SkiDoo Clutch Removal - water trick

How to remove the Ski-Doo TRA-7 Primary using only a wrench, water, and
some teflon tape

[@berh307]

Just wanted to pass along a thank you. I tried it last night to remove the clutch on my SWT800 and it work great ,No hammering on the clutch just pop off like a dream. It took two attempts as the first attemp I wrapped the teflon on the wrong way. Thanks again for posting this

[@JeffNootenboom]

This trick works really well. I started out using the puller tool just to see how tight in might be. I cranked so hard on it that I thought I was about to break the tool. I torqued the bolt while I was holding the clutch with my hand. I got it fairly tight ad was just reaching down for the clutch holder tool when the clutch popped right off! I found that if I tapered the teflon tape so it was thicker further up the threads it worked great.

[@1waukesha]

All I can say is wow. This works amazing.I did it exactly like your vid and it worked perfectly.I tightened it up and was just about there. I stopped to re grip, and it suddenly popped off. Thanks for saving me $25 on the tool!!

[@1aargle]

Thanks for posting this video! It saved me the cost of the puller tool and it worked like a charm on my '09 Skidoo Renegade 600 ETEC. It took me about 2 minutes from start to finish. :)

[@stevenvanheel3932]

Great video, worked on my 98 Formula III 600. Took me a few tries though because the Teflon kept messing up, but worked great!

[@MacDaddyDean]

This was AWESOME and very cool. I am going to try this tonight. I recently took a blown engine out of my 2000 Skandic, and swapped it with my like new engine out of my 1980 Everest 500. Everything bolted right up, quite amazing really. We just have to remove the clutch off the blown to install on the good...Thanx Again!

[@Rabbit101Whazup]

Wow! worked like a champ on my Rotax 670 clutch! I wouldnt have believed it unless I saw it for myself. I started with the tool which wasnt working. Tried your trick and like you said just as I was thinking I might need a second set of hands to hold the clutch while I tightened the bolt BAM it popped off.

[@jondoe6618]

love this trick, just did it yesterday.Worked first time, and ALOT cheaper than a crappy clutch puller.

[@k6user]

Great video, best explanation and visualization of this method I've seen. Thanks!

[@TheUberGopher]

Another thanks! I mentioned this to a buddy of mine who does lots of clutches, he recommended oil, and said he doesn't like to fill it all the way up, he adds oil in stages so that the bolt is in a few threads before it starts to hydraulic. He's worried about stripping the threads otherwise. I'm not sure if that would be a problem, the fluid likely leaks past the threads until it's in a few anyway. Not complaining, just another thought on it... Again, thanks, I'm going to try it.

[@jamesdarden5487]

This is awesome! i just spent 2 hours monkeying with a john deere gator... tried this trick and it came off in 20seconds!

[@mckalewirnsberger1910]

Extremely helpful , worked perfect on my summit 800

[@greenthumb858]

thank you so much for showing me this method i swear i had a hard time rebuilding my bottem end on a 1997 xcr 440 and it was because the primary was so hard to pull off left side crankseals and bearing were burning up in 2 months

[@GarnettM]

This method works aswell with no threads but removing a pilot bearing on a crank too -If you put a rope in the plug hole to keep the engine from turning helps lots when turning in the bolt . Good idea forgot about this method .

[@maxsteel333]

theres a similar trick but it consists of a grease gun instead of water. you simply need adapters to mount a grease fitting to the clutch and add pressure with a grease gun. a grease gun can reach insane ammounts of pressure. i thought some of you might want to know in case the water trick didnt work.

[@justjon907]

@skierfe no! You can use just a bolt but it has to thread into your clutch not your crank like the bolt that is in there now does

[@spicob]

The Polaris clutch cannot be removed the same way. I just read many comments below asking. Don't try, as it results many times in snapping off the bolt down inside.

[@maxsteel333]

depending on hold old the snowmobile is sometimes the clutch can be seized and water might not accumulate enough pressure its just aother way of dooing it

[@pantherman399]

if you had an arctic cat you would never have to worry about taking off the primary clutch,unlike the ski-doo every 2500 miles to do the bottom end haha.

[@4freki]

Nice clean machine. Thx for posting !

[@thoreide669]

Thanks for the trick, it worked great on my 07 ski doo 800r

[@lovemyskidoo]

that is slick! never seen it done like that b4.

[@fatnfurious9171]

U use clutch bolt?

[@stopatnothen]

the teflon catches the threads on the clutch and make pressure that pops the clutch off.. right..not the threads in the crank wich holds the clutch on, correct.

[@ontarroblasch1625]

+stopatnothen The tefon tape seals the threads,and you build up hydralic pressure since the water got nowhere to escape.

[@stopatnothen]

+Ontar Roblasch gotcha...

