Razor service havasu

[THE WIDGE]

I need to get my first service on my turbo razor on my next trip out. Who would you recommend, I only know of AZ West, and plan on giving them a call tomorrow for a quote and availability. Just looking for more than one option since it's going to have to be done in Havasu.

Thx

 

[FreeBird236]

I need to get my first service on my turbo razor on my next trip out. Who would you recommend, I only know of AZ West, and plan on giving them a call tomorrow for a quote and availability. Just looking for more than one option since it's going to have to be done in Havasu.

Thx

I haven't got my first service yet, but I've heard good things about John Caudle, Just Money Motorsports 928 706 3844. He works out of his home and that's who I'll be using. He is usually backed up a little over a week.

 

[Devious_Chris]

I haven't got my first service yet, but I've heard good things about John Caudle, Just Money Motorsports 928 706 3844. He works out of his home and that's who I'll be using. He is usually backed up a little over a week.

John Caudle is the only local mechanic I would use for SxS service. If you could fly John to work at my dealership I would!!!

Chris
Devious PowerSports

 

[Devious_Chris]

I need to get my first service on my turbo razor on my next trip out. Who would you recommend, I only know of AZ West, and plan on giving them a call tomorrow for a quote and availability. Just looking for more than one option since it's going to have to be done in Havasu.

Thx

From John at Just Money Motorsports

I can get him in next week, first service changing all fluids- torquing all- cleaning clutches- and adjusting suspension is 150 plus parts- usually comes to around 250 with fluids if he doesn't need an air filter....

 

[THE WIDGE]

From John at Just Money Motorsports

I can get him in next week, first service changing all fluids- torquing all- cleaning clutches- and adjusting suspension is 150 plus parts- usually comes to around 250 with fluids if he doesn't need an air filter....

Thx, I have to figure out my schedule and give him a call, probably a few weeks out till my next trip. Thx again

 

[THE WIDGE]

From John at Just Money Motorsports

I can get him in next week, first service changing all fluids- torquing all- cleaning clutches- and adjusting suspension is 150 plus parts- usually comes to around 250 with fluids if he doesn't need an air filter....

Thanks Chris, I scheduled for next week. John sounds like he really takes pride is his work, so I'll give him a try and I'll report back.

Thx matt

 

[Taboma]

Thanks Chris, I scheduled for next week. John sounds like he really takes pride is his work, so I'll give him a try and I'll report back.

Thx matt

Curious if you checked your model against the latest recall issued 3/2/17 ? I'm only asking since I've never used John and Just Money Motorsports so not sure if he's 'Factory Authorized' --- Also wondering, assuming for a moment John isn't factory authorized, if using him creates the potential for a warranty issue should it arise ?

Not trying to butt in, or in anyway deter you from using him, I just don't know how Polaris sees it ?

 

[TPC]

Beware it's really expensive.
On top of that they may have extra hidden costs added on.

 

[THE WIDGE]

Curious if you checked your model against the latest recall issued 3/2/17 ? I'm only asking since I've never used John and Just Money Motorsports so not sure if he's 'Factory Authorized' --- Also wondering, assuming for a moment John isn't factory authorized, if using him creates the potential for a warranty issue should it arise ?

Not trying to butt in, or in anyway deter you from using him, I just don't know how Polaris sees it ?

I get the concern you bring up and I thought about it, so could I have issues if I changed my own fluids with warranty stuff? What recall was that, I have a 16 razor turbo

 

[Taboma]

I get the concern you bring up and I thought about it, so could I have issues if I changed my own fluids with warranty stuff? What recall was that, I have a 16 razor turbo

I bought my previous Ranger and my current Rzr from AZ West and have always used them. I have zero experience with how Polaris treats warranty claims, hence why I'm asking, certainly not telling.

But I had read it was your first service, so figured it was still under Fac warranty.

Here's the link, I posted this the other day but it flew off page one because 2FF was on stage (Just joking, I dig his stuff)

http://www.polaris.com/en-us/compan...highway-vehicles-due-to-burn-and-fire-hazards

 

[Keymyster]

Service at AZ West seems pretty poor. Wasn't impressed. Not going back.

 

[TPC]

Service at AZ West seems pretty poor. Wasn't impressed. Not going back.

At the poker run they were quoting astronomical prices for a simple scheduled first service. Then the oil and filters are extra.
I don't even want to say,,, I'll get run no one will buy it.

I've done my own. It's simple.

 

[Devious_Chris]

Curious if you checked your model against the latest recall issued 3/2/17 ? I'm only asking since I've never used John and Just Money Motorsports so not sure if he's 'Factory Authorized' --- Also wondering, assuming for a moment John isn't factory authorized, if using him creates the potential for a warranty issue should it arise ?

Not trying to butt in, or in anyway deter you from using him, I just don't know how Polaris sees it ?

John doesn't need to be factory authorized to do service work on a SxS. The factory does not require you to have a dealer service your machines. However if you have a recall it will need to go to an OEM Dealer.

Chris
Devious PowerSports
NW Premier Polaris and Arctic Cat Dealer

 

[RiverDave]

At the poker run they were quoting astronomical prices for a simple scheduled first service. Then the oil and filters are extra.
I don't even want to say,,, I'll get run no one will buy it.

I've done my own. It's simple.

There's no question that AZ West will flat rape you.. but in a town with so many fly by night shops a lot of guys will just pay the dough to make sure it's done. Even with that sometimes it ain't all the way done if you know what I mean. I bought my Ranger from them.. From a retail dealership side I guess it went ok... Yes I paid too much but I got it that day I'm good with that and they delivered it to my house as a "surprise" present. That went over like a lead balloon, but that's no fault of their own... More just my life.

From the service side though, holy shit.. It's expensive and more expensive... If you want something custom, good luck because they have a factory shop manual and they know how to use it. Probably smarter that way as a business model though, if you ever go down there the place is packed full of service and sales, so god knows people like the standard "dealer" MO type stuff.

Interesting note that was told to me by the Artic Cat guys when they were prototyping their 1000.. "AZ West is the largest Polaris Dealer in the world, and we just got in there." Not sure if it's true or not, but their sales guys and managers make decent money for this town so I'd believe it.

RD

 

[Taboma]

There's no question that AZ West will flat rape you.. but in a town with so many fly by night shops a lot of guys will just pay the dough to make sure it's done. Even with that sometimes it ain't all the way done if you know what I mean. I bought my Ranger from them.. From a retail dealership side I guess it went ok... Yes I paid too much but I got it that day I'm good with that and they delivered it to my house as a "surprise" present. That went over like a lead balloon, but that's no fault of their own... More just my life.

From the service side though, holy shit.. It's expensive and more expensive... If you want something custom, good luck because they have a factory shop manual and they know how to use it. Probably smarter that way as a business model though, if you ever go down there the place is packed full of service and sales, so god knows people like the standard "dealer" MO type stuff.

Interesting note that was told to me by the Artic Cat guys when they were prototyping their 1000.. "AZ West is the largest Polaris Dealer in the world, and we just got in there." Not sure if it's true or not, but their sales guys and managers make decent money for this town so I'd believe it.

RD

For many of us weekender types that store our rides in Havasu, AZ West provides another convenience. I can pre-schedule a service or recall work with AJ, drop it off and pick it up on time, so far every time, and still get some riding in.

I've known Ed in parts since he was a youngster working the counter at Walts and I get a nice discount on parts and it's fun catching up.

Jack has always done us right when we've purchased. Not saying I couldn't have saved a buck or two elsewhere, but the deal is done by phone, then followed up with an emailed build list. When we arrive, it's ready to go, just sign a few papers. When we walk through the door, we're known and greeted and treated like friends, to me, that's worth a few bucks.

When I had a bad shock not covered under warranty, it was AJ who immediately suggested I take it to Jeff @ AnythingOffroad and go the Shock Therapy route, perfect. Jeff did a concierge garage pickup and delivery, I was impressed and we'll do more business in the future.

I'm not preaching they're perfect, but so far they've delivered what they promised. :thumbsup

If you think you're getting ass-raped at AZ West, drop by North County Yamaha in San Diego :eek I recently assisted my neighbor in the purchase of Polaris Ranger 570 there for use around his property. Sales kid didn't know shit, I made the sale while he stood back taking notes :rolleyes And no I didn't get a cut of the commission. Went back later to spend my $ 250 recall, every part I inquired about, they jacked it up $ 10 over retail, regardless of the price point. I walked. I called Ed and with the parts discounted and did much better spending my voucher.

Over my past 20 years playing at the lake I've done PWC business with a lot of local one man band --- self-described experts. They might have known their shit, but what they truly excelled at was making excuses. I don't have the time nor patience to wade through the list trying to find one that delivers what he promises.

 

[G. Faulk]

My 16 turbo RZR is as I post right now, is at Johns for Its first service. Clutch kit, air box mods, service, and some pro armor door adjustments. So far the guy is great, went and picked up my RZR on his trailer yesterday and already texting me pics first thing this morning of proposed work and what it costs. So far its awesome.

 

[G. Faulk]

BTW, thanks for this post and Chris your recommendation.

 

[TrojanDan]

My 16 turbo RZR is as I post right now, is at Johns for Its first service. Clutch kit, air box mods, service, and some pro armor door adjustments.

How is he adjusting your doors? Is there a fix other than for the latch? I have Pro Armor doors (4) as well and the previous owner was always fighting to adjust them. I think he was tired of the squeaking and finally sold the RZR to me to step up to a brand new one. I will have to try this John guy as well. :cool

 

[THE WIDGE]

I thank you all for your input. As stated in my first post, I'm just looking for options in Havasu for a service. I'm not knocking AZ West though they couldn't come close in the price I paid. I do think my razor will get more attention to detail by someone that has a vested interest than someone getting paid an hourly rate. I was more than happy w Mountain Motorsports with all recall and service bulletin work done on my razor before I even picked it up after purchase. I will try AZ West if my razor remains in Havasu for warranty work.

 

[Taboma]

My 16 turbo RZR is as I post right now, is at Johns for Its first service. Clutch kit, air box mods, service, and some pro armor door adjustments. So far the guy is great, went and picked up my RZR on his trailer yesterday and already texting me pics first thing this morning of proposed work and what it costs. So far its awesome.

Great to know and I appreciate reading John's recommendation. Am I to understand that John offers picking up your RZR from a garage or storage and returning it after service ?

That's certainly a great option for those of us with limited time at the lake. That along with great service and good pricing, is somebody I'd certainly be interested in trying.

 

[THE WIDGE]

My 16 turbo RZR is as I post right now, is at Johns for Its first service. Clutch kit, air box mods, service, and some pro armor door adjustments. So far the guy is great, went and picked up my RZR on his trailer yesterday and already texting me pics first thing this morning of proposed work and what it costs. So far its awesome.

What are you getting done to your clutch? I'm considering adding some type of cooling system to keep belt temps down. I've seen a few options

 

[boatnam2]

Hey widge, did you get recall on your rig? I got one last week on mine so i guess the first oil change is at dealership.

 

[THE WIDGE]

Not as of yet, I'll have to inquire to see if they can fit me in if I have recall issues

 

[G. Faulk]

What are you getting done to your clutch? I'm considering adding some type of cooling system to keep belt temps down. I've seen a few options

John has some experience with the OSP clutch kit, I think thats the name, said it worked pretty well and I went with his recommendation. That was after a stage 2 flash, pipe, and BOV. He also talk me into a S&B air intake system after he sent me a pic of the stock air cleaner.

I did the desert works clutch cooling kit, keeps the heat down big time. I'd have John install it. I did it myself, kind of a bitch. I haven't blown up a belt since installed, I will say I only have 190 hours on my RZR, First 25 smoked a belt.

The RZRs might be more money to service and get right then a boat.

