Where to find the RT-L Air filter - it's not where my Owner's Manual suggests!

[amkrat]

While on a ride yesterday, a rock truck pulled out in front of me from a limestone quarry. He was blowing fine limestone powder out from his truck and I was stuck behind him for far too long. My Spyder was a dusty mess when I got home, so I figured that I'd better check my air filter to see if it needed cleaning or replacement. I had never done this before, so I relied on the Owners Manual for guidance. It said to remove the right service panel to access the air filter. I looked and looked and even removed the rest of the tupperware on the right side looking for the filter housing. No Luck. I put it all back together and decided to see what the 2024 Can-Am Service Manual that I had bought and downloaded had to say. Right there it was in the maintenance instructions. Remove the LEFT service panel to access the air filter. To avoid a senior moment in the future I drew a line through "right" in the owners manual and printed LEFT above it. The filter looked like new by the way. Only a small amount of dust blew out with the air compressor.

 

[pegasus1300]

The Proof-readers and translators are not always at the top of their game at BRP. They are also known to get lazy and just cut and paste information from previous models, even if it doesn't fit. Glad you found the right information. Too bad you can't just change the filter on your lungs and get rid of that duct.

 

[baxter]

Confusion comes sometimes by the method of right side vs left side as to how it is perceived. That is standing in front of bike as opposed to sitting on bike.

 

[Br549rick]

sometimes the parts fiche can help too....

 

[JayBros]

The Proof-readers and translators are not always at the top of their game at BRP. They are also known to get lazy and just cut and paste information from previous models, even if it doesn't fit. Glad you found the right information. Too bad you can't just change the filter on your lungs and get rid of that duct.

"Not always," don't you really mean "Never"?

 

[Jackhartjr]

Confusion comes sometimes by the method of right side vs left side as to how it is perceived. That is standing in front of bike as opposed to sitting on bike.

It is common knowledge that the right side of any vehicle is the passenger side!

 

[RogerC60]

It is common knowledge that the right side of any vehicle is the passenger side!

Unless you're driving in England.

 

[Peter Aawen]

Unless you're driving in England.

Or Australia, and a few other places.

 

[Stormy]

The Proof-readers and translators are not always at the top of their game at BRP. They are also known to get lazy and just cut and paste information from previous models, even if it doesn't fit. Glad you found the right information. Too bad you can't just change the filter on your lungs and get rid of that duct.

I have a 2019 RT Spyder and getting ready to change oil filter,air filter and brake pads.I want to order from Amazon. Any suggestions?

 

[CopperSpyder]

I would recommend getting what you need here to make sure you get the right stuff https://bajarons.com/ or call (423) 609-7588 they will answer any questions you have.

 

[Snoking1127]

Or Australia, and a few other places.

I drove right hand drive USCG trucks in Thailand summer of 1966 to summer on 1967. Was there building and operating a Loran C navigation system that the USAF wanted.

 

[BajaRon]

The industry standard, worldwide as far as I know, is left and right are as the driver is seated on (or in) the vehicle unless otherwise specifically noted. This eleminates the issue of which side the driver finds themselvers.

Other terms, such as driver's or passenger side, can be found. But then you get back to the above issue with where you are in the world.

So, the manual should have said 'Left Side'. I'd love to see a screenshot of your erroneous text.

My confusion comes with those who are 'Down Under'. Being upside down must add a whole other layer to the issue of orientation, I would assume. And how is it that you fall UP when you come off your bike? It can boggle the mind... (-;

 

[Snowbelt Spyder]

Screen shot for Ron. The 1330 RT manuals were correct (Left Side) until 2020. They’ve said “right service cover” ever since. From the 2026 manual…..

 

[Knizar]

Screen shot for Ron. The 1330 RT manuals were correct until 2020. They’ve said “right service cover” ever since. From the 2026 manual…..

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"Remove the "Right cover" not the "Wrong cover"??

 

[mecsw500]

I would advise against blowing out an air filter. Some of the dust you blow out ends up on the inside of the filter, especially fine dust as you describe.

Frankly, once I've removed an air filter, I replace it with a new one if it looks dusty, not blow it out and re-use it. I also vacuum out the air box it came from. Out here in the dry deserts of the west, I just replace the air filter with every oil change.

 

[Snowbelt Spyder]

"Remove the "Right cover" not the "Wrong cover"??

Unless you’re changing the oil filter…..

 

[mecsw500]

Unless you're driving in England.

England, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Japan, Hong Kong (China), Macau (China), Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, half of Africa including South Africa, most of the Caribbean. Even the US Virgin Islands drives on the left.

