05 800 efi plastic melting near exhaust pipes

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05 800 efi plastic melting near exhaust pipes

Postby ibdpic » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:12 am

05 Sportsman 800 efi

Has anyone out there had there plastic melt around the exhaust on there 800's???? Originally the rear fender hopped over the shift linkage and melted against the exhaust. The rear fender was replaced. They even added some heat shields that were glued to the back of the plastic. All seemed well.
I was out using a disc to prep food plots and in low range with plenty of power to spare to pull and the rear fender, side cover, seat were damaged from the heat.
I am looking for a solution, possibly more heat shields, different exhaust???
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Postby MrBill » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:51 am

Chadd will chime in He has had this problem on his 700.
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Postby Ken » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:56 am

I'll have to ask Steve...he's never been on the site...but rides with us with his 800.
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Postby MrPolaris » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:02 pm

I personally have never seen this issue with my 800, but i am also not running low speeds like you mentioned here. I range from high to low a decent amount.
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Postby RonK » Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:15 pm

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DEI makes a wrap that will keep the heat in (and away from fenders) so it will only come out on your muffler/tailpipe. I'll try to make the website link.

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Postby extreme atv rider » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:19 pm

i had my rear plastic start to melt some when in woods i took mud packed it around pipe between plastic and pipe haven't had any problems free fix if you don't mind mud it's great heat blocker :idea:
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Postby Chadd » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:51 pm

I think Polaris came up with a heat sheild to cure the problem.. part number is 2876048.. I'm going to call Polaris tomorrow and ask some more about it...
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Postby Chadd » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:11 am

Here are some part numbers for you..

foil heat sheild kit for side panel 2875862
foil heat sheild kit for rear cab 2875863
sp 800 heat sheild kit 2876048
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Postby ibdpic » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:52 am

Thanks for all that replied. The dealer did end up replacing the front and rear fenders, seat and side panel. A new heat shield was also installed which covers alot more of the exhaust.

I will have to keep a close eye on it to prevent this from happening again.

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Postby beane » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:27 pm

like ronk said you can put the heat wrap on your exhaut and it works very good cause i did it to my kawasaki


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