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    Latest BRP Safety Bulletins for Shaft Replacement (2019-12) and Shaft & Sprocket Replacement (2019-13) Recalls - Jan 2025

    See reply 8 & 26 https://www.spyderlovers.com/threads/recall-2017-2019-rt-and-f3-engine-output-shaft-can-break.161769/
  2. Freddy

    08 GS Manual won't go into Reverse - any ideas?

    Get an assistant perhaps to operate the R lever while you look under the trike on the left side to see if the small lever attached to the bottom end of the cable is moving easily. When you put it into 1st does the trike want to lurch forward a bit? If so, there's a clutch issue which would...
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    HELP! I threaded the transmission hex bolt! Will JB Weld help get it out?? What else might work?

    In a perfect world perhaps so, but when snugged up I've not encountered it coming loose.
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    After owning 3, lack of dealer support is forcing me to give up on Spyders!

    Do yourself a favor Gerald and keep the one you have. Going back to a big 2-wheeler ain't going to give you the satisfaction you've enjoyed on your Spyders.
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    Looking at an '09 RS SM5 - are they Reliable & Easy to work for DIY repairs & maintenance? What about Electronics?

    Yes please, Ron.
  6. Freddy

    Looking at an '09 RS SM5 - are they Reliable & Easy to work for DIY repairs & maintenance? What about Electronics?

    Ahhh - yes. There was a recall on the DPS back then. Check the VIN with BRP to see if it has been replaced. Recalls are a no-cost fix by the manufacturer.
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    Looking at an '09 RS SM5 - are they Reliable & Easy to work for DIY repairs & maintenance? What about Electronics?

    I bought my SM5 new in 2009. It's done about 106,000km. It had a couple of somewhat minor issues while in warranty but nothing since. The 'worst' thing that's happened to it was a decade ago when the water pump oil seal began leaking a few drops on the floor after a ride. I handled the...
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    Springtime Pre-flight Inspection - don't skip over the first brake fluid change!

    What setting and what readings are ok and not ok?
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    Springtime Pre-flight Inspection - don't skip over the first brake fluid change!

    Do the later models have a bleeder on the VSS/VCM/ABS unit like the earlier models?
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    HELP! I threaded the transmission hex bolt! Will JB Weld help get it out?? What else might work?

    You and I know (others may not) that it's an odd sort of bolt. It has a thin flat head and 4mm (iirc) recess in it for an Allen key. I reuse it as is. The thread locker already on it helps to keep the nut tight when snugged up. As for torque, the older Spyder service manual had a torque spec...
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    Springtime Pre-flight Inspection - don't skip over the first brake fluid change!

    Get yourself one of these to take the guessing out of it...
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    HELP! I threaded the transmission hex bolt! Will JB Weld help get it out?? What else might work?

    Without wanting to be demeaning - as you have such good access under the trike it should have been apparent that the brake link bolt prevents straight access to that plug. The fix of removing it should have been obvious - no offense intended. As said, the left hand doesn't know what the right...
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    HELP! I threaded the transmission hex bolt! Will JB Weld help get it out?? What else might work?

    No genius, an idiot. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. 👎 The brake linkage bolt below that drain plug needs to be removed and replaced in the opposite direction, thereby giving clear access to the drain plug. I have found that the plug is very tight from the factory...
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    Do you change the way you ride with a trailer attached? For safety??

    Do you have details on that Ed?
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    Do you change the way you ride with a trailer attached? For safety??

    Posting for a friend who has a 2022 Sea to Sky with a BRP tow hitch. 3 days out on a cross-country ride for a month towing his small Elite camper trailer, one arm of the trailer's A frame broke due to constant road shock from the unsprung hitch which BRP sells. Big trouble, inconvenience...
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