Bill's 60-Second Fixes
Can-Am heavy steering: DPS power steering fault
Steering suddenly heavy. The DPS unit needs full system voltage, so a weak battery, a corroded DPS connector or a bad main ground cuts assist.
Can-Am heavy steering: DPS power steering fault
Steering suddenly heavy. The DPS unit needs full system voltage, so a weak battery, a corroded DPS connector or a bad main ground cuts assist.
Sled belt slipping or burning belts
RPM flares but the sled doesn't pull. A glazed or worn-narrow belt, wrong belt deflection, dirty clutch sheaves, or worn clutch weights, rollers or driven-clutch buttons.
Sled belt slipping or burning belts
RPM flares but the sled doesn't pull. A glazed or worn-narrow belt, wrong belt deflection, dirty clutch sheaves, or worn clutch weights, rollers or driven-clutch buttons.
Battery keeps dying: stator, regulator or paras...
New battery dies after a few rides. A failed stator or regulator/rectifier stops charging, or something draws current with the key off.
Battery keeps dying: stator, regulator or paras...
New battery dies after a few rides. A failed stator or regulator/rectifier stops charging, or something draws current with the key off.
Hard to shift out of park: idle too high
Selector won't move out of P/N. If idle is too high the CVT primary clutch partly engages, loading the gear dogs so they won't slide.
Hard to shift out of park: idle too high
Selector won't move out of P/N. If idle is too high the CVT primary clutch partly engages, loading the gear dogs so they won't slide.
Honda starts only after a tap: worn starter bru...
Solenoid clicks, no crank. The carbon brushes wear too short to contact the commutator, or the armature has a dead spot.
Honda starts only after a tap: worn starter bru...
Solenoid clicks, no crank. The carbon brushes wear too short to contact the commutator, or the armature has a dead spot.
Sled has no spark: check the kill circuit befor...
Cranks or pulls but won't fire. Most often a kill-circuit switch (key, kill switch, tether, throttle safety) shorting the CDI kill wire to ground, not the $300+ CDI box.
Sled has no spark: check the kill circuit befor...
Cranks or pulls but won't fire. Most often a kill-circuit switch (key, kill switch, tether, throttle safety) shorting the CDI kill wire to ground, not the $300+ CDI box.