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Whoops, sorry, that was a typo - her's is a 2008 as well.

This is why helping this other fellow with his is proving a learning experience that's of interest to me as everything is applicable to...

Thanks a ton. Some quick Googling shows that there virgin units still out there so I think this would be the solution.

I'm tempted to hunt for a magic red key anyways just to have the ability...

Ok great, good news at least as I'm sure he wouldn't be too happy about having to start all over again with the ignition cylinder and already cut keys.

So, to be clear, this needs to be a new...

Hey all - I'm trying to help a fellow who is getting an insanely low mileage 2008 GS SM5 (only 4500km, 2800 miles) back on the road. It's a long story, but he's now the legit owner and has done quite...

Thankfully not my machine, but if it is a physical transmission issue, well, it's not good.

We're going to look into things more Tuesday.

Yeah, that's what I was worried about.

Thinking back on things more and seeing how it was behaving, I think it wasn't going below second gear, which was the root of the issue. BUDS showed...

The machine in question is an SM5 as well, so not being able to find neutral is….concerning. The fact a sensor could prevent the transmission from physically finding a gear vs just being confused...

But did it outright refuse to go into neutral?

Just trying to narrow down that this isn't actually an internal transmission issue vs just the sensor.

And are we talking a 1 hour job with...

Thanks for the info.

What the labor like getting the front pulley off? I went down a little rabbit hole reading some old posts here about the issues with this pulley coming off on it's own...

No such luck here, started, stopped, restarted, cleared codes, rocked it back and forth, even took it for a 10-15 minute ride, problem persisted.

Hey all - I'm helping a friend with his 2008. Incidentally, it's the 54'th Spyder ever off the BRP line with the special stickers on the handlebar and VIN number to prove it.

Anyhow, he had...

Cool. Alrighty that decides it, I'm going to take it up to the old-school shop and see what they can do. Hopefully they have one of the old-school guys in the back take a look and go "hell...

Where did you get it done, a regular shop or somewhere with spyder-specific hardware?

As I mentioned earlier in this thread...there's a steering and alignment specialty shop literally 20...

Thanks all for the info. At long last I got the ball joints done, ordered a set online and did the job in my garage. It took me far too long, but that's a whole other story.

I also...

Back on topic, does anyone have any recommendations for sources for balljoints?

I see them on Amazon and eBay, but they look to be the same brand for the most part, and I don't now about the...

Thanks, there's several within an hour of my house, and one within 10 minutes, so that works - thanks for the info!




I have the BUDS system already so I'm good. I wasn't kidding when I...

Regarding alignment, can any alignment shop do a Spyder? This is all new territory for me.

We are lucky to have a very highly regarded steering, suspension and alignment specialty shop about 20...

Interested in the alternative ball joint data. I was doing some digging seeing if there was a moog cross reference but came up empty handed. I want to get something ordered in the next...

Nope, ball joint for sure - watched the mechanic wiggle it, it's pooched.

The Spyder came from Quebec, and for anyone not familiar with Quebec roads, well, suffice to say many a suspension...

Hey all - my wife's new to us 2008 GS went for it's certification yesterday and everything was good except 1 ball joint on the left side.

I have a pretty well equipped shop and will do the...

Thanks - I'll hook up to the machine again tomorrow and dig some more using the info you shared. Will report back. :)

Only 3 modules IIRC on the 2008.

Options for update all all greyed out on all of them despite there some showing 2009 firmware versions, and I'm pretty sure I see newer versions of some modules...

Buds2 isn't backwards compatible with <2016 (IIRC that's the breakpoint) models. Tried earlier today and it sort of connects but nothing works properly.

BudsV1 connects and operates normally,...

Hey all. Recently bought a gently used 2008 GS for my wife.

Since I do pretty much all my maintenance and such I bought my own BRP diagnostic box and am all setup with BUDS and BUDS2. The...

Awesome, thanks!

Going to pickup our new-to-us 2008 GS on Sunday. Bringing it home 600km in a borrowed clamshell style snowmobile trailer and I'm pretty sure we will need to remove the windshield to get the roof to...

Thanks all - ended up buying a 2008 when it was all said and done.

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Paid $7K Canadian as it sits with the Givi bags and some farkles. It should fit our needs quite well and I...

Thanks for the insight.

She has never once ridden 2 up (not comfortable doing it on 2 wheels), but she may dabble with it on the Spyder, but the most likely passengers are small people.
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Thoughts on 2008's? I believe it's a GS.

Found one that's checking a lot of the boxes.

Aha, ok, I see it now. It's a different implementation here than what I'm used to then on the other VB forum I'm regularly on where the multi-quote implementation is different so that's thrown me...