My clutch was slipping BADLY the other day, i took the cover off tonight and found out a tooth was broken off of the actuator splines and was stuck between next teeth causing clutches not to fully engage.

Could i have any other problems that could have caused this or is this a "fluke".

And does anyone know how much they cost?

 

there like 45 bucks, while you have it apart pull the round shaft out and make sure there isn't any metal pieces that are jammed in the cavity that holds the actuator.

 

Ouch!!

Do you know if i could have another problem that could have caused this that needs to be checked out, or does this just happen sometimes?

 

What kind of clutch springs are you running?

 

I have had the 40% in it for around 8 months, ordered the 60% last Wednesday!!

 

sorry about the acutuator, that sucks, and is not common except for when people put it together wrong and mess it up on accident. when you put yours back together, remember it takes grease on the teeth, not oil.

inspect the disks - because it took only one day of slipping on one ride for mine to wear below tolerance, its the slipping that kills them hence the need for the heavy springs for clutch life.
Remvoe all the disks, stack them all up, and measure thickness of total stack. minimum tolerance is 1.083" - this is the Bomb spec. I know for fact from personal experience that a package measuring 1.083 will function and work fine, but personally if its even close to this number I'd replace the fibers with factory fibers, $8 each at dealer.
Remember that the last disk goes in its own set of notches on the basket, and not in the grooves the rest go in. This serves as a wear limit to protect the metal disks after the fibers are gone.

 

I already bought new fiber plates figuring mine were shot. I took mine out and measured them and they were fine, around 1.094". Plates were not warped but a little slick so i sanded them with 400 grit paper.

When i put the 40% springs in i did not grease the actuator, but i also did not wipe them off and the bike was less than a year old. Don't really know what caused the tooth to break.

Heres the good news, the actuator is only $32. The bad news is that Bombardier has them on back order, should know Tuesday how long i will have to wait. Could be cutting Silver Lake trip close, hope not.

I'm going to try some salvage yards, anybody know of any good ones to check???

One other note.....I have compared, measured, and looked all over and can't tell any difference in last friction and the rest. But on parts list it lists it as a different part # and is $5 higher than the rest. WEIRD

 

make sure you off set that last friction plate , glad to hear there only 32 it was a long time ago when i bought mine and i thought it was like 42 or something

 

Same thing happened to me. Mine lasted about 6 months since I installed clutch springs, must have done something to weaken the spline when putting it together. I bought both parts and it was about $70 total.

Good luck and hope you can get the part without much wait.

Bat

 

I put it back together this morning, everything feels good. Hopefully it will hold together til my new parts get here.

Thanks for everyone's help and concern.

Dave