Tender springs. Check the ride height. If geound clearance and ride quality are important, than consider a set of dual rate springs. However, even when mine was down to 10.5” it still rode better than anything else I had ever driven. But the Shock Therapy springs made it even better!

The bigproblem that they are most known for is being fun.

Take it out for a rip, and see for yourself. You will have so much fun with it that your thoughts will always be how much fun that ride was, and looking forward to the next ride. You will hate being at work (even more) because you will just spend your days wishing you were out riding.

 

Clutch was an issue, don't know if its been resolved by Polaris. I know they did a recall so you may check to see if that has been done to it.

You can get an aftermarket clutch that will solve the problem.

 

Was there something about a tube that collapses that they fixed on the 2021? I would search but not sure what to search for.

 

Yeah the 2020 and some 2021 I believe had the intake tube collapsing under boost

 

My plan is to do tons of maintenance including ride height adjustment and shop for springs in the fall. Tenders haven’t totally collapsed yet.

 

I'd definitely do a clutch kit, my 2022 had a ton of clutch problems and belt slip problems, I had a clutch kit and helix put in it and now it runs really good

 

There were two clutch recalls, one was for the exploding clutch, and the other was for the secondary clutch spring, it was weak. I believe there was a tender spring recall as well.

 

So this would be the tube coming off of the air box going to the motor?

 

The tube that goes from the bed to the airbox is the one that collapses on 2020's.

 

I think if it’s a late 2020 some of these problems shouldn’t be an issue. Mine is a 2020 but I purchased it new in June of 2021 . Definitely no intake collapse on mine. So far the tender springs are holding up fine. But mine is the plain sport model with WE shocks. A Clutch kit I think is still much needed. I burnt up a belt within 400 miles. Properly installed and broke in a new evo belt and no problems since. But I still plan on a clutch kit this spring.

 

I think cold weather and not strong enough springs was my main belt slip problem, when it's 55 degrees or above mine seems to grab a lot better.

 

Talked to the service writer at the dealership and the seat belts passed inspection but the primary clutch failed. They are hoping to see a new clutch in a week.

 

Question, is the new clutch they put on adequate spring wise? The machine has 32” bead locks so not stock. Does the seconday have a strong enough spring? We don’t ride super hard but do a wide variety of terrain. The stock clutch has been fine in my 2015 XP 1000 with 3500 miles and 30” Terrabites. Thoughts?

 

Just give it a rip and try it. If the belt slips or not, there is your answer.

I am no help there. Other than the not-so-minor inconvenience of my clutch exploding, I never had any clutch issues. But after I got it back, I upgraded the whole clutch and did the mods at the same time.

 

As posted in the 4wd thread, I picked up the machine today. In addition to fixing the 4wd, they replaced the clutch under the recall at no charge and the seat belts passed inspection. One good sign is that it goes into gear cleanly without any gear clash. I'll be verifying that the belt is running centered when I get back from my work trip. Cheers.

 

Another followup. My intake was collapsing at full throttle on dune climbs. Looked at aftermarket but chose the OEM tube for a 2021 because it was almost half the price of the aftermarket tubes. It's a solid poly tube with rubber couplers on each end. Went back to the dunes and power loss problem was gone. On the same trip my springs further collapsed so Shock Therapy springs are on the way. Also got some Schrader valves to install in the Fox shocks while I'm there.

 

If you told your dealer about the problem they should have given you the tube for free there was a service builtin from Polaris out stating that if this was occurring then they would change it for nothing but you had to make the inquirey first

 

I have a 2020 with 1,800 miles on it - running Method beadlock 15 x7 wheels and Tensor DS 15x10x32 tires. Ran it with OEM clutch with no issues and no additional clutch work - for desert. At dunes run Method 15 x 7 and 15 x 10 bead grips with 10x15x30 fronts and 13 x 15 x 30 paddles (16 paddles) - also no clutch issues in sand - about half miles are at Dunes (Gordon's Well and Glamis) and half in desert or at Sand Hollow.

The Tensor DS is super light tire - 34.5 lbs. about the same as stock 30's - my method bead locks are 9 lbs. per wheel heavier than stock wheels. If you have 32's that are "DOT" approved tires - they probably weigh 44-46 lbs each - add 9 lbs of bead lock wheel and you are 20 lbs.+/- per corner heavier than stock - at some point a clutch kit may be warranted - but most run as is.

Enjoy the new ride! Love my machine.

 

What are you guys calling “ tender springs? Are they just weak, is that it?

 

They're the smaller, upper spring and yes they sac out pretty fast