Posts by Edward Neal

Tough question - - Yes Biden has been horrible, but when Jimmy Carter took office in 1977 and unemployment was at a bit over 7% He went on a liberal spending spree and called on the Fed print more money which caused inflation to climb to 13.3 percent - - - add to this his complete failure in dealing with the Iran hostage crisis and at this point I would have to say its pretty close to a toss up as to who is the number one biggest failure.

of course Biden still has more time to get to a solid number one and it does seem as if he has a good shot at it

Edit - - on the bright side Jimmy Carter did open peoples eyes which led directly to Ronald Reagan - - so perhaps we might get something similar once Biden is through screwing things up - - - - I can hope

yesterday - today, & a bit more tomorrow

Yesterday:

wash and decontaminate

Clay bar

Hand polish with Meguiars 205 ultra finishing polish

machine polish and clean with Klasse All in One

hand seal with Klasse High gloss sealant glaze

Today

quick clean with ONR

apply second layer Klasse High gloss sealant glaze

Tomorrow

quick clean with ONR

apply top layer of Natty's blue carnauba paste wax

clean and shine all black panels with Lucas Slick Mist Interior detailer

after this Cage Free should be good to go for summer with just the occasional ONR cleaning and perhaps a coat of the Natty's

damn! this retirement stuff makes my arm hurt - - but boy does my pearl red look Purdy

4:45 in the morning here, getting ready to ride to the Farmers Market to help my wife set up for the day. just a couple of weeks ago when I did this it was in the 40's and pretty chilly - right now even though the sun isn't even up yet it is already 73 - - - they say our high will be 86, but I wont be surprised if we beat that and get to 90+

Dave@DDMWorks - - ??

Quote from billythekidd

Could be... but no problems with my Ford.... Just saying I have never heard of an online subscription being out of stock online.

I agree I haven't heard of it either, but if you think about it, this is more than just a simple subscription - its actually a subscription to an annual collection of information services - services that require people to be there and work to constantly update the information on a minute by minute basis.

actually the only reason I can think of for something like this to be "out of stock" would be a companies lack of personal to provide these constant updates

oh well - hopefully this will work out for you and they will get things back "in stock"

Quote from billythekidd

So subscriptions are also suffering from "supply issues"? How can a subscription for online services be out of stock?

https://slingshot.polaris.com/…onics/2830620/?pfm=Browse

perhaps they are having a shortage of the personal needed to keep the live traffic and live weather current or are planning on eliminating these offerings after all current subscribers subscriptions have ended because they are not profitable - - - - wouldn't be the first time a company that provided these types of services left people hanging

anyway - perhaps its just another one of the many things that is suffering from a lack available people to do the job

Quote from Frankie55

Stage 3 Roll Hoop Audio Kit by Rockford Fosgate® | Polaris Slingshot US

okay - I specific kit

thanks

Quote from Hottroddtodd#15

I talked to the stereo guy today and was advised he needed to know what model the amp was. I called Rockford Fosgate and spoke to the tech guy.He told me the amp on the 2021 R L E was made for Polaris and you had to use the stage 3 speakers. Lesson learned if you want to use the factory amp buy the Stage 3 speakers and be done with it. Hope this helps.

what are "stage 3 speakers"? - - are we talking 3 way speakers with a separate tweeter, midrange and woofer or is this some special Rockford Fosgate type of speaker? - dont want to sound ignorant but I haven't heard the term "stage 3 speaker? before

Happy B-Day!!!

Most people don't want to hear the truth. They only want to want to have what they believe to be true affirmed and as such the only sources they believe are the ones that give them what they want.

Right or Left, makes no difference.

Quote from FunCycle

I have the service manual book and digital

Yep - I have the 2015 service book in digital - I have found the listing of torque specs very helpful over the last few years

instructions for installing the DDM valve cover here - - install instructions

say 7 foot pounds or 10 NM

Another "not a Slingshot mod" - but somewhat related - - threw together some scrap aluminum I have and some screws and 1 inch spacers and made a rack for my riding glasses next to my helmet rack next to the Slingshot - - - just a quickie Sunday fun thing to make things a bit more convenient and also protected from scratches

Quote from BKL

After successfully swapping the steering wheel a couple times with the clock spring still working, I somehow screwed up the clock spring the next time I tried a new steering wheel. Given the clock spring cost, I decided to install a momentary contact switch in the steering column connecting the original connections supplying the clock spring to the switch. Not as convenient to use as the original horn switch, but total cost was less than $15, IIRC.

In the last 5 years I have probably honked the horn perhaps 6 times - 4 of which were after installing my new steering wheel to test it - as such if my clock spring were to become damaged I would most likley do exactly what you did

Quote from SoCal

In my world things get looser when they heat up ... but we shall see

not sure what the belt is made from, but if it carbon fiber shrinking and getting tighter would not be surprising - carbon fibers have a negative heat coefficient and shrink when heated - - kevlar also has a negative heat coefficient

does anyone here know what the belt is made of?

Quote from Red

Listen to Biden blathering about the raid that killed the ISIS leader reminded me of his 'we don't need boots on the ground we have over the horizon capability' comment. Why did we put boots on the ground and put our troops in harm's way when we didn't need to?

I would like to know how exactly they know they eliminated the right guy? - - they say he blew himself up with a suicide vest and took out the third floor of the building - - so how do they know that this wasn't some flunky disguised to look like this person and told to blow himself up for his god?

did they scrape up the parts off the ground and walls and run a DNA test? and do they even have the guys DNA to compare it to?

just seems very convenient to suddenly have this "successful raid" happen right when Biden desperately needs a diversion from his shitty job performance

Quote from Frankie55

Only 42 days till spring 2022!

Damn! and here I was thinking it was starting tomorrow

yea, I know, Im an ass

When the wind kicks up around here we can get a great deal of fine dust in the air - - I have found that this dust buildup on the belt (probably combined with brake dust) seems to be the root cause of any belt noise I get. If I take a bucket of water and a brush and clean the belt off, my belt will be nice a quiet. How long it stays this way can be as short as a couple of weeks up to a couple of months all depending on how much dirt and dust it is exposed to - driving on any kind of a dirt road or parking lot even for a short distance is almost guaranteed to cause squealing. Also I have noticed that this seems to be more of an issue in colder weather than it is when it warms up. and it also something that only happens under acceleration - as others have said most likely because the belt shifts to the outside under load. I have not messed with trying to adjust the belt, I kind of figure that since it is not an issue when the belt is clean that cleaning it seems like a better thing for me to do than messing with the adjustment and risk making it more of a problem.

As a side note I tend to be a bit negligent in cleaning the belt like this. I seem to put it off until it starts making noise. Fact is if I simply did this type of cleaning every time I cleaned the rest of the Slingshot I would probably never have any belt noise

Also I removed my belt guard a long time ago. took it off to make cleaning the belt easier but also because I like the look better without the guard.

Quote from BKL

You should be able to buy a steering wheel puller at a local car parts store and get your money back when you return it. IIRC, I had to get some different screws to fit the Polaris design on my 2015.

many auto parts stores like auto zone also lend tools so it might be worth making a phone call or to to se if someone near you has a steering wheel puller