What happened to the jackshaft grease zert? My fuse don't have one! I have only found 5 grease zerts on this sled. It is way easy to grease compared to my pro x. Hope the fusions dont have problems with lack of lube caused by not enough zerts!

I noticed the other day when checking over my new dragon that the air box has a sticker that says grease jackshaft bearing every 1000 miles, but when i checked for the fitting there is not one there. I was a faithful greaser on my edge. just wondering if anyone noticed the same missing fitting?

I didn't see your post and i just wrote the same thing. It is not on my dragon either. I wonder why the sticker on the air box says to grease it every 1000 miles? Hard to do without the fitting.

sure there not talking about greasing the driveshaft bearing every 1000?

I seem to remember that my manual said to remove the secondary to get at the zerk for the jackshaft, but I haven't taken mine off to see if it is actually there (I just assumed it was there since I remember reading it).

Maybe you have to use a needle. I seem to remember one of my old Indys had to be greased with a needle (and it was a pain in the a$$).

yep had to use a needle :div20:

And if this thread doesn't answer the question, maybe the one posted 1 hour before this will.....


http://www.hardcoresledder.com/forums/inde...showtopic=99161


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Pull your driven clutch out 2 ", and grease the zert you see. Then, realize you just greased your jackshaft...


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Merged the two topics.

Maybe on a 01 800 xc but not on a 06 dragon. no grease zert.

sorry man, if you look earlier in the post i already stated that i missed the orignal post when i created mine.

I did see your post. I was simply implying that a few seconds spent looking at recent threads would have avoided that.

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GOOOFER,
If you are going to be a smart ASSSS, At least know what the hell you are talking about!!! :frech32:
With the air box an sec clutch off there is no place to lube, not even for a needle grease fitting? The sticker on the sled does say grease the jackshaft bearing!

Is there a grease zerk or what?

NO

LOL, boy, how funny, GOOOFER, wow, you got me man!!!!

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I'm pretty sure mine has one, When I went though the walk through at the dealer they pointed it out. My sled is at my cabin so I will check again tomorrow night!!!! I hope my memory is right!!

none on mine, don't think there's a needle hole either

I guess you never made a mistake. I didn't know a double post was that taboo that it calls for a smart comment. I will try harder next time to not mess up.

you slip the needle in through the seal edge

did my fusion last year but it was full :div20:

The needle type fitting that Polaris uses is the same type used to grease the bearing in the nose of some chainsaw bars. Polaris has never recommended the hypodermic type needle that gets past the seal.

Polaris made a mistake, the jackshaft bearing is not designed to be greased, and it is stupid to have an instruction decal that tells you to do it.

Thank you.

Is it possible the grease zerk is inside the tunnel aka where the track is instead of the other side?

its a sealed bearing shouldnt need grease.:mine dont have it either :fluffy:

Cory? He pointed this out to me last Sat... Apparently doesn't need it anymore, the jackshaft is pretty well protected anyway (not a lot of water, etc). I've never been one to overly grease the jackshaft anyway, really doesn't need it and makes a mess of the secondary. The suspension and driveshaft are different, adding grease pushes out water.

mine has one!

thats the drive shaft not the jack shaft. the jack shaft has the secondary clutch mounted on it

anyone bother checking the manuel?

p. 115 says to lubricate... But, the text is the same as manuals from at least '88.?.?

The manual on my FST has several paragraphs warning that I need to make sure the sled was in forward motion before I try to use the belt removal tool to open the secondary clutch.

The FST with mechanical reverse has a Team Secondary with the non ER helix. Polaris has had the phantom grease fitting on the jackshaft since they came out with the IQ. I told them last September.

Polaris does a terrible job when it comes to literature. They always contradict themselves between the owners manuals and service manuals as well as labels. It is a wonder there has'nt been a lot of litogation because if this. They have been lucky I guess.

The bearings are the same ones used on most jack shafts that have the fitting. The seal is designed to allow the grease to pump through. Before they started putting the zerks on from the factory we used to put our own on. We used to drill a couple of 1/16 holes in the seals so the grease can flow in and out. I know from experiance that if you never grease this bearing it will fail around 4,000 to 5,000 miles. Remeber that there is a bunch of torsional load on that bearing and over time it slowly push the grease out.

Some of you have been out of school for a while, so here is some interesting reading about what's missing on the jackshaft bearing, but is present on the speedo bearing, courtesy of Mr. Oscar Ulysses Zerk, of Kenosha Wisconsin.

This WILL be on the test at the end of the semester.

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Oh wait, it's 2:58am, I understand now. :drunk: