Hi all,
New to Can Am forum (first post), but wanted to give everyone a heads up. Bought my 450 in October 2018 and ran into starting issues in early November.
Everything was fine when I first ran it, but brought it up to Int'l Falls to hunt. When first starting it to unload, the starter didn't engage, just freely spun. This happened twice, but then the machine started (didn't think much of it). Sat for a few weeks (on trickle charger), then the problem resurfaced. About a mile out on Mille Lacs ice fishing in early December, ran fine to get out to the spot, let it sit from 12-5 and then went to start it to leave, and the starter spun, but didn't engage. Clicked button 10-15 times total before it finally engaged and started the unit. I got pretty nervous about it not starting and draining the battery out on the ice without a backup power source.
Brought it into Minneapolis Motorsports where I bought it, and they told me that they had problems on the 17's, but Can-Am told them they fixed it for the 18's. Come to find out that when it gets cold (below about 32 degrees), the problem has been resurfacing, and they have had a few others come through the shop.
Lucky for me, I am still in the warranty period, so they ended up replacing the spring behind the bendix to a lighter duty one so it doesn't take as much effort to engage the starter on the flywheel.
Picked it up last night, but will hopefully be able to test it this weekend with the colder weather and post back if it worked.
I will also follow up on the invoice if it includes a replacement part number for the new spring that was used.
New to Can Am forum (first post), but wanted to give everyone a heads up. Bought my 450 in October 2018 and ran into starting issues in early November.
Everything was fine when I first ran it, but brought it up to Int'l Falls to hunt. When first starting it to unload, the starter didn't engage, just freely spun. This happened twice, but then the machine started (didn't think much of it). Sat for a few weeks (on trickle charger), then the problem resurfaced. About a mile out on Mille Lacs ice fishing in early December, ran fine to get out to the spot, let it sit from 12-5 and then went to start it to leave, and the starter spun, but didn't engage. Clicked button 10-15 times total before it finally engaged and started the unit. I got pretty nervous about it not starting and draining the battery out on the ice without a backup power source.
Brought it into Minneapolis Motorsports where I bought it, and they told me that they had problems on the 17's, but Can-Am told them they fixed it for the 18's. Come to find out that when it gets cold (below about 32 degrees), the problem has been resurfacing, and they have had a few others come through the shop.
Lucky for me, I am still in the warranty period, so they ended up replacing the spring behind the bendix to a lighter duty one so it doesn't take as much effort to engage the starter on the flywheel.
Picked it up last night, but will hopefully be able to test it this weekend with the colder weather and post back if it worked.
I will also follow up on the invoice if it includes a replacement part number for the new spring that was used.
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