@MiM what part of this post are you asking if this is a joke?
Sorry, it was a bad joke I guess...
I thought screeching sound... Only when pressing the gas... On mine it's the rear tire...
@MiM what part of this post are you asking if this is a joke?
Sorry, it was a bad joke I guess...
I thought screeching sound... Only when pressing the gas... On mine it's the rear tire...
Sorry, it was a bad joke I guess...
I thought screeching sound... Only when pressing the gas... On mine it's the rear tire...
@MiM It's all good. I just didn't know what you was referring to
Well I took my SS to the dealer to correct the seat belt recall and told them about this noise. They couldn't figure it out so they recorded the sound on video and said they would send it to Polaris. Once I hear back from them I will let you all know what I hear.
Ok folks here is how I fixed the sound. One bucket of water with dish soap a brush and scrub away at the drive belt. Screeching is GONE and belt is nice and clean. Woooooo hooooooo. Anyone wants the recipe let me know muahahaha. Happy Rider here.
So happy that worked for you @frehleycomet!!!
Now maybe you can come by my house and find out what’s causing the squeal in front on both of ours.
Can’t work on them till Friday or Sunday.
So happy that worked for you @frehleycomet!!!
Now maybe you can come by my house and find out what’s causing the squeal in front on both of ours.
Can’t work on them till Friday or Sunday.
Wow if you were a few hundred miles closer I'd be there in a heartbeat
Ok folks here is how I fixed the sound. One bucket of water with dish soap a brush and scrub away at the drive belt. Screeching is GONE and belt is nice and clean. Woooooo hooooooo. Anyone wants the recipe let me know muahahaha. Happy Rider here.
Your Welcome........
Your Welcome........
For sure Thank you though for the great tip
So our SL (~16K miles) also makes the same "screeching" noise when under load (acceleration). Totally quiet during coasting or on the downhill slopes. So I gave the drive-belt an extreme cleaning (using a good de-greasing detergent soap and a wire brush, thoroughly scrubbing each of the "Teeth and Valleys" on the belt, as well as the belt's side-walls.
First drive after cleaning: No more screeching! Yea, Success!
HOWEVER ... within ~5 miles of driving (normal street driving, not on a dirty or dusty road) the screeching noise started coming back. low volume at first, but over time gradually increasing until it was the same as before the cleaning.
So I am convinced the belt cleanliness is a contributing factor in the screeching noise, but it is not the only reason for the noise. If cleanliness was the only reason, who has time to thoroughly clean the belt before each drive in hopes the noise wont come back again while riding?
Note: for reference, because I'm a big guy, I had my belt tension adjusted by my dealer to a little looser than factory spec (~3/4" to 1" deflection at 10 lbs). And the belt alignment (while stopped) looks like it should be: to the left, I.E. nearer to the wheel side of the sprocket, but not actually touching the sprocket side wall.
Anecdotally: it seems the screeching is more noticeable when there are two riders in the SS (more weight = more belt tension?). Also, I have not seen any correlation between noise level and the ambient temperature. During a recent 500 mile day trip that covered from ~45 degrees to 95 degrees I did not hear any significant variation in noise volume dependent on the temperature.
My belt never made this noise when the SS was newer, and before the swing-arm replacement was done (at around 9K miles). I'm stymied as to what to do at this point, short of paying the dealer (again) to check/change the belt alignment. Even if its initially "fixed" by a re-alignment, I'm not convinced it wont come back again. I wish one of us with this issue, working with their Polaris service department could identify a conclusive fix for this screeching noise.
For now, I'm just cranking up the radio volume so I don't have to hear it so much, but it sure is annoying to have to put up with this screeching noise (and a little embarrassing when folks hear it when I'm pulling away from them)
Ok folks here is how I fixed the sound. One bucket of water with dish soap a brush and scrub away at the drive belt. Screeching is GONE and belt is nice and clean. Woooooo hooooooo. Anyone wants the recipe let me know muahahaha. Happy Rider here.
like shampoo ..... lather, rinse, repeat
I must be tone deaf or lucky. Over 36,000 miles on my SS, and never had screeching from my belt. No squeal, nothing. I don't even clean the SS as well as I likely should, many times it might go a couple thousand miles or more before I break down and clean it. As for the belt, hosing it off with a water hose is about the most it will get. I do run it more like 1 inch deflection at 10 pounds, looser than Polaris specs are.
I do have the squeal sound of what might be a vacuum leak up front. I can hear it in 1st and 2nd. Almost sounds like a turbo spooling. It never affected the way it ran, so I've not really looked hard for it.
I must be tone deaf or lucky. Over 36,000 miles on my SS, and never had screeching from my belt. No squeal, nothing. I don't even clean the SS as well as I likely should, many times it might go a couple thousand miles or more before I break down and clean it. As for the belt, hosing it off with a water hose is about the most it will get. I do run it more like 1 inch deflection at 10 pounds, looser than Polaris specs are.
I do have the squeal sound of what might be a vacuum leak up front. I can hear it in 1st and 2nd. Almost sounds like a turbo spooling. It never affected the way it ran, so I've not really looked hard for it.
I have never had belt squeal either. Never really thought about the sound up front until I ran alongside Patti to see what the sound was she was complaining about. It’s really loud at times.
Ever since new after only a couple of miles on a dusty road, which the Grasshopper takes us fairly often, it is guaranteed for the belt to start "talking."
Bill
wjfyfe thanks for the suggestion & the link to: Drive Belt, FYI, What it should not do back there!
After reviewing the thread, (please correct me if I am mistaken) my take-away is:
questions:
I'd like to talk with my Polaris service tech about this cocked in the cradle being a possible contributor to my SS screeching noise, but I'd first like a little more knowledge on this "potentially cocked angle drive" before I bring it up and they give me the "don't believe everything you read on the internet" response ...
All: any feedback would be welcome, thanks