I've owned my '13 Outlander 1000XT for about 3 weeks. It has 430 miles on it and has a Dalton clutch kit and 28" silverbacks. I had the belt replaced just because I was planning on going on a big rally this weekend so I wanted to do a little preventative maintenance. I sprained my wrist so I had the dealer do the work. I went out this weekend for my 3rd ride on it (I've put a sum total of 24 miles on it since purchase) and after breaking in the belt I opened it up on a gravel road in high gear and hit about 50mph before the quad sputtered and free-revved almost like it was in neutral.
I came to a stop and did a quick visual inspection of everything including the driveshaft and cv axles. I took off again and it was fine, and then it did the same thing again at about the same speed, and again after that. I came to a stop and the quad would barely move, smoke was pouring from my cvt exhaust snorkel and I could hear the belt slipping every time I tried to move it in gear. It wouldn't shift out of gear even after rocking it. We eventually got it into neutral and the rear tires were still locked like it was in gear. We fired it up and pulled it a little with another quad and it finally went into neutral. We got back to camp and I took off the belt cover expecting to see shards of belt but the belt is fine, barely even looks smoked. The quad still barely moves, makes an awful grinding/ratcheting noise when it does and slips the belt. There were a few tiny shards of cast aluminum around the secondary and the secondary has a little bit of up/down play.
Could there be something piled up in my transmission or is this a clutch issue? Could this be some damage caused by the dealer doing work on the quad? Finding 3 stripped clutch cover bolts makes me less than confident in their workmanship. I don't want to take it back there but it seems awfully coincidental that I put 5 miles on the quad after they worked on it, and now I have clutch issues. I will see if I can post up some videos in a bit.
Any suggestions on what to look for are greatly appreciated! :wink
I came to a stop and did a quick visual inspection of everything including the driveshaft and cv axles. I took off again and it was fine, and then it did the same thing again at about the same speed, and again after that. I came to a stop and the quad would barely move, smoke was pouring from my cvt exhaust snorkel and I could hear the belt slipping every time I tried to move it in gear. It wouldn't shift out of gear even after rocking it. We eventually got it into neutral and the rear tires were still locked like it was in gear. We fired it up and pulled it a little with another quad and it finally went into neutral. We got back to camp and I took off the belt cover expecting to see shards of belt but the belt is fine, barely even looks smoked. The quad still barely moves, makes an awful grinding/ratcheting noise when it does and slips the belt. There were a few tiny shards of cast aluminum around the secondary and the secondary has a little bit of up/down play.
Could there be something piled up in my transmission or is this a clutch issue? Could this be some damage caused by the dealer doing work on the quad? Finding 3 stripped clutch cover bolts makes me less than confident in their workmanship. I don't want to take it back there but it seems awfully coincidental that I put 5 miles on the quad after they worked on it, and now I have clutch issues. I will see if I can post up some videos in a bit.
Any suggestions on what to look for are greatly appreciated! :wink