 

[G. Faulk]

How is he adjusting your doors? Is there a fix other than for the latch? I have Pro Armor doors (4) as well and the previous owner was always fighting to adjust them. I think he was tired of the squeaking and finally sold the RZR to me to step up to a brand new one. I will have to try this John guy as well. :cool

I have one door that rattles, drives me fing nuts. Asked him to take a look, I guess there's a way to get it not to rattle. If this doesn't work there will be some Pro armor in great shape doors for sale and I'm going to get a set of TMW doors. I heard there nice.

And have John put them on.

 

[TPC]

There's no question that AZ West will flat rape you.. but in a town with so many fly by night shops a lot of guys will just pay the dough to make sure it's done. Even with that sometimes it ain't all the way done if you know what I mean. I bought my Ranger from them.. From a retail dealership side I guess it went ok... Yes I paid too much but I got it that day I'm good with that and they delivered it to my house as a "surprise" present. That went over like a lead balloon, but that's no fault of their own... More just my life.

From the service side though, holy shit.. It's expensive and more expensive... If you want something custom, good luck because they have a factory shop manual and they know how to use it. Probably smarter that way as a business model though, if you ever go down there the place is packed full of service and sales, so god knows people like the standard "dealer" MO type stuff.

Interesting note that was told to me by the Artic Cat guys when they were prototyping their 1000.. "AZ West is the largest Polaris Dealer in the world, and we just got in there." Not sure if it's true or not, but their sales guys and managers make decent money for this town so I'd believe it.

RD

I usually do my own service but with the recall clutch, fan, reflash and 7 other warranty items while it was in, I just said service it too, and add the super thick factory optional skid plate. That plate kit is cheaper and better than the aftermarkets skids and they didn't charge labor.

I had no idea the bill would be what it was for the service.
They put you asleep and you wake up with it in your hand,, your wallet looted.
But, they have done a lot of warranty work for me on past Rzr's that shouldn't have been covered and they juiced the system deluxe and I'm many thousands ahead.
So I don't mind.
It's the big picture.

My point is get a clear idea what it's going to cost. It's a shock.
It's a lot of money to check the fluid and change the oil and filter and blow out the AF.

 

[G. Faulk]

Great to know and I appreciate reading John's recommendation. Am I to understand that John offers picking up your RZR from a garage or storage and returning it after service ?

That's certainly a great option for those of us with limited time at the lake. That along with great service and good pricing, is somebody I'd certainly be interested in trying.

He does, picked it up from my garage and will return and put it away, and I'm setting it all up from out of town. Its a total trust thing, kinda scary, but he seems like a trust worthy guy that runs his service pretty tight. I actually told him I'm good with him getting dropped off and driving to his shop since its street legal, but he preferred to pick it up on his trailer for liability reasons.

Honestly, I just want to take care of it, have a person do this, John, and when I get there and use it I don't need to fuck with it.

As for the warranty I'm really not to worried about it.

 

[THE WIDGE]

John has some experience with the OSP clutch kit, I think thats the name, said it worked pretty well and I went with his recommendation. That was after a stage 2 flash, pipe, and BOV. He also talk me into a S&B air intake system after he sent me a pic of the stock air cleaner.

I did the desert works clutch cooling kit, keeps the heat down big time. I'd have John install it. I did it myself, kind of a bitch. I haven't blown up a belt since installed, I will say I only have 190 hours on my RZR, First 25 smoked a belt.

The RZRs might be more money to service and get right then a boat.

Can you post info on the desert works kit, can't find anything. I'm looking at the one from desert craft. Which pipes and how was performance w flash upgrade. I'm just worried about warranty since I purchased an extended and it's not like these are bulletproof like earlier models.

 

[G. Faulk]

Can you post info on the desert works kit, can't find anything. I'm looking at the one from desert craft. Which pipes and how was performance w flash upgrade. I'm just worried about warranty since I purchased an extended and it's not like these are bulletproof like earlier models.

