I have a 2015 900s with about 100 miles. When going down a hill, just as the cvt is disengaging I hear a moderately loud clapping/slapping sound coming from the cvt. I took it to dealer who told me they couldn’t duplicate sound. After searching this forum I found a couple others mention belt slap. I called dealer and they actually took the rzr back into the garage and worked again on it. The tech personally called me. He said he’s not heard of belt slap but when he pulled the cover he did indeed find indications that the belt was rubbing the top of the cover. He claimed it was minor and didn’t suggest any repair. He said there was no damage to the cover or belt, just signs that the dust was rubbed off the cover. He also compared the belt to a new Polaris belt and they were identical lengths.
I know that some will say, "just don’t let the cvt disengage by blipping the throttle". I’m not thrilled about that since I lend out my rzr to friends often (don’t judge me on this, I’m a sharing guy) and much of the rest of the time it’s just my 12 year old daughter cruising around the yard. I feel like it’s not a concession I should have to make on a $15k machine nor do I feel like educating anyone riding it on how to keep the cvt from disengaging.
Do note that my 100 miles are all riding around on non difficult terrain at low speeds in high gear.
My questions are these
1. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
2. Is it reasonable to just "let it go" like my dealer suggests?