I’m reading and seeing multiple H2 clutches that are catastrophically failing and in some cases literally exploding into shrapnel. And it’s both the primary & secondary’s that have been failing. The most recent one I’ve seen pictures of was a primary and it did significant damage to the car. Frame damage, radius rod damage, electrical connector damage on top of the CVT covers and CVT itself. Who knows if there is engine or crankshaft damage, as the primary clutch hangs off the crankshaft.
My guess and from seeing the Polaris XP Pro primary clutches that failed and came apart. The Polaris’s recall was due to bad castings and materials used.
My guess is Kawasaki has the same issue with bad pressure castings, machining and the material is probably to porous, and with the heat cycles it stress cracked like little spiderwebs and eventually lets go. I’d look for pitting in the H2 clutch sheaves too, as that’s a sign of oxygen within the material during the casting process, bad material and or heat treating.
Never owning a Kawasaki before, I wonder how Kawasaki handles this? How quickly to that admit their an issue and how quickly is it resolved, and how do they take care of the customers during this time. Anyone here have experience with Kawasaki or its dealers?
The cars with lower frame damage under the CVT is rally concerning as the only way to properly fix that as a OEM, is a frame replacement. You could easily cut that section out, and sleeve a new piece, or weld patch over the dent in the frame. But the OEM can’t do that, and I would not want to do that if the fault of the problem lies with the OEM’s faulty parts.
My guess and from seeing the Polaris XP Pro primary clutches that failed and came apart. The Polaris’s recall was due to bad castings and materials used.
My guess is Kawasaki has the same issue with bad pressure castings, machining and the material is probably to porous, and with the heat cycles it stress cracked like little spiderwebs and eventually lets go. I’d look for pitting in the H2 clutch sheaves too, as that’s a sign of oxygen within the material during the casting process, bad material and or heat treating.
Never owning a Kawasaki before, I wonder how Kawasaki handles this? How quickly to that admit their an issue and how quickly is it resolved, and how do they take care of the customers during this time. Anyone here have experience with Kawasaki or its dealers?
The cars with lower frame damage under the CVT is rally concerning as the only way to properly fix that as a OEM, is a frame replacement. You could easily cut that section out, and sleeve a new piece, or weld patch over the dent in the frame. But the OEM can’t do that, and I would not want to do that if the fault of the problem lies with the OEM’s faulty parts.
