PRIMARY CLUTCH ON PRO

[logger155]

I went riding the other day and the clutch broke in half. That sucks really bad because it was blue bird and 2ft of pow.

 

[dub]

Same thing here, shaft broke! Looked like bad mat'l to me... This is after I put $150.00 for the Carl's mod, $$ lost! Rest of the sled is solid so far.

 

[Tree Boss]

happened to me as well on 2nd ride. after the new clutch over 300 miles and hasn't missed a beat

 

[m8sandman]

what exactly broke in the clutch, was it the spider??? does anyone know if these are rebuildable or not. just about at 500 miles and will be pulling them apart to clean and inspect.

 

[skibreeze]

They are breaking at the crank snout.

 

[94fordguy]

 

[Jkinzer]

i can find any pics right now either but have heard of 3 do it now. they are breaking right down the middle, leaving the back sheave on the crank stub. end up having to weld the clutch halves back together and using a puller to get them off. have had it happen on a couple of my p-85 clutches over the past 8 years

 

[dub]

Here are some pics before I welded and pulled off!

 

[logger155]

That was the last thing I thought would happen to these things. That was the first one my shop had seen, i'm happy i'm not alone.

 

[dub]

Take a close look at the 3rd image at the very top of the broken shaft, there is a dark line through the material. This looks to be inconsistant material!

 

[Tree Boss]

thats excactly what mine did!! we figured it was a bad casting from the clutch maker

 

[CSV]

Wow that wouldn't be fun day. Where were you riding at GW?

 

[logger155]

The bolt held together so i was able to ride it out at least.

 

[ak49er]

Sorry for your troubles, I have two take off P-85's less weights and spring.

One has about 500 miles on it, came off the wifes '09 Assault for the electric start conversion.

And the other is about 70 miles and came off her PRO RMK for the same reason.'Make offer if this is something anyone needs.

 

[rmk915]

should be warrantied right?

 

[Tree Boss]

should be warrantied right?

yep it's warrantied

 

[xlogger]

too bad

they aren't going to have a clutch for logger155 till Saturday so he will have to ride a etec on Friday lucky guy

 

[crf118r]

Just gathering info here: Were all of the broken clutches put on stock from the factory or were they taken off and re-installed? Wondering if that has anything to do with these breaking off where they are??

 

[Tree Boss]

mine was from the factory

 

[dub]

Wow that wouldn't be fun day. Where were you riding at GW?

Was up at Adams, pretty good day to! Had to ride double with my boy out and the wife's uncle towed the Pro with his M8.. I made sure no pictures were taken!!