[@ridewot1]

This works great had a clutch that would not come off and this works great. Ive removed over a hundred clutches and this one i just did would not budge, i think i will use this from now on. watch out when it pops off things go flying lol

[@robertraz5288]

Thanks,hardest thing is to flip the sled

[@handballduenas]

Do you need to worry about making any markings for re- installation?

[@dhmtbiker9]

Does the bolt just thread through teflon tape causing compression to push off clutch?

[@spark23ca]

wonder if that would work with greese and a cut off puller for a yamaha...i always lend my pullers and they end up bent ..i usually use a pin out of a transmission with just the threaded end of the clutch puller left..i'm going to try that water trick ..

[@justjon907]

Metzger the puller threads into the clutch while the shaft pushes on the clutch

[@robertsrbell7811]

Should you mark you clutch with a marker to the block they are balanced to the crank un less its been played with from some one else

[@stephaneduquette-nx9fr]

are you taking the original bolt that screw in the crink shaft ???

[@larzkarz]

Works great on 2004 MXZ 500!

[@Tillerbomb]

awsome thank you. i have a 97 mach1 and got the outter half off with some brute force lol but will the water trick work with the inner half?

[@peterlebuffe9427]

Great video works very well! Thank you for saving me time and money! :)

[@themikemetzger]

Im not quite getting it. if the bolt threads into the crank, thus pulling the clutch on, how are you threading the bold without it being in the crank? Or is that what the tape is doing?

[@alaskansonthefly2737]

Excellent Video My 907 Brother

[@jeffburt2016]

Thanks for the video did it while I watched , so easy!!!

[@michelleronjones9676]

How do you separate the inner and outer parts after removal without the tool?

[@kapteenikaarna]

Works great!! Thans for the tip!

[@TheBCSledder]

Can I use oil as well? I don't have a shop to work in and I don't want the water freezing in there

[@dawidwiklowski7985]

You are a hero ! mate thanks

[@adams98gtp]

sweet trick!

[@brians6304]

Can you pack it with snow instead of water?

[@beawinner357]

good trick but id do it the old fashion way with a puller

[@TheNickTC]

Any ideas on how to get the broken puller mentioned in the beginning of the video, and the one currently broken in my clutch, out of the clutch?

[@freeliving66]

Thanks Great Tip !

[@kurtamundson2600]

great vid, you just saved me $30

[@vintagepolaris]

the fled sliped over i caught that thanks this helped

[@ceaserman01]

COOOOOL! thanks for the tip.

[@adamskead8859]

It doesn't enter the engine does it?

[@ontarroblasch1625]

any oil works fine as well.

[@simonningiuk8494]

i tried that to my polaris many times... dident work...

[@skidoolover101]

great video very helpfull

[@karlbuttler]

Cool you Hydrauliced it !!!

[@MrRbt61]

is the clutch bolt threading into the crank when it poped you didnt unscrew from crank

[@sethwatson8952]

Did you even watch the video? He said the bolt never touched the crank.

[@colbylaing5187]

what's the purpose of the clutch bolt if it doesn't thread into the crank?

[@ice-cold_3469]

@@colbylaing5187 i believe without water in there the original bolt will

[@ice-cold_3469]

maybe im wrong, but powermodz explains it well. water method explained..

[@samueldysart]

Gonna try this on my yamaha tomorrow.

[@422904]

7/8 bolt + water + teflon tape = Perfect Pop off! Thanks =D

[@kwadlife4106]

The 2 pieces of my primary came apart. Do they have to go back together a certain way?

[@motorbreathjz]

yeah should be divets or marks on each side of the clutch that need to line up..

[@kwadlife4106]

@@motorbreathjz yea I found those but they dont line perfectly got it close but not quite perfect

[@motorbreathjz]

@@kwadlife4106 yeah probably because u got like a 09 or newer where they went to the splined shaft.. at that point u just gotta get it close as possible it wont line up perfect like the older style tappered smooth shafts

[@kwadlife4106]

@@motorbreathjz yup 2009 alright thanks alot for the help

[@Videogamerforlife69]

Arctic Cat's don't have to worry because their Sleds Blow up before 2,500 miles.

[@gnarlynipples]

Video-gamer-for-life Which ones?

[@theweener]

When using this method, could water push into the crank somehow?

[@gnarlynipples]

theweener no

[@Surnixcams]

That's sick

[@avalancheinak]

Awesome trick. I can see the key point is having a clutch and clutch bolt that has the same threads as the crank, otherwise it won't work. (ie you have to unscrew the bolt through two different segments when unscrewing it) Does anyone know if the newer e-drive clutches on some of the BRP four strokes work with this method? If the clutch puller is the same than the water trick should work too..

[@mtrsprt91]

Instead of the bottom end, you have to do a top end on a AC every 2000 miles.....

[@1waukesha]

The only reason the water trick won't work is if you don't get the teflon tape put on good enough to seal in the pressure.

