WilcoJunoHotel
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If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I never would have believed a Can-Am employee had done something like this.
I bought a new windscreen and I had more difficulty than I should have had in getting the 2 plastic trim pieces off the OEM windscreen. They are held by 2 screws and clips at the bottom and they should have come off very easily. Well after fiddling with them for 1/2 hour I realized what was wrong. Someone at the Can Am factory put the rubber isolating pads on the OUTSIDE of the windscreen behind the plastic trim piece instead of where they should be which is between the windscreen and the cast aluminum lift arm!
Not only does this make no sense, the person who put them did not know which side of the Spyder is LH and which is RH because the 2 pieces are clearly marked. They have little bulbous sections which nest neatly into the cast aluminum lift arm and are flat on the opposite side where you place the windscreen. The trim pieces are strictly for looks to cover up 4 torx screws and their washers. I am still having a hard time understanding how anyone with such little mechanical intuition could be anywhere near a vehicle assembly line.
Hard to believe a major manufacturer could have such poor quality control and poor training of employees. My bike was bought brand new from a dealer and with less than 30 miles on the odometer. It now has just over 5000 miles. Small miracle that the windscreen didn't break in those 5000 miles.
I love my Spyder and it has given me over 5000 trouble free miles but these fit and finish issues are very puzzling and a tiny bit worrisome. :shocked:
I bought a new windscreen and I had more difficulty than I should have had in getting the 2 plastic trim pieces off the OEM windscreen. They are held by 2 screws and clips at the bottom and they should have come off very easily. Well after fiddling with them for 1/2 hour I realized what was wrong. Someone at the Can Am factory put the rubber isolating pads on the OUTSIDE of the windscreen behind the plastic trim piece instead of where they should be which is between the windscreen and the cast aluminum lift arm!
Not only does this make no sense, the person who put them did not know which side of the Spyder is LH and which is RH because the 2 pieces are clearly marked. They have little bulbous sections which nest neatly into the cast aluminum lift arm and are flat on the opposite side where you place the windscreen. The trim pieces are strictly for looks to cover up 4 torx screws and their washers. I am still having a hard time understanding how anyone with such little mechanical intuition could be anywhere near a vehicle assembly line.
Hard to believe a major manufacturer could have such poor quality control and poor training of employees. My bike was bought brand new from a dealer and with less than 30 miles on the odometer. It now has just over 5000 miles. Small miracle that the windscreen didn't break in those 5000 miles.
I love my Spyder and it has given me over 5000 trouble free miles but these fit and finish issues are very puzzling and a tiny bit worrisome. :shocked:
