{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1981006 (TK and 1 more), 1981: Brakes",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981006/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1981006, TK, WHIP 440 P/R, 440 P/S, 340 P/R, 1981-01-19. ON CERTAIN SNOWMOBILES, THE USE OF A HEXAGON NUT INSTEAD OF A FLANGE NUT IN.",
  "excerpt": "Tk 440 P/R, 440 P/S, 340 P/R. Published by Transport Canada as 1981006 on 19 January 1981. System: Brakes. What the notice says On certain snowmobiles, the use of a hexagon nut instead of a flange nut in the brake cable assembly may, through overtorquing, result in failure of the chain case retaining boss. this could result in loss of braking. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. ON CERTAIN SNOWMOBILES, THE USE OF A HEXAGON NUT INSTEAD OF A FLANGE NUT IN THE BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLY MAY, THROUGH OVERTORQUING, RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE CHAIN CASE RETAINING BOSS. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKING. Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published. The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1981006 . The Canadian register on this site 791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time. 1981004 · 14 January 1981 · C Series, K Series · Brakes 1981106 · 16 October 1981 · B",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:19:03+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:19:03+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1981006 (TK and 1 more), 1981: Brakes\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981006/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}