Drive Shaft issue

[BrosBeforeHos]

And of course mines built the 17th. Havent been home to ride it or check the glue overflow on shaft (lol sounds like an elementary school project, or worse yet a porn reference)
Why do u say those dates are bad? Only seen two that failed in that timeframe,,, theres more?

Don't get to worried...I could only find one confirmed date (09/18/2012), seven failures and my dealer knows of at least two more, I forgot to ask him the production dates. I pick mine up tomorrow and made sure mine was built in August because I wanted to stay away from that production run. I will phone my dealer tomorrow and try to get the build dates. Sorry about the confusion, should have double checked my ch!t...before posting.


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[nuggetau]

I don't know that a build date for the sled is useful information in this situation, it's not like they are making the driveshafts the same day as assymbly. If we could find out the build date for the individual shafts(which were likely made months prior to sled assymbly) that would be useful info.

 

[duck]

I don't know that a build date for the sled is useful information in this situation, it's not like they are making the driveshafts the same day as assymbly. If we could find out the build date for the individual shafts(which were likely made months prior to sled assymbly) that would be useful info.

Yes, exactly....who knows when those shafts were made.... only Polaris, and that might be tough too, depends on their quality control and receiving.

 

[tukernater]

Yes, exactly....who knows when those shafts were made.... only Polaris, and that might be tough too, depends on their quality control and receiving.

The factory does

 

[teeroy]

I don't know that a build date for the sled is useful information in this situation, it's not like they are making the driveshafts the same day as assymbly. If we could find out the build date for the individual shafts(which were likely made months prior to sled assymbly) that would be useful info.

that shipment of faulty shafts would have made it to an assembly line at the same time one would think.

 

[BrosBeforeHos]

Just talked to the dealer. He talked to his DSM. 13 failures on the North American continent. They figure it's because of the bonding agent as in the same problem with the A-arms. They fail right away so go put some miles on them before the mountains. I'm picking mine up today and told him to take it for a rip so I can feel better lol. Hope this helps put some of our minds at ease.


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[maxwell]

It's funny that some think there shafts are not faulty if they haven't failed yet or aren't within a specified build date, or because you can see glue. It's a faulty DESIGN. Order the fix regardless

 

[maxwell]

Just talked to the dealer. He talked to his DSM. 13 failures on the North American continent. They figure it's because of the bonding agent as in the same problem with the A-arms. They fail right away so go put some miles on them before the mountains. I'm picking mine up today and told him to take it for a rip so I can feel better lol. Hope this helps put some of our minds at ease.


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It's November. The fact that even one has failed is troublesome

 

[BrosBeforeHos]

Oh and no build dates yet, but they are looking into it.


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[Rhodesie]

dsm's are just brainwashed yes men!

 

[jhurkot]

Just talked to the dealer. He talked to his DSM. 13 failures on the North American continent. They figure it's because of the bonding agent as in the same problem with the A-arms. They fail right away so go put some miles on them before the mountains. I'm picking mine up today and told him to take it for a rip so I can feel better lol. Hope this helps put some of our minds at ease.


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I heard a similar story as well.
Thanks for your input maxwell, it's appreciated.

 

[007sevens]

It's funny that some think there shafts are not faulty if they haven't failed yet or aren't within a specified build date, or because you can see glue. It's a faulty DESIGN. Order the fix regardless

Its not just the design, you make it sound like Polaris hasn't had these sleds out before we started buying them. I'm sure that if the test sleds last year were failing we wouldn't be talking about this.

 

[CUSO]

Ya, and as if Polaris would just give out that info...

dsm's are just brainwashed yes men!

 

[maxwell]

Its not just the design, you make it sound like Polaris hasn't had these sleds out before we started buying them. I'm sure that if the test sleds last year were failing we wouldn't be talking about this.

Right. But why Risk it because you took a burn in your backyard and it didn't fail.

 

[007sevens]

Right. But why Risk it because you took a burn in your backyard and it didn't fail.

Fair enough, I can't argue with that.

 

[ProRmkRider]

Rk tech what is the price and availability on one of those temp fixes?

 

[chedder]

Sorry if this has been answered already, but is this driveshaft issue for all 2013 rmk's or just Pro's? I just bought a 2013 regular rmk 800 that hasn't left the garage yet.

Thanks.

 

[snopro]

As someone who has seen how BRP works behind the scenes let me tell you this. This is a very similar problem to what Doo went through in 2008. Polaris will be sending out a Safety Bulletin soon. Transport Canada and the similar agency in the US will force them to. All driveshafts will be replaced to rule out even one fatality. Right now Polaris engineers are frantically testing old shafts that have failed. They will then decipher there is an issue. They will then work on a fix and ride the new shaft and test it statically around the clock to make sure the new fix does not fail. They will then send out out a bulletin telling the consumer to not ride the product until the fix is in. there will be unrest from the masses. Lots of unrest. The dealers after a period of time will start receiving a few at a time as Polaris try's to spread out the help. Everyone will now become the "best " customer of there dealer and demand there's first. It will take most of the winter for everyone to get there new shaft. I am not here to say if this is a design failure or not. I believe Polaris did there due diligence and then farmed the shafts to the cheapest bidder and here is what they get. This is exactly the same problem BRP went through in 2008. I personally talked to my engineering friends at Doo and rode XP mules with over 10000 miles on them in Colorado with no driveshaft failures, no handwarmer issues, no early clutch component failures. The proto's are sound. The weak link is the vendors who build the parts. Hope this helps everyone to understand the process. And to an earlier comment on DSM's. They are programmed to tell the dealer what he wants to hear. Talk to an engineer if you want a truthful answer.

 

[duck]

as someone who has seen how brp works behind the scenes let me tell you this. This is a very similar problem to what doo went through in 2008. Polaris will be sending out a safety bulletin soon. Transport canada and the similar agency in the us will force them to. All driveshafts will be replaced to rule out even one fatality. Right now polaris engineers are frantically testing old shafts that have failed. They will then decipher there is an issue. They will then work on a fix and ride the new shaft and test it statically around the clock to make sure the new fix does not fail. They will then send out out a bulletin telling the consumer to not ride the product until the fix is in. There will be unrest from the masses. Lots of unrest. The dealers after a period of time will start receiving a few at a time as polaris try's to spread out the help. Everyone will now become the "best " customer of there dealer and demand there's first. It will take most of the winter for everyone to get there new shaft. I am not here to say if this is a design failure or not. I believe polaris did there due diligence and then farmed the shafts to the cheapest bidder and here is what they get. This is exactly the same problem brp went through in 2008. I personally talked to my engineering friends at doo and rode xp mules with over 10000 miles on them in colorado with no driveshaft failures, no handwarmer issues, no early clutch component failures. The proto's are sound. The weak link is the vendors who build the parts. Hope this helps everyone to understand the process. And to an earlier comment on dsm's. They are programmed to tell the dealer what he wants to hear. Talk to an engineer if you want a truthful answer.

exactly!!!!!!!

 

[duck]

I always carry a rope.....