Polaris screws up again !!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, heres the deal........I have more then a handfull of 900's come in with the PTO -Ends Destroyed or the Clutch has been sawed off.
I pull a few 900 drive clutches last year and I always used my old Domestic Puller for the 800 Polaris clutch.
A few days ago a dude drops his bottom-end off for a billet crank change and he says he can't get the clutch off.........And he asks me if I have a 900 puller???
Puzzeled.......I said, Yes I do. I have used the old 800 puller.
He said he was told by a dealer that they are different, and he says he ordered one and said he would bring it in when he gets it.
So a few days later he shows up with an OLD Polaris puller from the fuji motors.
I went back and tried it........It just didn't feel right OR look right.
You could tell it was shouldering on something other then the crank.
So I called a dealer and asked the parts guy to simply order me a 900 Puller and thats all I said.
2 days later the puller comes in and..........You guessed it. SAME AS MY 800 Puller.
Went back in the shop and ask the shop guys what kind of puller the 900 takes ( they both said at the same time.........The same puller as the 800 )
so back to the shop I go, And the puller goes in but stops before it gets to the threads.
After inspecting things I come to find out that some of the drive clutches have been machined incorrectly and the inner bore of the drive clutch is too small.
Making the 800 Puller to big in the third step from the tip.
Attached is a picture of where the pulled was .040 Thousands to big.
I wonder how many clutches and cranks were destroyed by this little brain fart........
Polaris............Contracts always given to the low bidder. Nice, Really Nice. I have been F#$king with this for two days.
Oh by the way,,,,,,,,,,,after I machined the puller the clutch popped right off like an 800.
OK, heres the deal........I have more then a handfull of 900's come in with the PTO -Ends Destroyed or the Clutch has been sawed off.
I pull a few 900 drive clutches last year and I always used my old Domestic Puller for the 800 Polaris clutch.
A few days ago a dude drops his bottom-end off for a billet crank change and he says he can't get the clutch off.........And he asks me if I have a 900 puller???
Puzzeled.......I said, Yes I do. I have used the old 800 puller.
He said he was told by a dealer that they are different, and he says he ordered one and said he would bring it in when he gets it.
So a few days later he shows up with an OLD Polaris puller from the fuji motors.
I went back and tried it........It just didn't feel right OR look right.
You could tell it was shouldering on something other then the crank.
So I called a dealer and asked the parts guy to simply order me a 900 Puller and thats all I said.
2 days later the puller comes in and..........You guessed it. SAME AS MY 800 Puller.
Went back in the shop and ask the shop guys what kind of puller the 900 takes ( they both said at the same time.........The same puller as the 800 )
so back to the shop I go, And the puller goes in but stops before it gets to the threads.
After inspecting things I come to find out that some of the drive clutches have been machined incorrectly and the inner bore of the drive clutch is too small.
Making the 800 Puller to big in the third step from the tip.
Attached is a picture of where the pulled was .040 Thousands to big.
I wonder how many clutches and cranks were destroyed by this little brain fart........
Polaris............Contracts always given to the low bidder. Nice, Really Nice. I have been F#$king with this for two days.
Oh by the way,,,,,,,,,,,after I machined the puller the clutch popped right off like an 800.
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