Hey everyone

I just broke in my new sled this weekend. Ive always had Polaris so Im familiar with alot of their noises....ie:brake whine etc.
Anyways I have a very annoying and loud rattle/grinding noise when im cruising, or when I punch it.

Is this the chaincase noise I have heard about.

It sounds very mechanical but not consistant. The motor pulls hard and its not any bearings or anything.

Anyone familiar with this?

sounds like the chaincase....seeing any metal on the dip stick??? pop the cover off and take a look, its only like 6, 10mm bolts holdin it on after u pull the pipe

XCSLED68- My 02' XC800 chaincase started to make some noise around the 500 mile mark. My sled does have reverse, I don't know if yours does or not. Any way I took off the chaincase cover to get a look at everything and I found that my chain was breaking and gouging up my inner case. About 6-8 links in the center of the chain started breaking away from the pin on one side. This caused the other side to stick out like a Knife from centrifigul force. Needless to say I whipped that puppy off and brought to my dealer and said "WTF". He's a good guy, so he slapped one on the counter and said "Get outta here". Do yourself a favor, check your sled out. Nothing like breakin' down on a cold night miles from nowhere.
Good Luck
MOPARMAN

thx for the reply.....I dont have the sled here as its up at my cottage. I will yank the cover off and take a look this weekend.

Thats exactly what it could be as I can hear the rattle coming from the right side and it sound like its coming from the chaincase. A sloppy chain or the chain scraping against the chaincase cover is exactly what the noise its making sounds like.

I didnt check the tension as i assumed the dealer set it up properly as it brand new but I guess I shouldnt be relying on any dealers as theyre all whining their not making any money off of sled sales and I dont think they are all that carefull doing the PDI.