800 Clutch Problem?

XR4rd · #1 11-15-2005, 12:34 AM

I took my new 800 out for the first ride the other day, man that thing is fun! As soon as I took it off the trailer the shifter was acting funny, It was difficult to get it into and out of gear. As the day went on this got worse, eventually I could not take it out of gear unless I shut off the engine. By the end of the day if it was in gear you could not come to a stop because if you did it would kill the engine. I took off the cover to the clutch and it seems as though the belt is too tight as it has alot of tension on it and continues to spin the transmission with the engine at an idle. What is going on here?

**outlandish** · #2 11-15-2005, 06:29 AM

Welcome to the wheelers forum XR4rd! It sounds like the clutch is not releasing for some reason. I hate to guess at what it might be but maybe broken/weak primary spring, misalignment? I'm no mechanic. Best to take it to your dealer

XR4rd · #3 11-16-2005, 12:40 AM

I took the cover off and confirmed that there was nothing binding up but it appears as if the belt is too tight when the clutch is fully released. I will be taking it to the dealer later this week, I hope it does not take too long for them to diagnose and fix it.

XR4rd · #4 12-04-2005, 11:04 AM

I took it to the dealer and finally got it back 2 weeks later, the problem was the 1 way clutch and a friction washer. The day they started the work they got a TSB from BRP stating that they need to lubricate the friction washer on all 800's that they had in stock. They told me that it was unfortunate that mine already went bad. It was fixed under warrenty or so I thought. I rode it for about 10 min around the house and it started to have the same symptoms. I am wondering if I got water in the tranny and it is not providing enough resistance to slow down the tranny for me to shift. I know this seems far fetched but it is all that I can think of, I am going to change the fluid then try it. If it still doesnt work I will be taking it back to the dealer and hope it doesnt take another 2 weeks for them to "fix it".

wildcard · #5 12-04-2005, 11:40 PM

bumber dude !! i had not heard about the friction washer lube thing ,, thanks for the info !

XR4rd · #6 12-05-2005, 09:19 PM

Ok so that tranny fluid they put in those things can only be bought at a Bomber store. None around here are open until tuesday! I guess I will just take it back to em and go nuts complaining that they didnt fix it the first time. Another thing, I took off the cover over the CVT and something chewed up the inside of the belt, this is from the previous service problems. Shouldnt they have replaced the belt if there was a defect in a piece of equipment that caused that to get damaged?

wildcard · #7 12-05-2005, 09:44 PM

i would think they should have replaced it !! in the manual they list a typ of oil for the tranny other than BRP !

coconut 56 · #8 12-05-2005, 10:53 PM

Amsoil makes a high quality synthetic chaincase oil,used it in my sleds before,probably better than the Bomb stuff:cents:

XR4rd · #9 12-05-2005, 10:57 PM

I saw that and I was going to try to get that but nobody around here sells it cause the only machines that use it are sleds and Bombers. There are not many sleds in florida! Thanks for the advice though.

**outlandish** · #10 12-05-2005, 11:01 PM

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