Suspension Wheel Iced Over on Venture Lite

[pat the rat]

what are you gonna buy

 

[Yellowknife]

Those bearcats are effin sweet! Ever look into those? Fricken car engine in them, the 20 inch wide track? Was with one Saturday and Sunday. It's a beast!

 

[Yellowknife]

I love the new avatar!!!!

 

[Jack_Shaft]

Those bearcats are effin sweet! Ever look into those? Fricken car engine in them, the 20 inch wide track? Was with one Saturday and Sunday. It's a beast!

LOL @ Bearcat with wet sump.

As soon as you hit -20*C, thoe lumps won't start either. Great sleds otherwise, if lacking in the durability dept.

 

[Jack_Shaft]

This has nothing to do with the open tunnel, this will happen on ANY sled that has heat in the tunnel, including HEAT EXCHANGERS.

The solution is to KICK THE SNOW OFF every once in a while, which is what you SHOULD be doing WAY before the ice builds up to that extent.

You should also clean off ALL the ice and snow IMMEDIATLY after riding if you are going to allow it to freeze.

WERD.

This man speaks the truth. If you let the ice build up to that level without beating it off, you're asking for a failure.

I was out today, ice running (just like Gypsyroots is doing) at -30*C on a 2000 Skandic WT 500 LC and I had to stop to beat the ice off of it several times otherwise I would have had an ice problem in the tunnel as well.

 

[Groomerdriver]

GR,

My 2003 Polaris 700 Touring would do the same exact thing when temps were <10F. Tunnell complaetely encased in ice, and the only time it would break free was when I hit a BIG bump. I had to keep the rear heat xchanger free from ice otherwise the sled would overheat.

With all the problems you've had with your sled, get rid of the POS so you don't have to spend so much time on this board bitchin' about it. GO riding or spend more time with your girl!!!!

Jim

 

[maha]

I have an idea, how about duel exhaust running on or under the foot boards. This could be engineered in with duel mufflers. Something to think about.

 

[Wilson]

I get 4 gallons of water off of my RS Venture after every ride .It runns off the trailer into a drain pan.I would rather deal with that than replacing pistons and buying twice as much fuel .

 

[browndogg]

My buddys F/X is icing up in the rear badly.There must be 50 lbs of ice there after a ride.He is not impressed.

 

[Wilson]

Yes I have a heated garage and I let it thaw out after most rides .
Last winter we road for four days with out coming home .There were 18
Yamahas most four strokes .No one had a problem with ice ,that is to say they all were iced up but it didn,t bother us .Some times after you stop
a chunk will fall down on the track ,just back up a little and it comes out
I hate it when it goes through the front of the tunnel and grinds up .That happens some times .It never seems to bother any thing .

 

[DKBrigs27th]

Just noticed that the "suspension wheel" (as per maint. manual) on my Venture Lite was completely encased in ice.
I came in from a long ride, some of which in meadows with 18"/45cm of fresh snow. Lots of ice accumulated and when I parked the machine for the night, the residual heat from the exhaust system (which created that much ice in the first place) makes it DRIP ALL OVER. In cold temps those drips behave like wax, freezing on to the very cold ... whatever it comes in contact with.
The point is that this wheel could not move at all, which will lead to a flat spot on the rubber. That wheel will be subject to high levels of vibration, due not only to the "square wheel effect" but also due to imbalance. From there the final destination is wheel bearing faliure followed by the departure of said wheel.
I caught mine in time, I guess I am just always looking....but I would hate for someone to get hurt or have the expense...
I would have posted a picture, but I had to knock all the ice off in order to ride the sno-go home. If and when it happens again I will post pics.
I guess we are going to have to Fight the Ice

I just went out and looked under my son's GT and sure enough, he has two flat spots on each wheel. just called my dealer and he's added that on a list that we have made... There's deffinetly issues with these sleds.