New Factory Heat Kit

drpep · #1 08-14-2006, 10:11 PM

The new can-am heat kit came into dealer today. I was a little disappointed as it only consists of one heat shield. It mounts under the seat and is longer and deeper than the one that is over the Y pipe now. It looks like it will protect the seat and intersection of the rear fender and left side panel a lot better. These are the worst areas for melting on mine.I think it will really reduce the seat heat but wiil not do anything to reduce leg heat. I believe it will be an improvement on reducing melting problems.

I haven't had it installed yet as we are still waiting on the rear fender. I will post a picture and a report of heat reduction after its installed.

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LaMigraTx · #2 08-14-2006, 10:13 PM

Cool great info, sounds like its better than nothing.

zac41 · #3 08-14-2006, 11:25 PM

So is it just for people that have melting issues, or is it something anybody who wants it can get?

drpep · #4 08-14-2006, 11:32 PM

Not sure what the availability is for everyone. I think mine is covered as I am on my second set of rear fenders and left side panels,plus early on my seat melted and cvt cover warped, Maybe one of our dealer members can try to answer that

turboman · #5 08-15-2006, 02:05 AM

Talked to my dealer, Rob's Performance, and he said the heat kit was a warranteed retrofit ONLY for those owners that have had seat or plastic melting problems. I suspect anyone could pay for one themselves if they wanted one. Unless demand gets so great its on "back order". Can't cost over $25.00US.

drpep · #6 08-16-2006, 05:54 PM

Washed my 800 yesterday then pulled into garage to change oil and do scheduled maintenance, I pulled cvt cover off to blow clutch out and had about a pint of water in it. When I put cover back on I could see the inside cover was warped again. This will be my second cover replacement as well as rear fender and left side panel.rear fender on back order so I have not had new heat shield installed yet.

Here is a picture of new heat shield that goes under the seat.

drpep · #7 08-16-2006, 05:56 PM

Another picture of installation instruction sheet showing where heat shield mounts.

ohp800max · #8 08-17-2006, 08:42 AM

Hey DRPEP,

Keep us posted on the heat shield situation! If it helps on the heat problem in any way, shape, or form I will pull some strings and get my dealer to oder one for mine! Thanks!

drpep · #9 08-17-2006, 12:45 PM

When the rest of the parts come in and heat shield gets installed I will post a review on it. Now my second cvt cover has warped I think this new shield may make cvt cover problem worse as It looks like more heat will be deflected down away from seat. We will see after it gets installed.

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hemiram05 · #10 08-21-2006, 05:59 PM

drpep wrote:

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The new can-am heat kit came into dealer today. I was a little disappointed as it only consists of one heat shield. It mounts under the seat and is longer and deeper than the one that is over the Y pipe now. It looks like it will protect the seat and intersection of the rear fender and left side panel a lot better. These are the worst areas for melting on mine.I think it will really reduce the seat heat but wiil not do anything to reduce leg heat. I believe it will be an improvement on reducing melting problems.

I haven't had it installed yet as we are still waiting on the rear fender. I will post a picture and a report of heat reduction after its installed.

:aniwh:

can you post the part no. ?