Clutch glitch WTH
#21
07-26-2017 | 09:12 AM
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Without a doubt. However I was more or less on on a fresh fluid replacement, as in it being done less than a year ago. It's also why many car performance enthusiasts change DOT4 out for DOT5.1 (not to be confused with DOT5), increasing the dry/wet boiling point from 446F/311F to 500F/356F.
In my case, I feel like it just got too hot due to being stuck behind that RV and in 1st gear for too dang long. Add in running super lean in high altitude with a stock bike (and a hot cat), the engine and trans were hotter than ****.
Biggest issue was no shoulder or safe place to stop and let it cool down. I am going to talk to the MOCO to find out if 5.1 is acceptable and swap to that for one, but also going to go ahead and suck it up and do a stage 1 to the bike to lower the heat.
In my case, I feel like it just got too hot due to being stuck behind that RV and in 1st gear for too dang long. Add in running super lean in high altitude with a stock bike (and a hot cat), the engine and trans were hotter than ****.
Biggest issue was no shoulder or safe place to stop and let it cool down. I am going to talk to the MOCO to find out if 5.1 is acceptable and swap to that for one, but also going to go ahead and suck it up and do a stage 1 to the bike to lower the heat.
To be fair, I've ridden my '15 Limited all over the Rockies in scorching temps with no problem(s) at all, so maybe this issue is something other than heat-related when operating under normal conditions?
No way would I spend a bunch more money trying to get mine to do what it's already supposed to do to begin with.
I wonder what a Caddy buyer would think if the salesman told him/her that "Oh yeah, one more little thing, you'll need to spend more money on aftermarket parts if you want the car to perform as advertised in the mountains".
I doubt if they'd sell all that many.
#22
07-26-2017 | 09:49 AM
Wow! I would have thought that a bike that's supposedly "designed" to be a mile-eating, cross-country machine would be capable of crossing the country, mountains and all, right out of the box. Guess not.
To be fair, I've ridden my '15 Limited all over the Rockies in scorching temps with no problem(s) at all, so maybe this issue is something other than heat-related when operating under normal conditions?
No way would I spend a bunch more money trying to get mine to do what it's already supposed to do to begin with.
I wonder what a Caddy buyer would think if the salesman told him/her that "Oh yeah, one more little thing, you'll need to spend more money on aftermarket parts if you want the car to perform as advertised in the mountains".
I doubt if they'd sell all that many.
To be fair, I've ridden my '15 Limited all over the Rockies in scorching temps with no problem(s) at all, so maybe this issue is something other than heat-related when operating under normal conditions?
No way would I spend a bunch more money trying to get mine to do what it's already supposed to do to begin with.
I wonder what a Caddy buyer would think if the salesman told him/her that "Oh yeah, one more little thing, you'll need to spend more money on aftermarket parts if you want the car to perform as advertised in the mountains".
I doubt if they'd sell all that many.
#23
07-26-2017 | 03:57 PM
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Like you, I had 10's of 1000's of miles in the Rockies with no issues. However, this instance was unique. I had never previously been stuck behind an RV for several miles, all while winding and up around and up, and all of it in first gear because there was no opportunities for all the cars and me behind it to pass. I was pissed and so was my bike, lol.
I guess that under those circumstances the best of 'em might have a hiccup or two.
Ride safe,
JP
#24
07-28-2017 | 07:12 AM
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