Reverse lever extremly hard to pull out when cold.

[ApexerER]

Just got back from riding in Quebec this weekend. Temps were very cold with lots of snowdust. When I tried to put sled in reverse sometimes the lever would not budge. Tried moving forward a bit and still wouldn't. Sometime it would work but be really stiff. Other times it would work fine. Any ideas or anyone else have this problem. Don't know if the temps had anything to do with it but it was far colder than I have ridden in years....

 

[Reimond]

Maybe you need to change good oil in your chaincase?

 

[SharkAttak]

did you adjust it, check the linkage

 

[TBay Sledhead]

Remove the right side cowl and lube the tube that the arm slides in with light oil. Ever since I've done that it hasn't failed me, sometimes it is stiff though. I think that snow dust gets in there and freezes. Was operating mine the other day and noticed that if u hold the lever to the right when trying to pull it out it would come out a lot easier

 

[CaptCaper]

Probably some condensation froze along the levers.. I had it similar and lubed it up good and it works better now. Make sure you use Grease for Snowmobiles.

 

[ReX]

Just got back from riding in Quebec this weekend. Temps were very cold with lots of snowdust. When I tried to put sled in reverse sometimes the lever would not budge. Tried moving forward a bit and still wouldn't. Sometime it would work but be really stiff. Other times it would work fine. Any ideas or anyone else have this problem. Don't know if the temps had anything to do with it but it was far colder than I have ridden in years....

This is a common problem when snowdust gets inside the reverse slip collar (right behind the hand grip) and then freezes up in very cold temperatures.

If you grease the collar up well you'll never see it stuck again, but it will still get stiffer when the temperatures are very cold due to the grease getting thicker.

Probably a good temperature stable white lithium grease would be the best for temperature stability.

 

[Yellowknife]

Yep, see this video at 1 minute 55 seconds in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r6jkp_--kk