jamm999
Veteran
I have an 06 vector, does anyone else find their right foot gets very cold while your left foot gets really hot? If so any ideas how to solve this problem?
mbw919
Pro
Haven't noticed this on mine, although my '99 Arctic Cat Z did heat the left foot more than the right. I always thought it had something to do with the fan cooled engine but maybe it's the clutches blowing warm air form the engine compartment. Possibly try different boots?
Martin
'06 Vector GT
Martin
'06 Vector GT
Safety Sean
Extreme
Yea, put your left boot on yout right foot & vice versa. Hopefully the discomfort will take your mind of the heating, or lack of heating, issue and it will no longer be of any concern.
x2thez
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Hey Jamm, where abouts in buffalo ya from? Anyways, I havent noticed it being cold, but I have noticed it colder, and if I had to take an educated guess it would be that with the flow of the coolant by the time it reaches the other side is is no longer warming the floorboard, and then your feet....
tourer
Newbie
I have also experienced the cold right foot. This is due to the fact that there is an easy path for cold air from the vent in the hood that is directly above the oil tank ,through the engine compartment and out by your right foot. A little duct tape over that vent on colder days takes care of the problem. That doesn't happen on the left side because the clutch cover blocks the air.
rocketxs
Newbie
had the same problem on my o6 rage. i think the fins on the brake rotor move so much air that it froze my foot. best fix 150 bucks on a good pair of riding boots
Tfin
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Never had this problem......but I wear snowmobiling boots instead of sneakers. 
Just kidding.
I have noticed the top of my left foot will get wet sometimes from melting snow dripping down onto my boot.
Just kidding.I have noticed the top of my left foot will get wet sometimes from melting snow dripping down onto my boot.
My feet where always hot.What kind of boots are you wearing?
I wear Sorels rated at -100 and I have to pull my feet back as they get too hot.
Budweiser
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
x2thez said:
I experience it also and I'm going with this guy. I really noticed it when we rode through last years blizzard and broke trail for 80 miles. (Thats all we could manage for the day!) Sled was really working hard and on the left side all the snow would melt off but the right I had to keep scraping it off.
Roger
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These sleds suck for keeping warm. Poorest design I've owned for driver comfort on cold days. Shoulders, hands, and feet always cool, or frozen, except for warmer days (-10 celcius and above). You're right foot is cold because there is no exhaust pipe there. Your left foot is O.K. because of the clutches. I've ridden 4000-5000 miles a year for 25 years now, I know how to stay warm, but I can't do it on my 2007 RS Venture, my 2001 Venture is much warmer.
twomorestrokes
TY 4 Stroke God
Always stayed really warm riding until I swapped my '05 bar for an '06 bar. The hand warmers are marginal at best. Haven't noticed one foot warmer or colder though...
Budweiser
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Thanks!! I haven't really heard a lot about the 06 vector hand warmers not working well. I thought maybe it was just mine. My SXR could burn your hands off but the Vector on really cold days is....not good. In fact, I'm buying gauntlets for when I go to Canada....
twomorestrokes
TY 4 Stroke God
The '06 bars with the issue are the ones with the aluminum hooks, not the '06 Vecs. I swapped mine for a Nytro bar, that's why I now have the issue....
Metallicat
TY 4 Stroke God
Funny, I had the OPPOSITE experience with my 2008 Vector. My right foot was very warm but above 70mph the turbulance created by the secondary clutch would have almost a reverse effect and would start sucking or blowing COLD air at my RIGHT foot. Below 50mph, no problem, above 70 I could feel some cold air on the top of my boot, enough to make me take notice - and I wear big Sorrell Glaciers which are almost immune to cold temps.
