2019 Alterra Clutch Issue

[bcase1997]

Hello everyone,

I have a 2019 Arctic Cat Alterra 570 XT EPS - 558 miles and probably under 80 hours. I have had it since July 2022, and it has already run into a few issues. Mid-winter we discovered the drive belt slipping, and when we opened the clutch cover, the belt housing was full of oil. We cleaned the entire compartment and the components, then replaced the seal behind the primary clutch and the belt. After this, the machine worked perfectly up till about a month ago. The same issue came up. We discovered more oil in the belt housing but much worse this time. The belt and clutches were throwing the oil out of the air intake duct on the left side of the clutch case housing. We repeated the same steps as before and replaced the seal behind the primary clutch (neither time, was there any indication that the secondary clutch seal was leaking, so we haven't touched that one) but realized that after putting it back together the clutch housing started a loud growling noise when the gas was pushed. We narrowed that down to possibly being the clutches losing their lubrication because the only thing we did differently than before, was clean the components with gasoline versus Brak-leen we used last time. The gas most likely ate all of the lubrication out. We used Blaster Dry Lube Advanced with Teflan and sprayed it into the Movable Drive Face and Damper. Once the cover was placed back on, and test drove, the sound was immensely quieter. But the RPMs have been running extremely high still (about 5000 going about 8 MPH). And once the machine sat for a few minutes, and we rode it again, the sound came back, just as loud as before if not louder.

Does anyone have experience with this type of situation? Any ideas of what we should do? We would like to avoid the dealership, as the warranty has already run out, and we have experienced friends that can help, but currently, we are all at a loss.

[kp3004x4]

Have not come up on a loud noise as stated but ideally noise of that nature could indicate premature clutch wear. Also since gasoline is oil derivative could have a coating filming on clutch,try to clean with brake clean thoroughly let dri completely before installing cover back on. Wish you luck a shop will be costly.