I wish polaris would dump the belt drive for a shaft drive like my Goldwing had. But only if that would eliminate the noisy angle drive. Cruising not under excelloration its fairly quite but when you accelerate or put any power to it, its quite noisy.
Shaft drive
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The angle drive will still be needed even if Polaris replaced the belt drive to a shaft drive. You need something to convert the rotational spinning of the driveshaft to the 90 degree rotation of the drive pulley. The only way to eliminate the angle drive is by going to the 4 wheel conversion kits so the (longer) drive shaft stays rotational correct to transfer power from the transmission to the yolk of the differential
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Any sounds you hear are actually just more noticeable due to the open cockpit design and the design of the plastic body panels. No production car would block out any of the road or power-train noises if they were not made of steel, aluminum, fiberglass or even a composite body. Most of them have sound deadening insulation as well
It just adds to the joy of owning something this unique
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I completely got rid of all the noise on both SS #2 & #3 just by changing the drive oil out and making sure the belt tension was set correctly. 11K+ miles on SS#2 and 14K+counting miles on SS#3.
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I completely got rid of all the noise on both SS #2 & #3 just by changing the drive oil out and making sure the belt tension was set correctly. 11K+ miles on SS#2 and 14K+counting miles on SS#3.
It's not belt noise and I've tried many different gear oil. It's a whine not a squeal.
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Okay, just turn up the stereo, hit the turbo, and drive faster. Never hear it any more!
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I have had a few boats with IOs, Inboard/outboard that change the drive angle to more then 90 degrees and less then when trimmed up. They were not noisy but also very undependable. The undependable part was the U joints used to couple the motor to the lower unit never a problem with the gearing.
