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crossfireken · 11-28-2006, 10:49 PM

Just got a different sled with act drive ( 600 crosssfire)it has a slight whirring noise in the engine compartment which i,m not used to. I have owned alot of other chaincase drive cats. is this normal???

Ken

**smallengineguy** · 11-29-2006, 07:04 AM

I heard the diamond drive whirrs slightly. Make sure there are no recalls on it. I thought there were.

NorthernGuy · 11-29-2006, 10:10 AM

Yep the DD makes a whirring sound, it's the sound of the planetary gears, nothing major. If you're really worried about it check the DD to make sure it's topped up with fluid or have someone (or yourself) change the fluid out to make sure there's no water in there. It will, when working perfectly fine, make a new noise that a normal chain driven sled won't make.

tamacat · 11-29-2006, 10:36 AM

Just what we need........more fricken noise!!!!

NorthernGuy · 11-29-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tamacat

Just what we need........more fricken noise!!!!

Lol no kiddin'. It's not really a bad one, it's similar to the whirr sound heard from automatic (gearless) quads. It's not very loud at all but it is distinctly different from a regular drive. The early build crossfires were louder and AC remedied some of the volume with different gears vents, and some other mods.

crossfireken · 11-29-2006, 06:44 PM

thanks for your input.This is new to me so I thought I,d ask.

Ken

AWakely · 12-01-2006, 09:21 PM

this was a great thred I thought my new sled had somthing wrong and would have taken it back if I didnt know that it was exspected

I like the sound of it more efficient power to the track