Spider flew apart in my backup sled ('10 M8) that my kids ride. Need to replace the entire primary due to damage. Did cat fix the primary in the proclimb model years? I see a poll in the M forum with very high failure rate in the '10/'11 model years (something over 40% failure rate). If I replace the primary what model year should I be looking for (assuming Cat fixed the problem)? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
Did Cat fix spider problems?
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Yep what Dave said, the replacement primaries are good
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First clutch wore bad on the shove because of crap alignment when sled was set up, cat warrantied that and the new one broke a spider in 200 miles, cat warrantied that and got all 911 products in the new one and no faith left with cat's clutches. All happend on my 13 LE
Thanks guys. If I go with cat vs p85 or something I'll make sure to get current model.
I'd say it's fixed. Haven't seen a spider problem on any sled since the 2012 model year.
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the newer heat treated ones are better, i just lost one on my 2013 at 2600 miles. (have seen a couple others aroudn this mileage) but i havent seen any with the new heat treating proces ones fail.
I've gone through a lot of Cat primaries. I haven't had a single spider break since 2010-2011. All failures I see now are rollers.
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