Is this common? and how can i protect this from happening again (dont say by not going through water). The next morning it was fine, only about a quarter of a cup of water drained from the plug.

 

sounds to me like you need to replace the gasket between the belt covers. There should not be any water getting in there.

 

Yep replace the gasket between the covers and clean the clutches out good. If it happens again, put it in nuetral, rev it a little bit, to let the clutches dry out. May take up to 5 minutes.

 

How fast were you going? The snorkle for the tranny is about 2 1/2 feet above the ground and if you were going fast enough you could have sucked water into the clutch housing. Like the others said, replace the gasket too. If it happens again, do what NCScrambler said and rev it up in neutral for about 5 minutes. Also, if it is muddy dirty water, you may want to clean the clutchs.

 

By the way this was the second time i rode the machine and less than a month after i bought it. Should the replacement of the gaskets be covered by the warranty?

 

I've had this happen alot! Water actually gets splashed in through the CVT vent on the left side of the engine and causes the belt to slip like crazy. Just put it in neutral and give the engine some RPM's just like the other posts said. In the future, you can take some preventative measures to make sure it doesn't happen again. I made a flap out of an old inner tube to help deflect some of the water. It usually only happens when I am really going fast, but if the water made a big enough wave, it could easily go back through the CVT vent. Do yourself a favor and take the belt covers off and clean everything out!

 

I have been in the water with my O2 and not had this problem. The water was 1-3 feet deep. I only spent about 10 minutes going in and out of the river. I have heard others on other post have problems. So I decided to try it on my own.

 

I am not sure if warranty will replace the gasket or not, It is fairly inexpensive and easy to replace. I think that you must have a sealing problem somewhere because like the others said, I have never had this happen with my Scrammy and it is a 98 model. I have heard of it alot, so I think it must be an assembly problem that must be fixed. Just my opinion. The gasket can easily be placed incorrectly in the groove and cause leaking.

 

I doubt it is the gasket, the Scrambler takes on water very easy through the exhaust or intake ducts. I made a water gaurd on the exhaust so that the air blows toward the engine instead of strait down. This blocks water from being splashed into it. I had trouble with it when I first started riding but now I can go through anything that won't just cover the whole machine. You just have to learn how it wants to be driven.