it was pretty cold this mourning (37) when i went to start the quad it started , then it was making a weird noice on just a little throttle, anyone have any ideas, or is it normal

 

Justhonda,

What are you doing with a Yamaha? Are you going to change your Forum UserName?

Seriously though, one thing that may help diagnose this problem is whether the noise goes away once the Kodiak is warm,does it stop at higher RPM levels, get louder, change frequency?

Yammer_Hummer.

 

My dealers mechanic (who took almost an hour of his time to go over every little detail of my machine!) told me it is normal when first started in cold weather. I would guess it has some thing to do with the oil system.

 

I think the noise you are hearing is the primary clutch spinning. Mine makes a strange whirring sound at startup when it is cold, and it seems to be comming from the clutch area.

 

well today i finally found the noice, I was getting so frustrated with the noice i took the cover off and found that on the main clutch there is 4 little screw, and one was half way out, so i took them out and put a dab of loctite on the threads. thanks anyway.