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Will taking my Outlander in sand destroy the wheel bearings and brakes?

So, posted this in Can Am Monsters and had a couple guys say if I take my quad in the sand, it will destroy the wheel bearings and brakes. Not maybe, or after repeated usage, if I do it in one trip over a weekend.

This will be the first time I take my Outlander 800R to the dunes, so I don't have experience with this. But I figured if I posted here, someone with experience would know.

I guess I don't see how when I trail ride and go through mud, dirt and debris how now that the quad sees sand it will destroy it quickly.
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02 500 falls on its face at 1/2 throttle uper engine gasket install

i have a 2002 sportsman 500ho. recently I discovered that the gasket between th crank case and the jug had went bad (it was leaking air). So I called a bud who works on engines and we replaced all the upper engine gaskets. he also then set the valves which really were not far from spec. after it is all put together we now notice a little more valve noise (I think, might be ears messing with me) then before and when I drive the wheeler it falls on its face when I get to about 1/2 throttle. it sounds just like when you hit the rev limiter in reverse.

It ran perfect before we tried to fix it and now this happens.
all engine bolts were torqued to spec per manual
Engine starts and idles fine. maybe a little extra valve noise but not sure if my ears are playing tricks on me or not.
timing was checked when we put it together.
valves were set to .006
we didn't replace the piston or rings, they looked fine
the carb we didn't take apart in any way, left cables connected. it did leak a touch when we reinstalled it but the needle was sticking. a couple taps to the bowl and it was fine again, no leaking.
the decompression valve came out of the cam but we put it back together per the service manual


any ideas on what could be causing this?

thanks for the help!
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Cvt snorkel

Hey guys. I have a 17 renegade xxc 850, looking to run a snorkel from the cvt exhaust up twords the intakes more. Anyone have any homemade snorkels or Good bought ones? I don?t really wanna go outside the front plastics like a regular snorkel.
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2″ lift for 570 sportsman

I just bought a 2017 570 and love it but I'm looking to get a little more ground clearance my wife just started riding with me and the extra weight is causing me to bottom out some over bigger ruts. I've found the 2 inch steel pipe lift for the front and rear and am planning on doing that but I don't want to be replacing axles every ride is this going to be an issue? I've been lurking for a while and seen where a lot of 570s are running this lift but no real reviews of it. Thanks in advance
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Will they fit?

Hey!! just scored a new/used set of Silver backs.... front: 10x12x28 and rears: 12x12x28
are these going to fit on a stock 2007 sportsman 800 using stock steel rims/offsets?
and i really want to do a clutch kit but its about 50/50 from people i talk to .... as i'm keeping the stock tiers for trail riding and swapin in the silver backs for the mud parks .... any info/suggestions as always is greatly appreciated! :)
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Moly additive transmission

Hey guys I've seen many people like to use the schaeffers moly treatment as an additive to their transmission. Is this an engine oil additive you're mixing with the gear oil? I came from a couple german cars and I'm a firm believer in the lubro moly. I put their additives in everything. My question is, lubro moly has a mos2 additive made for engines and engine oil as well as a moly additive made for gears and gear oil. Since the transmission uses gear oil, it should take the gear additive correct? Thanks in advance.


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2016 XMR 1000 hesitation

My 2016 1000 XMR has a bit of hesitation when it is cold regardless of air temperature. Also, when I hold it at a certain rpm it will rev up and down at will. This goes a way after it starts to warm up so wondering if I'm just too impatient and this machine runs this way and i must let it warm up more or other issues.
Doesn't do this all the time but more frequent after lots of washing and/or deeper water riding; thinking water getting into something maybe in gas. TPS was reset and throttle body cleaned since it was dirty. Dealer said air filter suppose to be oiled at set up and not oiled at factory so caused dirty TB; dealer oiled filter.
Tough to siphon gas tank completely and seen vids that isopropal alcohol or a product called HEET emulsify the gas/water much better than Seaform .
bought the 2016 new this spring so it was sitting at the dealer for a long time so could have developed lots of condensation over that time IMO.
Any advice would be appreciated