[Nitrousman]

Hey guys, has anyone talked about starting a class action lawsuit against Skidoo over these constant QRS clutch roller failures? I’ve had them fail on my old 2009 XP, 2013 MXZ, 2018 MXZ plus other people in my group have had them fail. If you replace them with Doodoctor rollers or some of the other aftermarket rollers they never fail again so obviously Skidoo is using cheap rollers for more than a decade now. Not happy when it wrecks a trip and you know they are going to fail at some point. Just did them on my 2018 and both rollers were busted and I plan to do them on my 2022 BCXRS this summer as preventative.

 

[jimmyk]

Huh? Never lost one but have blown a belt, dam BRP

 

[Spatzboy]

Can’t help either, never had one fail

 

[Vincent 850]

Good luck with that...

 

[12/3]

I had one fail once a ruin a day trip. I now replace with hi-torque. I hear where you are coming from but for $50 plus my time I'm not about to devote more energy to fighting them for such a small repair.

How about this approach: email them explaining the issue and maybe their R&D team will look into it and make a change.

 

[spark1911]

I'm not sure how far that would go with them being classified as a wear item. It sucks, but I've seen some people who never break them and others destroy them quickly.

 

[Avenger38]

Never had a failure either. Proactively changed them on my last sled at 5,000 miles. Still looked ok. But, I am very careful when using reverse. Otherwise, we ride the sleds hard.

 

[Jeb©]

Hey guys, has anyone talked about starting a class action lawsuit against Skidoo over these constant QRS clutch roller failures? I’ve had them fail on my old 2009 XP, 2013 MXZ, 2018 MXZ plus other people in my group have had them fail. If you replace them with Doodoctor rollers or some of the other aftermarket rollers they never fail again so obviously Skidoo is using cheap rollers for more than a decade now. Not happy when it wrecks a trip and you know they are going to fail at some point. Just did them on my 2018 and both rollers were busted and I plan to do them on my 2022 BCXRS this summer as preventative.

Other rollers fail as well, that is the truth. I have close to 40,000 miles on riding QRS equipped sleds and that I have owned and never broke a roller.

 

[Go Fast or Go Home]

THIS ^^^^^^^^^^

Don~

 

[Nitrousman]

I had one fail once a ruin a day trip. I now replace with hi-torque. I hear where you are coming from but for $50 plus my time I'm not about to devote more energy to fighting them for such a small repair.

How about this approach: email them explaining the issue and maybe their R&D team will look into it and make a change.

It’s a small repair cost when you do it but that’s not always possible when you’re in the middle of the UP. I’m sure they know it’s an issue since it’s been an issue since the first QRS was built. They deny them under warranty because they consider it a wear item. I’ve never had the aftermarket ones break and most of them have a lifetime warranty. Mine broke last weekend and I hadn’t used reverse all day so I’m not sure that’s it always going from forward to reverse in an aggressive manor that breaks them.

 

[F111 800]

Unbelievable, what next, I fouled a spark plug last weekend, I'm calling my lawyer on Monday.

 

[cutlass7]

I haven’t touched the clutch yet…. did change the original belt at 8,600km because I felt sorry for it

 

[nm9stheham]

I am wondering if any law firm in the galaxy would take this. I think class action lawsuits are done on contingency, and the money here is so tiny that there would be 0 willing to take this on.

 

[Nitrousman]

Unbelievable, what next, I fouled a spark plug last weekend, I'm calling my lawyer on Monday.

Now that’s genius!

 

[turbopete]

I guess all one can do, knowing this is an issue is to change them out beforehand as a preventative measure with the improved aftermarket ones. Yes, it seems they should have beefed up these parts long ago, yet also strange how some have had no problems at all.

Threads with anything negative against BRP rarely get a positive reaction on here, so sorry but you are not likely to get much support. Probably best to just eat the cost of aftermarkets, change them and forget about it. Not saying its right, but every manufacturer likely has a week point that is a common issue. You can always send BRP an email and let them know what you think.

 

[Vincent 850]

Best thing to do is to be proactive and upgrade the stock rollers before they fail.

Very happy i did mine last fall as they were on the verge of failure with only 2500 miles.

 

[SKIDOOCHRIS]

compression springs are much harder on the rollers than torsion springs

 

[OwnedEmAll]

It's called preventive maintenance. Best accomplished in a warm shop during the summer.

 

[calrcn]

Roller failure is almost 100% operator error! I beat the living crap out of my sleds and have never broken one. It is caused by letting the secondary slam when going reverse to forward and locking up the track and nailing the throttle with out coasting first to let the rollers regain contact with the helix. Any time your secondary slams it is probably causing micro cracks that just grow over time.

 

[IcutMetl]

Nice troll 👍