Nice job, the plastic nut is B/S. Wish it was longer so a wrench would go on straight as well. I swear they make it difficult, so most wouldn’t want to do their own service. I changed all fluids twice a year other than Brake/Antifreeze. I have only 77hrs on my 650 2021 XT. Just greased the Wheel Bearings yesterday, took me over half day. Thank god I did, very little grease in them, the top dogs at Cam Am must be concerned about their Bonus. If you do the rears, you have to pull the long shaft coming out to get the rear swing arms out. Get help to align when sliding the rod back from one side to other, so you don’t bugger the threads. Tighten to 80ft pounds. Other smaller are 45flbs. It was concerning at first, now that I’ve done it once, it’s no big deal. I run it hard but try not to submerge it in mud, but it happens.
Thanks! I too tipped over my shallow bucket..Thank god paper towels cheap. Break Cleaner is cheap and it cleans up oil easily. I buy a bunch of spray bombs when on sale..
I do that to let more air in as the oil drains out. Kind of like shotgunning a beer, the oil comes out smoother and faster. You have to remove a good bit of plastics to get to it from the side of I remember correctly.
Awesome videos. Has helped me a bunch. I ended up watching a video cover the front a rear diffs and they were using the royal purple 75w-140 for front and rear diffs. It was an XMR so assuming that’s the difference. I’d like to see how you manage to take the skid plate on or off. Was a pain in the butt for me to get the front portion back on. Was wedged in the front for some reason from the factory. Not sure if you have to remove addition bolts to get it to slide back in nicely. Like the vids
The difs are the same on all models, manual calls for 75w-90 in the front. I'm not a big fan of royal purple, mainly because it's dark which makes it almost impossible to see if there are particles or anything in the oil. I didn't take the skid plate off, just took off the 3-4 bolts so I could bend it down.
It's not a Can Am oil change if you don't get old oil everywhere but in the drain pan.
Nice job, the plastic nut is B/S.
Wish it was longer so a wrench would go on straight as well.
I swear they make it difficult, so most wouldn’t want to do their own service.
I changed all fluids twice a year other than Brake/Antifreeze.
I have only 77hrs on my 650 2021 XT.
Just greased the Wheel Bearings yesterday, took me over half day.
Thank god I did, very little grease in them, the top dogs at Cam Am must be concerned about their Bonus.
If you do the rears, you have to pull the long shaft coming out to get the rear swing arms out.
Get help to align when sliding the rod back from one side to other, so you don’t bugger the threads. Tighten to 80ft pounds.
Other smaller are 45flbs.
It was concerning at first, now that I’ve done it once, it’s no big deal.
I run it hard but try not to submerge it in mud, but it happens.
Yeah the maintenance and constant need of greasing really turned me off. I switched to a Grizzly and have only needed to change the oil.
Thanks for these 650 maintenance videos..great camera angles...these will really help me, cheers
Good to hear, glad to help and thanks for watching.
Thanks! I too tipped over my shallow bucket..Thank god paper towels cheap. Break Cleaner is cheap and it cleans up oil easily. I buy a bunch of spray bombs when on sale..
Yeah I keep brake cleaner in stock now, it's cheap enough.
Thanks for the video
I use to remove the whole floorboard to get to it and it was a pain in the ass
Haha yeah, I think it’s a pain in the ass whichever way you go about it 😅
So why did you take the fill off before the drain? Also, I think it might have been easier to access from the side?
I do that to let more air in as the oil drains out. Kind of like shotgunning a beer, the oil comes out smoother and faster. You have to remove a good bit of plastics to get to it from the side of I remember correctly.
Plus, if you can’t get it out or strip the fill plug, you’re screwed if you already drained it…😉
Dear Can Am; Exactly why did you feel the need to make these (awesome) machines so difficult to work on..l
Really hope the 2023 models are easier..
No kidding. Wouldn’t hurt to put some quality bushings in there as well.
U didn’t record the most important part on where to refill it at. A wasted amount of time for me watching this bs
Hate you missed it.
Awesome videos. Has helped me a bunch. I ended up watching a video cover the front a rear diffs and they were using the royal purple 75w-140 for front and rear diffs. It was an XMR so assuming that’s the difference.
I’d like to see how you manage to take the skid plate on or off. Was a pain in the butt for me to get the front portion back on. Was wedged in the front for some reason from the factory. Not sure if you have to remove addition bolts to get it to slide back in nicely.
Like the vids
The difs are the same on all models, manual calls for 75w-90 in the front. I'm not a big fan of royal purple, mainly because it's dark which makes it almost impossible to see if there are particles or anything in the oil. I didn't take the skid plate off, just took off the 3-4 bolts so I could bend it down.
Why not put a small funnel between the engine and skid plate and put the funnel through skid plate hole?
That could work. I didn't have anything short enough. It wasn't too bad to clean though.
Wtf everyone's first oil change has oil pouring out of the fill hole. They overfill them at factory for break in period??
I'm not really sure how they even over fill it. Maybe they fill it before it is installed so could be sitting at a different angle.
Where did you get that monster of a needle…
I found that on Amazon. It would probably work better with more viscous fluids.
Go to your local feed store
fluid should not come out the fill hole........that was alot
Wait so the gear box oil is separate from the engine oil?
Yes. Engine oil, gearbox, front diff, rear diff. Gear box and rear diff use the same type oil.
Yup, think of it as Automatic Transmission