Kanedog discovers a Clutching CATastrophy, again. Pics!

[06yamahaapex]

I have a zrp cover.

 

[Clode]

I guess I will send mine in for balance at the end of the season

 

[Clode]

I did a thorough inspection on my clutches the other day and they are good so far. No cracks and very clean .

 

[E-Zmoke]

I had my 2020 HC clutch rebalanced yesterday in Edmonton. It was out 3grams.

3grams!?? Wowzers

 

[06yamahaapex]

3grams!?? Wowzers

yes, my thoughts as well

 

[mountianguy]

yes, my thoughts as well

I read years ago one gram at 8000 rpm is around 2000 lbs of force, so three is a lot for sure.

 

[kanedog]

Note the additional crack at the balancing hole. This clutch is named one crack, two crack.

This thread is pretty cool when you think about it though. It has
1. Helped Cat owners detect a problem b4 clutch explosion occurred.
2. Saved a potential injury for consumer
3. Saved many a tow out, heli ride costs
4. Saved the consumer large repair bills
5. Saved Cat tens of thousands by early crack detection, less warranty costs. No bellypan, pipe, clutch replacement, a arm, hood and side panel replacement or human appendage replacement.
6. Saved Cat a few million in lawsuits due to injury.
7. Helped Cat see the issues because apparently there isn’t one. Cat has not sent me a check but they did send a spin doctor.

Cat has not acknowledged this issue or put out a safety bulletin to owners. Why?

Here at Snow and Mud, the truth gets told, Sledders get knowledge and problems get solved! We are here to help!

The above are my beliefs.

 

[skegpro]

Yikes, that's a good one.

 

[skegpro]

I took it to ams engine on the west end.

Everyone should be getting this done.

 

[kanedog]

This failure seems a bit different. No explosion. Kinda like an implosion of sorts.

 

[06yamahaapex]

I think the bearing is the culprit for all these failures.

 

[skegpro]

$670 cad, free shipping.

 

[jhurkot]

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How do you adjust the deflection on the secondary with this primary?

 

[The Rookie]

How do you adjust the deflection on the secondary with this primary?

Do it the same way as with the 2016-2017
Team. With deflection set on secondary with adjustment set screw.

 

[skegpro]

How do you adjust the deflection on the secondary with this primary?

I believe this still has the bearing, so no adjustment needed.

 

[jhurkot]

I’m gonna let them have it....

 

[snopro]

I’m gonna let them have it....

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Good move on blacking out the password Johnny. Some enterprising guy like Cat 401 may beat you to the punch and they will never know they have a problem. HaHa! Waiting...……..

 

[Cat401]

Good move on blacking out the password Johnny. Some enterprising guy like Cat 401 may beat you to the punch and they will never know they have a problem. HaHa! Waiting...……..

holy ****!!....where the fawk does that remark come from??????????

 

[Clode]

My 2 cents are that the team clutches work extremely well, no belt issues at all and very efficient. Its really to bad that this durability problem has arouse. Cat needs to put the pressure on Team to solve this issue. It's funny how many issues come out of using venders for key components, I imagine Team is under the gun right now.

 

[powwow]

The tunnel crack by the footwell. What did they say about that one?