The only thing I can think of is it was screwed up when it was assembled. I'd take it to the dealer. Even if out of warranty Polaris should good will it.

 

have you tried pushing back those sliders on each side? they have a tool but u can use a flat head just be careful.

if i remeber on my '16, i had to be able to open the secondary plates open wide and then it came off, i think i had to mess with those sliders a little bit.

 

Thanks for the helpful advice. The sliders really aren't budging either. I planned on replacing the square pucks with Hunterwork's Round ones anyway. I'll keep trying here, I think you're on to something. It doesn't feel like the plates are spreading - wasn't sure if they were supposed to or not.

Will running it while it's up on blocks and changing gears help you think?

 

maybe try to re assemble and drive it around for a few mins, come back, take the cover off and let it cool just a little until you can work on it, maybe some belt wear got caked up somewhere and is creating somewhat of a seal, the secondary didnt just slide off for me when i did my SLP but i didnt have to do too much

 

Not London, *Kind of muscle it on there*

 

I didn't watch that video till just now, I hear it moving, unfortunately ur gonna have to yank on that Thang!

Support it better or put tires back on and put it on the ground and try yanking, that whole piece is put together nice, u shouldn't hurt anything, it's just stuck a little

 

Good thoughts. The sheaves aren't separating, it was difficult to get the belt off, now I know why. It was even harder to get back on if you can imagine. As far as belt wear it has 165 original miles with the same stock belt. There's no wear there. However I did notice some of the black gasket goo from the air intake right above the secondary was hanging very low, right over the belt, maybe a few mm to spare. Perhaps the belt rubbed some of it off and it got lodged down on the input shaft.

I've tried really pulling on it, but you're right I haven't tried putting the tire back on and putting it back on the ground to try and remove it - perhaps the weight of the vehicle does effect the sheaves for some reason.

I just don't want to end up like this guy:

http://www.rzrforums.net/rzr-xp-900/120570-xp-secondary-clutch-removal-need-help-3.html

 

Monday contact Todd at hunterworks.

 

Go to Harbor Freight and buy a cheap slide hammer. Hook it in the roller grove and use a light tap. My XP1K needed that each time I removed the secondary.

 

Excellent suggestion.

 

I have never done any clutch work to mine, so no personal experience but isint there a clutch puller for doing that?

I don't know if this is the right tool but something like this? https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/989/42648/SLP-Drive-Clutch-Puller?term=slp+clutch+tools

 

The Slide Hammer did it. Got a video of it too, interesting. So it wasn't the black foam gasket from up above, but the orange colored gasket inside both of the sheaves. one of them was worn down a bit and orange flakes were everywhere inside the helix *shrug*. Psheadl I owe you one! Thanks.

I made a video of the whole ordeal, incase anyone's looking at this in the future on how to remove a stuck secondary:



https://www.youtube.com/embed/1sshSUN3e94

 

Thanks greyhound, I have that for the primary clutch which you absolutely need to pull it out. My issue was with the secondary, but thanks for trying to help.