Anyone still running the plastic belt shield? I am thinking of putting mine back on.

[hihi962]

when the fluff is goin in the vents or if I try chop a nut with the clutch side down the belt slips once and a while..
obviously getting water/snow on the belt, but I have never ran mine with that black plastic belt cover on.. always figured it was restricting cooling..
not sure if it really made a difference in cooling or not since I never used it. but I am getting annoyed with belt slippage.
should I slap that thing back on?

 

[LBZ]

Only way to find out. Give it a whirl I guess and see.

 

[davelaw1982]

when the fluff is goin in the vents or if I try chop a nut with the clutch side down the belt slips once and a while..
obviously getting water/snow on the belt, but I have never ran mine with that black plastic belt cover on.. always figured it was restricting cooling..
not sure if it really made a difference in cooling or not since I never used it. but I am getting annoyed with belt slippage.
should I slap that thing back on?

I've had mine on always, no problems with belt life yet, over 400 miles on the only belt I've put on it, had zero clutch issues since i rebuilt clutch after I bought sled.

 

[AkNomad]

I removed mine right after I bought the sled and have never had issues with the belt getting wet. I recently added vents to the side panels and used some SLP prefilter material on the backside of them to help keep the snow out, so far so good.

 

[Shibby!]

I took mine off (still have it), but you are correct. I do get snow on the belts when leaning it into the powder. Slips, then hooks up and takes off. It's annoying for sure.

I was wanting to make a plate and put screen on that lower vent opening.

 

[AkNomad]

I use to get all kinds of snow inside my engine compartment and side panel areas until I put some rtv and some SLP prefilter material to cover those smaller holes and the metal screens on the hood and side panels. My foam use to get wet and freeze but since I did this mod I have not had that problem and my clutches stay nice and dry too.

 

[Shibby!]

I use to get all kinds of snow inside my engine compartment and side panel areas until I put some rtv and some SLP prefilter material to cover those smaller holes and the metal screens on the hood and side panels. My foam use to get wet and freeze but since I did this mod I have not had that problem and my clutches stay nice and dry too.

You just stuck it on with RTV sealant???

Scuff up the edges?

Did it hold well? That beats building frames and/or riviting. I like that idea if it works, even to just do the lower ones where the powder gets in. I find the engine melts the other stuff, but I don't like seeing snow on the CPU.

 

[AkNomad]

I didn't scuff up the panels, just cleaned them real good so it would stick and so far the rtv has held up pretty well. Rode the sled pretty hard this weekend, lots of deep snow and carving and still no snow inside the panels, should the rtv start to come off i'll try scuffing the panels and see how that holds up.