Apologies, this is the CVT cooler I have. When I bought my RZR new it had the EVO pipe and BOV on it. I flashed it stage 2 EVO, and it made a noticeable difference. Not only power but the fan comes on at 175*. What I would do for your warranty if your worried is buy another ECU and send it to EVO. This way if you have an issue you have your stock to throw back in. It's a lot more money this way but probably worth it, I did it this way. I don't know for a fact if it will help if there's a warranty issue, but a friend that works as a polaris tech says so far theres really no way of telling once the stock ECU is back in.

Lets face it, they have these things choked down so much stock, it really needs to be done. On the flash, if this helps with how happy I am with the flashing, I just sent my ECU to them to re flash on my 17 Can Am Defender max I bought recently. I lifted it, 30" tensors and 401 bead locks and it robbed some low end power. Clutch springs and the flash and it should be back to normal.

You won't believe how much heat exits when the CVT cooler is on. The kit has nice components. I didn't do the temp gauge, but did do the dash switch to turn it on and off when needed. You actually can get from Axis I believe, a switch that says CVT cooler on it, its the one I mounted with a light, looks nice and stock.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Can you post info on the desert works kit, can't find anything. I'm looking at the one from desert craft. Which pipes and how was performance w flash upgrade. I'm just worried about warranty since I purchased an extended and it's not like these are bulletproof like earlier models.

My uncle Mark owns desert craft and designed the cvt cooler. Not sure if it will work but tell him your buddy brandin said he would cut you a deal...lol

No idea if it will work he's always been a little funny with bro deals. Might be able to get pricing down if a couple guys wanted one on a group buy.

 

[LHC Kirby]

Interested..

 

[THE WIDGE]

John just completed my service today. I was very pleased with his attention to detail. He replaced a few missing screws on my engine lid that I saw were missing after recall, adjusted doors that weee hard to close, tightened a few loose screws, all without me mentioning a thing up front, in fact I forgot about those things. I plan on getting a power vision programmer from dynojet on my next trip. He was just out at the time. Again, I was happy and plan on using him again. Thx for the referral Chris!

 

[G. Faulk]

John just completed my service today. I was very pleased with his attention to detail. He replaced a few missing screws on my engine lid that I saw were missing after recall, adjusted doors that weee hard to close, tightened a few loose screws, all without me mentioning a thing up front, in fact I forgot about those things. I plan on getting a power vision programmer from dynojet on my next trip. He was just out at the time. Again, I was happy and plan on using him again. Thx for the referral Chris!

John did a great job on mine also, really impressed. Adjusted my doors, service, re weather stripped the roof to help with the rattles, S&B air system with new air filter, clutch kit, he found some broken stock clutch parts that he had in stock which he replaced, zipped tied things, installed Walker Evans links, and found some bead lock bolts loose. I haven't ever had someone check bead lock bolts. All this and delivered it back to my Havasu house. What I really liked is his honest answers. I have Assault tie rods in the front and he filled me in on after lifting the front end off the ground why it wasn't set up optimal and could have negative effects on the steering geometry. Last time I had it out I thought the steering thing was normal, he set me straight.

Feels good to give the "smaller shop" the business also. Nice to find good service in Havasu.

He did such a great job on set up and getting the power to the wheels, maybe one night after a few beers I take the RZR over to his shop and do burn outs in his rock landscaping.

 

[boatnam2]

Maybe i missed it, whats johns number?

 

[Taboma]

Maybe i missed it, whats johns number?

Found this in posts #2 -- - John Caudle, Just Money Motorsports 928 706 3844.

I learned that AJ from AZ West has started his own shop, but not sure where. With him gone I'm feeling even more inclined to try John, especially after these rave reviews :thumbsup

 

[boatnam2]

Dam i went through thread twice, might need to get my eyes checked, thanks.

 

[G. Faulk]

I just want to give props to John once again. He now has my Can Am and is doing all the things to it to get it straighten out. I have to say in 25 years of having service work done for me in LH he's top 3. He is incredibly detailed, does his research, not one that thinks the most expensive is always the best route to go, detail orientated, and very thorough.

Again, thanks for the post and the recommendation.