Sweden, Iceland, Nigeria and Ghana moved to driving on the right in the late sixties and early seventies.

Samoa moved the other way from the right to the left in 2009 to make cars easier to import from Australia.

LHD is more common than you think, being about a third of nations in total.

 

[Peter Aawen]

England, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Japan, Hong Kong (China), Macau (China), Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, half of Africa including South Africa, most of the Caribbean. Even the US Virgin Islands drives on the left.

Sweden, Iceland, Nigeria and Ghana moved to driving on the right in the late sixties and early seventies.

Samoa moved the other way from the right to the left in 2009 to make cars easier to import from Australia.

LHD is more common than you think, being about a third of nations in total.

Now C'mon!! You've gotta be clearer than that!!

Do you mean 'LHD' vehicles (ie. Left Hand Drive - where the driver sits on the left side of the vehicle, like most of the vehicles that you lot drive on the Right Hand (AKA the 'Wrong') side of the road over your way?? After all, while the vast majority of our vehicles here in Oz are RHD (cos the driver sits on the 'Right' (aka 'the correct') side of the vehicle! ) but we've still got quite a few LHD vehicles over here, mainly imported from the USA... I've even owned a few, converted most to RHD tho... except for the WWII Jeep! ) OR do you really mean 'Driving on the Left...' ie. driving on the 'correct' side of the road, like we do here in Oz and all those other places listed?!

It's hard enough for me anyway, what with trying to keep track of what's 'Up' &/or 'Down' here Down Under, so now that we're talking Left and Right, you don't hafta make it even harder by getting your muckin words fuddled!

 

[mecsw500]

Now C'mon!! You've gotta be clearer than that!!

Do you mean 'LHD' vehicles (ie. Left Hand Drive - where the driver sits on the left side of the vehicle, like most of the vehicles that you lot drive on the Right Hand (AKA the 'Wrong') side of the road over your way?? After all, while the vast majority of our vehicles here in Oz are RHD (cos the driver sits on the 'Right' (aka 'the correct') side of the vehicle! ) but we've still got quite a few LHD vehicles over here, mainly imported from the USA... I've even owned a few, converted most to RHD tho... except for the WWII Jeep! ) OR do you really mean 'Driving on the Left...' ie. driving on the 'correct' side of the road, like we do here in Oz and all those other places listed?!

It's hard enough for me anyway, what with trying to keep track of what's 'Up' &/or 'Down' here Down Under, so now that we're talking Left and Right, you don't hafta make it even harder by getting your muckin words fuddled!

LHD - I was half asleep. I meant driving on the left hand side of the road is more common than people think, especially here in the US. They tend to just think the UK drives on the left and the rest of the world on the right because everywhere’s like America, right.

Yes, LHD is left hand drive for driving on the right. RHD is right hand drive for driving on the left. Unless you own weird cars some of which have the drivers seats in the middle.

Did you know the UK government made right hand sidecars illegal to register in the UK despite a grad total of four being registered in that configuration in the whole country? There was a whole EU law passed to reverse that decision.

I’m half senile so I get me worms all muddled up. You’ll have to excuse me as I think it’s going to get worse. Both sides of my family suffered from premature mental decline so the future is probably not that bright.

I have seen maps in Australia where the hemispheres are reversed which I thought was quite thought provoking. What I have learned is that globally gravity sucks the same everywhere.

My American wife was terrified about crossing the street in the UK as she always looked the wrong way and I had to keep saving her. She was quite shocked that it was the same way in Thailand and Malaysia.

The weird thing here in the US is that some of the younger drivers attach great value in imported Japanese cars that are RHD in a country like the US where LHD cars are prevalent because we drive on the right. The opposite reason is why driving in the US Virgin Islands is so weird, LHD cars in a territory of the US that drives on the left. Crossing by car from Gibraltar to Spain you have to do this weird cross over thing which is especially strange. I think it’s the same now from Hong Kong or Macau to mainland China.

The trouble I always had was I was raised in a country that drove on the left and normally had RHD cars. However, taking my car to Europe meant I had a RHD car driving on the right. But when I went on business I hired cars that that were LHD cars driving on the right. In any one month I could be really messed up.

I used to travel to a lot of countries on business and life was always very confusing. Even today I have to think about things when turning out of side roads despite living in the US for 36 years. A few weeks driving in Thailand or the UK was almost enough to unwire my brain. Not that my brain was wired properly in the first place, but that’s got nothing to do with driving.

As another useless fact, America imports RHD cars for the US Postal Service, so the driver is next to the curb and the traditional US mailbox.

 

[Mikey]

Good thing my bride isn't in this conversation!!! She's always telling me to go right and pointing left!