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My father-in-law bought a brand new hold over last year.

1) Belt issues. Averages about 150 miles on a belt. Secdondary seem to need more side pressure. What is everyone going to helix/spring combo?

2) Ran good till he took it in and the did a update on the puter. Now it's so rich it won't even run. The airbox if full of raw gas. The sled loads up so bad on the trail that you have to clean it out before stabbing a hill. Most of the time when climibing in pow it just falls on it'f face....you can tell it's rich but the dealer said they can do nothing for it and it runs just fine?????

4000k to 7000k feet.

 

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Call racinstation and they can give you some really good clutching ideas. They set up my buddies 07 and it runs really good. My buddies 07 has 800 miles on the stock belt.
Racinstation 208-354-2777 and ask for eric.

 

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Are there black marks on either clutch face? 150 miles on a belt is not OK!! Tell the dealer to align the clutches. How,s the belt deflection? Check the fuel pressure. Tell the dealer to get his act together and make it right! That is not a typical m8.(07's ran rich but the reflash should have helped, not hurt) good luck and keep us posted

 

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mods??? what rpms are you running??? i'm putting almost 2,000 miles on a belt and they are all off trail, so you most defiantly have something wrong. never did the reflash on mine, figured it worked the way it is. primary weights should probably be between 72-75gs, if your running the stock 68's that the sled came with that could be your problem. i think they all came stock with the 6-9,000ft helix and the yellow primary spring. i'm running 72's and that puts me right about 7,600... 07 M8 162

 

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I bought a 07 M8 last year when I decided to retire the Pig. I flat out love it. No belt issues. I think when I got it still had the original belt on it at 1400 miles. I had it re-flashed, installed a shift assist and put in 75 gram weights. All of the rest of the clutching was stock. The only complaint I had was it engaged a little to low and the shiftout was lazy.

This year I changed the primary spring to a Cutler gold/white and got a BDX 42/36p helix.

Make sure the chaincase is not puking oil.

Dropping the front suspension arm makes a huge difference in the powder.


PS Give a call someday if you want to go for a ride in the blues.


Rob

 

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Thanks Rob. I will give you a call this year...when we get snow.

THe M8 is bone stock. It ran good out of the box, he brought it in for a clutch alignment and that's when the reflashed it an since then it has not ran at all.

 

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TJ, is it fat on the stand too? wonder how much the clutching might be affecting it.

 

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spring snow hero said:

TJ, is it fat on the stand too? wonder how much the clutching might be affecting it.

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Naa you can just tell it's stupid fat....Fuel slobbering all over the airbox, black strip in the snow, after running it in the trees fro ahile it is so loaded up it takes about 50 yars for it to clear up

 

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Is the wrench flashing on the dash? Something else must be wrong, check the air box sensor and connections.

 

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Who's your dealer?

I want to make sure not to go there!

 

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Pilsner said:

Is the wrench flashing on the dash? Something else must be wrong, check the air box sensor and connections.

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THe thing everyone is missing is the sled ran fine until the dealer reflashed the computer. Wrench is not flashing. Finally after much complaining the sled is back at the dealer we will see what they do. They claim that once they flash it they can do nothing with it.

 

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Get the dealer to let you try a known good ECM to isolate the problem.