Category Archives: Can-Am Outlander

I’m a rancher and Potential outlander buyer

Like it says I’m a potential buyer, I want everyone’s honest opinion and thoughts. I have a good idea but want to do my due diligence. So I’m a rancher here in Oregon and I do all my checking cattle and gathering off a quad. I do all my hauling and pulling with my commander. So the bike would be used for just riding, and hauling two cattle dogs or the occasional bags of salt mix or drip torches. All my heavy hauling pulling it is not used. We live in hill country, so a lot of the ground I’m running on isn’t even, and usually on side hills. With all that being said, how tippy are outlanders? How’s their performance on off trail riding? Does anyone use them in a similar capacity as to what I want to? Any opinions, thoughts, observations are greatly appreciated.

Lower Rear CV Boot

Hello all haven’t been around for a while, good to be back on the form.
My rear lower CV boot is seeping grease no rip on the rubber, think it may be from the clamps?? do I need to change? if so how difficult of a task is it. Any help will do as I’m not paying shop prices to change them out if its an easy task.:tools1: Thanks

transmission??? g1 outty

Got a 07 outty max. Was riding about 35-40 mph yesterday on the road and my back tires just locked up. And i slide to a stop. the bike never died. But when it finally came to a stop, I hit the gas and it wouldn’t go anywhere. I put it in reverse and it did just fine, back to high and it did just fine but it was making a noise like something was loose internal when it was rolling. So I parked it and we went and got the truck. When we got back to the bike I cranked it and it pulled on the trailer and when I got to the house off the trailer just fine. Help please! Keeping my finger crossed it’s an easy fix!

oil filter options?

Can’t seem to find much in searching, maybe user error? lol.
Anyway new to can am (always had Polaris and thought I’d try something difft) recently picked up a 15 max 650 xt and about time to change the fluids. Gonna use amsoil but can’t seem to find many cross referenced oil filters.
What’s everyone using?

Also being new to the difft sounds of a can am does it seem normal to hear a whine or wawa sound from what sounds like the clutch area when going slowish (15-20 mph)

dash lights blinking and won’t start

I have an 08 800 outty, I just had the ecm reflashed a few weeks ago and had the PC5 dyno tuned this past Saturday.when I left there it was running perfect.
The next morning I went to unload it off the trailer and the dashlights started blinking, the gear indicator was showing park instead of neutral and it wouldn’t turn over. I cycled the key a few times and it went back to normal and started right up. Now it won’t do anything, dashlights are blinking, showing wrong gear and the fuel pump isn’t priming.
Any have this problem before?

Thanks, Kelly

dash lights blinking and won’t start

I have an 08 800 outty, I just had the ecm reflashed a few weeks ago and had the PC5 dyno tuned this past Saturday.when I left there it was running perfect.
The next morning I went to unload it off the trailer and the dashlights started blinking, the gear indicator was showing park instead of neutral and it wouldn’t turn over. I cycled the key a few times and it went back to normal and started right up. Now it won’t do anything, dashlights are blinking, showing wrong gear and the fuel pump isn’t priming.
Any have this problem before?

Thanks, Kelly

07 outlander 500 cutting out

I have an 07 outty 500 and today when I was riding it. It woul die for a split second like someone turned the key of an then it would come right back. It didn’t do it constant it would do it 5 or six times in about five minutes then it didn’t do it it again for about another 2 or three hours. Also it died a couple times while idling but fired right back up. Is it the fuel pump causing this I’m going to get a new fuel filter first to see if that’s my issue any suggestions.

fan on toggle switch

was wondering how to wire my fan so i can turn it on with a toggle switch, i know the dealer around here does it to the mud bikes they build.

figure it should be somewhat straight forward ones get a couple pointers to do it myself.

i know how to wire a toggle switch in to run the fan but how do you wire it so the fan still goes on and off automatically with temp sensor. but can toggle switch the fan on whenever i want to like ripping down the road.

2006 400 max xt fuel gauge stuck…

Anyone else have a problem with the fuel gauge on their 2006 400 max xt? Mine is stuck on full. Used it this week and fuel gauge never moved. If you move the machine you can hear the mechanism inside the tank moving. How do you remove the gauge for inspection? Any help would be appreciated.