http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t252/tj…zps5c4oxtkw.mp4
http://vid162.photobucket.com/albums…ps0bqaqdc9.mp4
(recorded on iPotato)
I look a bit closer and see that the cotter-pin on the axle-nut is gone, and the axle nut is backed out nearly all the way. I run that back down, but the hub/wheel bearings is clearly completely thrashed too. Then, something else catches my eye:
What’s wrong with that picture..?
…yup, the outter brake pad is completely missing. Not like the friction material is worn down, but the pad, backing plate and all is completely gone. If you look you can see how the inner pad’s backing plate slides over the caliper slide studs. Well, the outer does that too. I really can’t imagine how everything moved around enough to actually let the pad fall completely off, but I guess it did. I suppose it could have broke to pieces, but I can see the steel backing plate breaking like that.
For reference this is at about 1300-1400 miles (I don’t recall how many miles were on the factory dash exactly before I put the Interactive Display, which now shows nearly 1,000 miles). On the last trip I also though I heard some front diff noise too. This 1000 has been good/rare in that it had no driveline noises or vibration, but I’m guessing I killed the sprague when I had to pull a buddy’s rail back to camp after he hit a witches eye. I towed it in 4 Lo and was probably half or more throttle the whole way.
Am I upset, no, not really. This thing has lived a hard life and run hard, and I have a 36mo (so 42mo total) extended warranty on it. All the Polaris haters/Yamaha fanbois can say "I told you so" but I’d be surprised if the Yamahas don’t have any issues at all after being run this hard for 1300-1400 miles. But if it turns out they are bullet proof they’d be interesting.
-TJ
PS – just for shits ‘n giggles I made the dealer I took the 1000 into for the warranty work an offer on a unsold Turbo they had on the showroom floor, they didn’t bite.
