Arctic Cat primary clutches, the last 20 years.

Arctic Cat has used att least 5 different primary clutches on mountain sleds since the year 2000. MSG goes through the last almost 20 years of Arctic Cat snowmobile primary clutches. Wha tclutch each came on each sled, the differences and the weights of each. Giving options of what clutch you may want on you Arctic Cat sled.

[@samueldysart]

Awesome video. Creating a secondary cat clutch video would be Kool.

[@darrellfolk5284]

This was a very helpful video for me learning about my 2012 F800 clutch it look exactly like the M series. Iv got everything apart in the middle of the season because the weights were not letting my clutch disengaging even at lower speeds. My weights are beat up! Think im gonna upgrade to a team clutch if i can. Thank you for the video. Ill be rewatching a couple times

[@richardmaxwell1433]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ponycarfan]

Well done, very informative! You were at the SSI booth when I stopped there at Hay Days. After you left, I was asking the guy about their ADAPT clutch upgrade kit. He said they have a new milled cover to replace the Cat cast part. I thought that was interesting. Not sure if you saw that, it doesn’t appear to be on their web site.

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Yea, I saw it. Clutch covers are all the rage right now. One more thing for the aftermarket to sell. Not sure if there is much benefit other than cool factor.

[@msad40kopishke]

Great video. The only thing I would add is the 6 tower came out in '04, not '05. It also had two flavors; the early "SAE" version was bulletproof; I have over 10k on one, and it's all original (trail sled). They switched to a metric version around '07, and it's just not as good. I'm pretty sure they started manufacturing them overseas as well, which is probably the real reason for the quality, not the fact that it went metric.

[@richardluce775]

Old dealer here. It started with the 9 towers back in the late 90s I refused to rebuild, other pin bushings and arms. Spiders and sta. Sheave exploding was common. Liability

[@ridewot]

My brother has 2 2019 ZR8000 and both have crackers in the movable sheave!!! Arctic Cat says have a nice day! Sleds have under 3k 😮

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Yea, definitely the least reliable clutch from any manufacturer

[@fasterdura1772]

I installed a p-85 on my 19 cat. Works very well.

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

The P-85 works very good.

[@fasterdura1772]

@@mountainsleddergarage8627 the only downfall is the pricy bolt that’s not available in Canada. We pretty much put the p-85 on our other 3 cats. They just work so much better. Longer belt life and they take the abuse.

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Where did you have them machined to fit the cat crankshaft. I took the P-22 off my Polaris boost and put a p-85 on, much better clutch

[@fasterdura1772]

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[@Josh-je2ni]

Are the 16-17/18 clutches interchangeable? The moveable sheave on my 18 cracked, and I found a cheap 16-17 locally

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Yes, you can use a 16/17 clutch on an 18’.

[@Josh-je2ni]

@mountainsleddergarage8627 anything else need to be changed to do that?

[@iolasagiaktuk-dh2mb]

2015 zr rr 8000 primary clutch help making noise after belt blew

[@dodgedaddyBouge]

So will the new Adapt work on a 07 M8 Turbo? Looking to upgrade my primary figure that should be a good test

[@Eastern_SA]

Great vid. Does this apply to the Arctic cat UTV series?

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

The arctic cat utv started in 2012 with a wet clutch design. Later it turned to the Team clutch, which was similar, but not exactly like the sled team clutch. Now it uses the Adapt clutch, again very similar, but not exactly like the sled clutch. The sled and utv clutch do not interchange.

[@antonlundberg209]

Interesting! Since i have a 19 alpha, Will the p85 clutch fit on the 800 ctek2 crank? Same diameter?

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

No, the P-85 will not bolt on to the cat crank. You can have the P-85 machined to fit. Indy Specialties can machine it.

[@edlonglad3230]

@@mountainsleddergarage8627 Is this Indy Specialty in Cannon Falls? Great vid...

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Yes, there are a few other places around that’ll do it.

[@rotaxrules100]

M 1000 came with both 6 and 8 tower clutches

[@bobc8694]

Didn't look like you had weight's in the new clutch and the other ones did ...why...

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

When you buy a new adapt, they don’t come with weights in stalled

[@joseywales898]

I"m glad for the info, but Disappointed that cat has not had a safety recall for The customers.

[@mountainsleddergarage8627]

Yea, with as common as an issue it’s been you’d think cat would do something. Polaris had a couple clutch bolt failures last year and were concerned enough to recall and fix everything.

[@joshgessinger4509]

Im not a fan of the the auto belt deflection. I believe most problems come from to tight of deflection. Belt is to tight causing to much heat. Never saw the advantage of the team clutches either. I raced cart for 15 years. Pro XC and SX many wins and championships. Iv owned a lot of race sleds and trail along with my father. My father had a 2015 XF 6000 with cat clutches. It would spank my 15-17 ZR 6000r XC’s. My 15 was closest with cat primary and team secondary. My 16 and 17 had all team clutches. My father had 50 pounds on me with heaver sled. Probably a 100 weight disadvantage lol!! Idk why cat went away with the reverse cam. My opinion is best secondary ever on stock sled. STM must of thought so because there secondarys r copies of the reverse cam clutch. Just built heavy duty uses all same clutch components as cat reverse cam. O ya whats up with weight rings on the clutches. Took one off once but messed up the clutching just didn’t work right. Probably could of re clutched to make work though. Anyway cool video good stuff Thanks Josh. G

[@billmichalchuk5453]

Arctic cat customer service sucks , they don’t give a shit after you buy the product,never again and I would advise not to buy cat