hey everybody... i have a polaris explorer 300 and i went riding this past weekend in some deeep water and water got into my clutch and the belt slipped for a while and i was forced to be towed ... fortuanlty it dried its self out within an hour... has anybody esle hadthi prob and what do oyu do aobut it...thankx


AIM chckmagnet18
polaris explorer 300 automatic

 

Find out where the waters getting in & seal or fix it.

 

Its a Polaris also sometimes known as a Pullaris get used to it its a common problem, they don't like water.

 

Alot of belt drive systems have trouble with water. I have some freinds with Polaris ATV's and they just stay out of the water anymore. If you play in the mud clean the bike well after every trip. Remember Polaris are a good bike when they run.

 

Very few autos have problems in water as long as you don't go over the intake. If yours won't handle water that deep then there's something wrong with it, fix it !!

 

Like sxr6 said keep it below the air intake and the exhaust of the belt cover and you will be ok.I can take both of my Polarises through water up to the racks and not have any trouble but they are sealed up with new gaskets and I know where the air intake is.

 

my quad master went for a dip one time and it acted like a submirine took 3 quads and two hours to fish it out anways the water comes in thought the breather for the clutch which is relitively low so i just mad a snorkle and ran it up to the air box then just put a longer snorkle on the air bok

 

If you do get water in put it in N and rev it for a while. The spinning clutch will expell the water. When you don't get any more out drive slow a bit to finish drying out the clutches. You may have got it in through the gasket, (replace gasket). On my old Xplorer if I barreled into water it would splash into clutch so learned to take it slower through, gets you through but with less chance to get it splashed in.