wet belt

my son has a 2011 rzr 800 seems the belt always gets wet, we have installed a snorkle kit and siliconed all joints but it keeps taking water into the belt housing, he has also siliconed around the belt housing, has anyone else had this problem, i have 2009 rzr 800 and have only had one episode of the belt getting wet, and i had to swim for safety that time any help would be appreciated

did you actually take off the belt housing and remove the rubber seal and put silicone in it's place....

i am not sure if he took out the rubber seal or not i do know he siliconed all the way around

these things sure can be trouble sometimes. I would just redo it and see it if seals itself up.

thats what i plan on doing this weekend if i can catch it sitting still long enough he sure loves to ride

I have never put silicone on any of mine , what I do is take the belt cover off and put grease ( light ) across the ruber seal that is already there . You would be supprised how great a seal grease is ( its like glue ) and much easier to clean off when you need to do service there .

make sure the belt housing hasn't gotten too hot & warped. If so you'll need to replace it for it's nearly imposible for it to seal again.

ermullis wrote:

make sure the belt housing hasn't gotten too hot & warped. If so you'll need to replace it for it's nearly imposible for it to seal again.

good idea....Randy

thanks for the information

I agree with PUNDER. Use the grease.

My snorkel kit leaked to. I have a valve stem installed on the bottom of the belt cover. When I get around to it I'm going to take a water hose and fill it full of water. See where it comes out at. What do you think?

groundhog wrote:

My snorkel kit leaked to. I have a valve stem installed on the bottom of the belt cover. When I get around to it I'm going to take a water hose and fill it full of water. See where it comes out at. What do you think?

I don't know about that....you should be able to see where the muddy water is comming in....

I"ll pull the cover off. Check it out first.

anybody else have this issue, my 2012 has 200 miles on it and slips horrable in the water.. anybody know of any tricks to speed up the drying time while on the trail

put it in neutral and rev the motor up. It will sling the water off and put some heat in it, drying off the belt.

I did that and the RZR was ready to go.

martywalker wrote:

anybody else have this issue, my 2012 has 200 miles on it and slips horrable in the water.. anybody know of any tricks to speed up the drying time while on the trail

Not mine something don't sound right.

its the back piece of plastic ...seen it on a couple

Marty is it still under warrenty?

yep still under warranty

I would get it back to be fixed and be sure and be there when they tear it down to make sure the primary and secondary is not damaged or starting to in case the moisture and muddy stuff got in the weight system. Get them to check it out soon as possible.

thanks taking it to them next week

Take the clutches off and remove the back black plactic cover, and put some black RTV around the shafts that go through the back cover. Re-install every thing and it should be good to the top of the snorkels. I take the Joker into DEEP water and mud a lot, and have never had a wet clutch. I can take the Joker places that would cause T-Bome to have night mares just thinking about it!!!

Yea but I wouldn't do that while it's still under warranty due to them wanting to blame snorkle on everything else that might come up. Let the dealership make the problem right and can always do the sealant and snorkles later on. Dealers are bad to blame mods for some of the factory issues to get out of some problems.

ermullis wrote:

make sure the belt housing hasn't gotten too hot & warped. If so you'll need to replace it for it's nearly imposible for it to seal again.

thats what I was thinking I have had alot of guys putting the sportsman covers on with the plug on it so if you need to you can dran the water out

martywalker wrote:

yep still under warranty

take it back to the dealer we just had to fix one here I sold 6weeks ago

thanks everyone this site has been very helpful

Dropped it off today. Hope they can fix it

Awesome! Keep us posted. Just remember....if u ever do get it wet then stop and rev it in neutral. It will dry it up fast and get u back to the game.

well they said they couldnt locate a leak, but they also said my belt was bad so I had to buy a new belt.. But when I asked to see my old belt they couldnt find it, so after some bitching they gave me another new belt for a spare..

went out a few weeks ago and the same thing happened, screw the warranty its no good around here any way, Im going to pull the secondary and the primary this week and start siliconing

I put silicone around the clutch cover houseing seal because mine was leaking. Stopped the leak. Later I decided to replace the belt as a routine maintenance thing. Couldn't get the cover off. Worked on it for about four hours before I got it apart. Luckily the belt didn't go out in the woods. I would have been screwed. Had to buy a new rubber seal. No more silicone around the seal for me.