05 clutch cover recall, is it too late?

[Slow05z400]

Originally Posted by kapt1eye

i'm interested in how it goes...good luck.actually no luck involved..post what happens.

Haha thanks. Tried to take a look last night for the extra bolt boss but no luck in the dark. Ill look saturday when i can see what im looking at and try to find it

[Slow05z400]

Originally Posted by kapt1eye

if you don't understand about this fakebolt, let me know and i'll put up a pic or 2 which will explain it, dude!

Hey man can you post that picture up when you get a chance.
Thanks

[cr125honda]

Thanks for the description. Wish I would have read this two weeks ago. Just did a timing chain on this engine. Didn't find any corrosion inside.
Assumed I had a new style cover and couldn't find any info online to help determining whether mine was old or new style.
I see now that I have the "boss" your talking about.
Need to call my local dealer. Wish me luck for a no hassle replacement!

Regards, Ken

[darederek]

if you have the boss the recall has been done.....

[cr125honda]

Darederek. I posted the pic above. Can you confirm the recall has been completed on this quad? Just did cam chain, changed oil and coolant. My local dealer couldn't confirm with a VIN check. Would rather not haul it over there if I know it's good.

Regards, Ken

[darederek]

Originally Posted by kapt1eye

there is actually a way too tell...it is that on the aluminum cover,on the bottom,there is what they refer to as a 'bolt boss'...which is basically a fake bolt head that looks like an allen key fits in it.the magnesium cover on the otherhand doesn't have this' bolt boss'. if its there its been done, if not, it still has the magnesium and IS under warranty.
this fake bolt head is right by the bottom bolts

really, i need to check myself. just reading this, it seemed to me that yours should be aluminum. i see a bolt boss on yours

[cr125honda]

Thanks for checking in to it for me (and any others that are wanting to know for sure).

When I pulled the cover to do the chain, all looked well (no corrosion) inside.

Just spent $180 bucks on my 89 CR250 to replace it's cover. It had the same magnesium cover issue. I had serious corrosion. Had to flush the radiator's etc..

Don't want to go through that with this engine later on down the road.

Regards, Ken

[Slow05z400]

Soo there are a couple posts in this thread saying that the cover with the bolt boss is the aluminum improved cover, i just got off the phone with my local dealer since my cover does not have the bolt boss (according to posts on here means i have the magnesium cover) and the dealer verified that my cover has been replaced from the original dealer based on my VIN number.

Anyone else have any confirmation through vin number or anything else about which cover truely has the bolt boss?

[TRMN8TR]

I'm trying to make sense of this too. Are you guys confusing "bolt boss" with the real bolt? Perhaps if someone that had the recall done for sure could post a comparison picture that would help. But to me it looks like the pic ken posted has a real bolt and not the fake bolt boss?

[Slow05z400]

Bump

[scotty wilson]

laka boss

[TuckerHardRide]

Mine supposedly had the recall done but it was never actually done.

[Slow05z400]

Originally Posted by TuckerHardRide

Mine supposedly had the recall done but it was never actually done.

Did a dealer tell you it was done? And how did you fond out just taking it apart

[TuckerHardRide]

Well it's my GF's quad and it was having a problem and we bought it used. So when she started having this problem i started investigating into it. So i called up MY dealer and asked them to run the VIN and they said the recall was done by a different dealer but in fact the other dealer cheaped out and probably brought the quad in checked it and if it was OK they sent it right back without doing it.

[Slow05z400]

Can you verify if the picture above with the bolt boss is the original or corrected case. Mine does not have the bolt boss but dealer confirms done by a dealer in jersey.