IdahoMtnSpyder
Active member
Update, sort of
Well, my RT is at the dealer's shop. The service writer called me today and said the tech tightened the pinch bolt on the lower U-joint and that took out some of the looseness. I find that hard to believe since I also tightened it some and there was no play in the lower U-joint section. Getting to the upper U-joint to see if it's loose and to tighten the pinch bolt on it, requires removing quite a bit of the front end stuff and that isn't covered under BEST.
But, he said the other option was to submit a case to BRP to replace the entire steering column, and that probably would be covered by BEST since the steering column is not considered a wear item. I said to go for it. So now we wait to hear back from BRP. In any case, it would the end of September before they can schedule the job to replace the column. Must be backlogged and short of qualified techs like so many others here have complained about. I hope they'll let me have my RT back between getting an OK and doing the work. I told him no problem waiting until then but be sure that BEST will still cover it since the warranty expires the end of August and the repair can't be done for another month after that.
Well, my RT is at the dealer's shop. The service writer called me today and said the tech tightened the pinch bolt on the lower U-joint and that took out some of the looseness. I find that hard to believe since I also tightened it some and there was no play in the lower U-joint section. Getting to the upper U-joint to see if it's loose and to tighten the pinch bolt on it, requires removing quite a bit of the front end stuff and that isn't covered under BEST.
But, he said the other option was to submit a case to BRP to replace the entire steering column, and that probably would be covered by BEST since the steering column is not considered a wear item. I said to go for it. So now we wait to hear back from BRP. In any case, it would the end of September before they can schedule the job to replace the column. Must be backlogged and short of qualified techs like so many others here have complained about. I hope they'll let me have my RT back between getting an OK and doing the work. I told him no problem waiting until then but be sure that BEST will still cover it since the warranty expires the end of August and the repair can't be done for another month after that.
