Bought my 570 new in the spring of ’14. That summer I was pretty easy on er, my 1st real atv as an adult. After one trip in the summer I found a motor mount bolt had worked its way almost out. I just tightened it back in and didnt give it any more thought. The next season i was out on a run way back country and thankfully i was back within a couple miles of home at least but the belt disintegrated and punched a hole in the housing. I thought it was a little soon for that but im new to belt drive bikes, and I probably should have checked it before then. I opened it up and found that the washer that goes between the 2 sides of the secondary clutch was not installed properly on the shaft and was rattling around in between the 2 halves, where it had obviously been since it came off the line. (Obvious washer sized gouge in the aluminum in 1 spot) so im sure the sides have been dragging and catching on each other where the washer was sitting and accelerating belt wear. Took the clutch parts in to dealer but of course its off warranty now and they would have to have the whole bike in even to think about the word warranty. Ive been mostly happy with it but these assembly line mistakes are a bit frustrating. Anyway thats it for my rant, now it slips when i drive over wet grass (exaggerating… but not much) so im going to snorkel it but i still need to fix the gouge in the housing right by the belt exhaust. Sound familiar to anyone? It did pretty well in the water/mud before this happened so im assuming the housing to motor/trans seal is good. Maybe just some kind of sealant on the gash or i might rivet a piece of plastic over it with some sealant in there too?
