While doing my spring maintenance on my ’11 800 Trail last week, I measured my factory brake pad thickness with calipers and came up with an average of 0.125". Looking in my manual and on-line, I was not able to determine what the service limit was, so I went to the local Polaris dealer to ask. The service manager had no idea. The lead mechanic in the shop had no idea. Finally the SM found a service bulletin that said factory organics new is 0.30" and the service limit is 0.18". That told me I was overdue for new pads but as the dealer wanted $139, I thought I would do a little research.
Interested in sintered, I browsed the internet and this Forum and came to the conclusion the severe duty sintered offered by Race Driven would fit my needs. I ordered a set and received them Monday. However, they looked not much thicker than the ones I am about to replace. Measured the new at 0.14.
Called Race Driven on Tuesday to ask why their sintered pads were so thin and received an answer that because of the sintering the thickness does not need to be as thick as organics, though will outlast organics by a factor of five depending upon use. Made sense until I asked the next question –
What is the service limit on the sintered? Or rather, at what thickness should I consider replacement pads?
Their answer was "Nobody has ever asked that question." Really????? I posed it again that as a preventive maintenance item, I need to know. She put me on hold, then came back stating nobody knew, but most folks order rotors at the same time as pads. Really?????? She then stated she would ask the owner and get back to me.
Today, I called again and lucked out (??) by getting the same lady as the day before. She said the owner said "they don’t have a clue and most people replace pads when they are worn out." Really??????????
So to make a long story short, does anyone know what the service limit is on sintered pads? Why destroy rotors when it is totally unnecessary.
I am ready to purchase a camera to video my rides. I want to get the best bang for my $. I have been looking at various go pro cameras. What are the pros and cons of the different models? What other options are there? I want a quality camera that will hold up to all riding conditions.
Hi there, I began having a problem with my 2 speaker SSV set up in my ’13 rzr, when I attached the power and ground the LED light turns on and then goes out after about a second, then the system won’t power on or do anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Hi there, I began having a problem with my 2 speaker SSV set up in my ’13 rzr, when I attached the power and ground the LED light turns on and then goes out after about a second, then the system won’t power on or do anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Since we launched recently with our TricRings for XP 1000 / XP 4 1000 models, I have been bombarded with inquiries for fitment of other RZR models.
Seems like the headlight housing for the RZR 800 / 900 is the most common out there across all the models.
If there is enough interest, we would go ahead and design, prototype and manufacture a version to fit the light housing below. Price would be the same $199.95 per pair, shipped and color offering would be Red, White, Blue, Yellow and Green.
Let us know the level of interest by responding to this poll
need some help wiring up my switch for a 30" light bar. Basically I have a hot wire (red), ground (black), and a yellow wire that comes from the relay. I bought a rocker style switch to use instead of the push on/off style one that came with the harness. On the new switch there are 5 prongs. I’m pretty dumb when it comes to electrical work so help is needed here. Where do they go?
