I had 2 clutches break off and am wondering if the 850 with it's bigger crank taper will make the clutches even weaker as to fit the P-85 on the hole will need to be larger and therefore there will be less meat left. My question is do you think this will make the clutches break more often? Or do you think the 800's had too many vibrations and this was the cause? One of mine was a 13 Pro-Ride and one waas a 16 AXYS that failed. The 13 was near the crank and the 16 was at the outer sheave.
How many miles on each?
The clutches i’ve seen break off had worn bushings and zero maintenance.
(Both on dragon 800’s) around 2k miles.
Also both sleds had blown multiple belts over the years. (Typically out of phase after blowing a belt)
I think speculation on whether they will break easier would be a great keyboard exercise but have zero application to reality.
With the added mass in the crank reducing vibration and harmonics there could easily be better longevity and wear item life?
Or it could be a 900 rmk and spit belts and clutches left and right.
Polaris doesn’t even know until mass produced units hit the snow.
The prototypes are rumored to be smoother so that sounds encouraging.
