Arctic Cat Chain Case Oil Leak
Last yr dealer replaced seal.
Arctic cat chain case oil leak. Now it s time to put everything back together install both the drain plug and the chain case cover bolts using loctite 243 blue threadlocker to prevent the bolts from backing out. All we know that it is leaking from the bottom. Had this leak since new. Also chain case leak was from casting flaw in chain case cover where the u shaped rubber gasket lays.
Im doing a chaincase oil change for the first time on my 2014 m8000. Recall number 19 740 april 18 2019 applies to 2018 2019 arctic cat m8000 xf8000 zr8000 and norseman x8000 snowmobiles. Since 2012 arctic cat has used aluminum oil tanks on both 2 and 4 stroke snowmobile engines. Before you move on to the next step make sure everything is dry luckily loctite sf 7611 pro strength parts cleaner dries quickly.
It is leaking from the bottom and we can t get in to check it out. Although this has happened to a few 2012 800s this isn t exactly a new problem with oil injected sleds. Help would be greatly appreciated. Will a synthetic atf work ok or a gear oil like 75w90 synthetic.
We have exammined the case for cracks and cant find any. List of 2008 2019 safety bulletins. We are using the right oil and have been resealing it with silicon but it still leaks. Back to dealer in november.
It s not hard at all that s why i run arctic cat their about the easiest to work on you just get the service manual for one thing and then basically just start unbolting stuff like take the cover off the chain case and the clutch is off on the other side and then you take the bottoms off on each side and then you just pull out the gears and the chain slide out the old bearings same thing on. Clutch recall june 6 2017 applies to 2018 arctic cat 6000 7000. A dipstick is lastly used to check the amount of oil filled. Arctic cat chain case oil.
Or would gear oil be too thick. Replaced cover under warranty with new gasket. My arctic cat 1990 cheetah 440 has a leaking chain case. If you ride arctic cat snowmobiles.
Found oil line out of oil tank was somewhat loose. This video shows how to replace the gasket seal between the oil tank and chain case cover. What other types of oil can a guy use instead of just the arctic cat synthetic. Using threadlocker will also provide a seal to prevent oil leaks.
The thread locker though is a support device that prevents the bolts from backing out and also prevents the oil from leaking.