09 M1000 Secondary Clutch Bolt

[dgwarr69]

My buddy has an 09 M1000. We were riding today and the secondary clutch bolt started to back out. Fortunately he caught it b4 any damaged occured. He is the second sled we know this has happened to. Any body else have any kind of similar problems. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[backcountryislife]

it happened to me a few times, pretty obvious when it's on the way out, clutching gets all messed up.

After I put it in a few times it stopped, not sure why.

 

[CATSLEDMAN1]

dd clutch bolt

I've had it happen on my m8, actually had the clutch fall off the spline when I let off on a steep side hill two years ago. I machined a heavier thicker washer out of a big grade 8 bolt to go under the clutch bolt and used a grade 8 bolt for the clutch bolt, hasn't backed out lately.

 

[summitbound]

Secondary Bolt

Make sure you cut the slot in the Bolt,it is there to vent the Diamond Drive.

 

[907RiDeR]

same thing happened to me, i caught it also before it damaged anything, it was making a rattling noise, thats how i heard it

 

[Steven c]

Make sure you torque them down to 32 ft/lbs

 

[Samurai]

What we have found is anytime you R&R the belt you must make sure the bolt bottoms out. You can torque the bolt to specs but if the belt is too low in the clutch it will give you a false tightening effect. The belt will hold the clutch open. When you intially tighten the bolt it will bottom out, then turn the belt so it rides/slides/slips over the clutch. Sometimes it's hard to get the belt to turn because it is jammed in there by the bolt. Then retighten the bolt to specs, it almost always will turn a few more turns.
We found this works perfectly, before we did this religiously we had the bolt come loose sometimes days after we did belt work.

 

[snowmobiler]

tighten that sucker with a 4 foot cheater bar.not

 

[Samurai]

tighten that sucker with a 4 foot cheater bar.not

Tomorrows question will be - Stripped my bolt and DD shaft............blah..................blah....................blah..................blah...................?

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