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Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: ] #7165577
02/01/21 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Oh Snap
They do Boco. Pioneer 700 or 1000 with tracks!


Wide, slow, and talk about gas guzzling. Oh and I suspect Boco puts quite a few miles on. If you are running tracks and putting many miles on figure on replacing all ball joints, wheel bearings,and tie rod ends every year.

Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: AKHowler] #7165989
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Originally Posted by AKHowler
I never ran ice scratchers on mine but did pull over and throw snow on the running boards and in the undercarriage whenever I could on shallow snow years. I had 15,000 miles on my 97 WT LX when I gave it to my buddy. Don't remember how many miles I had on my 03 WT LX when I switched over to Skidoo in 2011. I ran a window fan under the hood of mine and that helped tremendously with cooling in the spring. The only reason I switched to Skidoo and the 4-strokes is that I was tired of re-jetting all the time because of elevation and temperature. Never walked home once in 20 years with that Polaris hence the name... Trusty Steed.... Here's a picture of the fan under the hood [Linked Image]
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Oh.... and the Hotdoggers... miss those hot pockets...


JR. did those machines have the polaris 550? Looks like a liquid cooled ?


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Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: yukon254] #7166078
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There was a liquid cooled 500 in some and a fan cooled 550 in some. Not sure which years had which motor or if there were years when you had the option to choose which motor. Assuming he was using the 500, no idea why you would put ice scratchers on a fan cooled machine.

Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: Boco] #7166085
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Originally Posted by Boco
Be nice if Honda built a snowmachine.

I've said that same thing for years.


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Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: bearcat2] #7166142
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Originally Posted by bearcat2
There was a liquid cooled 500 in some and a fan cooled 550 in some. Not sure which years had which motor or if there were years when you had the option to choose which motor. Assuming he was using the 500, no idea why you would put ice scratchers on a fan cooled machine.


Only reason is if you are traveling on glare ice, or hard snow. It can help lubricate the sliders.


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Re: Polaris 550 WT LX ? [Re: yukon254] #7168491
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