Many Can-Am owners struggle with the CVT Shifter being stiff. I've even had dealers mention this and their solution is to rock the ATV while applying gentle pressure. This is frustrating and ususally ends up a bit embarrasing as we "hump" the quad to get it to shift. And even eventually leads to linkage (or worse) breaking.
Stray posted a fix for this problem in another thread. I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, so I made this thread for his (a few others) fix. See the below posts and feel free to ask questions or add comments.
Enjoy
- BG
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mmmm... beer!
lol! anyway, yes, there is a solution for the shifting issue. i must give credit to 2 other guys ( from a different forum) who discovered this - rene1 and ozymax, from canada and australia, respectively. so, first off, regular maintenance of the clutch components is a must. this means regular cleaning and re-greasing the one-way with isoflex. some guys use other greases, but i find the isoflex works best. this will keep it shifting, but not smoothly. here's the smooth part: there are two bearings inside the one-way. brp uses NTN brand and for some reason, they are stiff as %#@&. we've replaced them with several different brands, all seem to be much easier to spin and therefore, the cvt shifts like butter! you won't believe the difference! i tried finding replacements locally with no luck and ended up ordering them from vxb.com, for around $30. bearing # is 6808 with 2 rubber seals, you need 2 bearings. the measurements are 40mm inside diameter, 52mm outside diameter and 7mm width. after replacement, you can shift with 2 fingers and not have to hump the quad, unless you want to!