[@quader99]

Just a heads up for some people that wanna try this on a polaris, i tried this method last night on my fusion and it got tight like it does in the video got so tight that i couldnt turn it anymore and the clutch wasent coming off so i started to thread it out and was still really tight and snapped the bolt while i was threading it, So know i have a clutch full of water with a broken bolt 5"down, just a heads up becareful and dont be like me

[@juss-passin-thru]

Will this work for pulling the secondary?

[@grantdubridge7995]

The secondary is not a tapered shaft and should slide off easily. If it doesn't then your shaft is rusty and you need to use penetrating oil.

[@richardmaaske7483]

I like the video

[@ahhmoreperfect]

Will this work for a Polaris sled also?

[@davyjones365]

The Skidoo internal clutch threads are the same as in the crank , so you are compressing the water from the clutch threads to the crank end. With a Polaris drive clutch, the clutch hold on bolt won't work, the clutch internal threads are much bigger. With a Polaris puller, you could use the water trick, but you have to make sure you get enough treads started in the clutch before it starts pushing hard , so you don' strip threads ,same as in a Skidoo. In 2001 & earlier , Polaris clutches ( maybe later as well ) the drive clutch internal threads are 3/4-16 ( fine ) . I have made my own puller for these before. I buy a grade 8 hex head bolt, 2 to 2 1/2 " long, ( with the longest thread length possible). The later sleds with a hole in the belly pan , you can use whatever length 3/4-16 ( fine ) bolt with a good amount of threads, to push against the spacer. With the clutch bolt removed , you measure from the end of the crankshaft to the inside beginnings of the internal threads of the clutch. You make a ( grade 8 ) 5/8" diameter spacer that length plus 1/4" to push on the crank , with the 3/4-16 bolt. As with the Skidoo , the regular , or this type puller takes alot of grunt to pop the clutch. I had not thought of using water.... I have used 10 squirts of grease from a grease gun, inserted spacer , tighted bolt, and it comes off much easier. Yes , more clean up. But the taper of my cranks , or internal taper of my clutches never show signs of rust. I just clean em up good , and have never had a clutch slip or gall on the crank end either. I've always just used 10 pumps of grease in the Skidoos also , inserted the regular puller bolt , and off they come. They pop more the this guy showed on the video...because I've always used an impact gun. I'm always a bit gun shy when they pop. I always put a good sized rag between clutch and belly pan on older sleds, or ready to catch the clutch with a gloved hand. I have never used the teflon tape trick , with grease It always worked without. Teflon tape would really help the threads though, Iwould think. On the spacer , you don't want to use much more than 5/8" diameter , even at that I used too soft of spacer once and it almost smashed the end enough to swell into the interal threads of the clutch ,next to the pusher bolt. ( I think that was before I started using grease to make it so much easier). Good luck , Davy.

[@jamesmcbean1264]

Get the f outta here. Amazing! I worked on my clutch ('03 800) for an hour with a proper BRP puller and heat and mallet and got nowhere. I had to stop because I thought I was going to twist off my puller. Then I saw this, and it was literally a 2 minute job. Thanks SO much!

[@darrellgreen9512]

That’s a simple idea but it got to work nice one

[@GusgusA1]

If I wrap the threads of the puller would it work the same?

[@grantdubridge7995]

The puller is made to hit on the end of the Crank shaft. Probably not.

[@IGoProEVERYTHING]

Who has to pull a clutch on the trail?

[@tonyalanak8935]

would it work for a polaris clutch

[@grantdubridge7995]

yes. They all mount the same.

[@nanopower5551]

will this work on a 1992 mach 1 617cc ski-doo

[@nanopower5551]

I could not get this to work... I tried 4 times...www.nanopowerselfcleaning.com

[@antonnilsson7100]

nano power look up what clutch you have.

[@antonnilsson7100]

nano power look up what clutch you have.

[@ak4344]

Works better with gear oil

[@fatso1223]

i broke a clutch puller on my rotax 500 i got the clutch off the motor but now i cant take that broken bolt out of the clutch, can anyone help me???

[@wg7973]

Yes I'm in same situation. A Buddy welded me up a tool, well , he welded a small bolt to an extra clutch bolt, and it bent and broke off inside...... now I have only this as a last resort-

[@richardsauermilch5483]

fucking brilliant

[@ctsteve1967]

Dude you surely are not Tim Allen

[@gerardjones7881]

5 times, it ain't working.

[@justjon907]

Pushes on the crank lol not the clutch

[@TheHitchiker42]

anyone else have no audio on this video?

[@adams98gtp]

yeh arctic cat engines are so awesome they have to get yamaha to make them lol

[@gnarlynipples]

Adam Wenjina really ?? Which ones does Yamaha make?

[@gnarlynipples]

Enlighten me please

[@turbo7443]

Or is it because Yamaha can't manufacture good chassis enough, so they have use Arctic's chassies instead.

[@airman15905]

SLICK TRICK !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ontarroblasch1625]

any oil works fine as well.