Kawasaki Sa340, Sb440. Published by Transport Canada as 1977104 on 21 November 1977. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says A flat head cap screw used to fasten the left tie rod to the steering post is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. a substitute screw was used that was too short and provided only marginal engagement when secured with a lock nut. breakage of the original screw can cause separation of the left tie rod from the steering …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1977104
- Recall date
- 21 November 1977
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- Sa340, SB440
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Snowmobile
- Vehicles affected
- 1,202
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
A FLAT HEAD CAP SCREW USED TO FASTEN THE LEFT TIE ROD TO THE STEERING POST IS SUBJECT TO HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT. A SUBSTITUTE SCREW WAS USED THAT WAS TOO SHORT AND PROVIDED ONLY MARGINAL ENGAGEMENT WHEN SECURED WITH A LOCK NUT. BREAKAGE OF THE ORIGINAL SCREW CAN CAUSE SEPARATION OF THE LEFT TIE ROD FROM THE STEERING POST AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL OF THE LEFT SKI.
SA340-A2 FROM 713025 THROUGH 714023
SB440-AE FROM 744026 THROUGH 747025
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 1977104.
Kawasaki elsewhere in this register
Kawasaki is named on 145 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1976083 · 9 July 1976 · KZ750 · Not Entered
- 1981015 · 29 January 1981 · Invader, Intruder · Suspension
- 1981121 · 29 December 1981 · KZ750, Kz1100, Kz1000 · Not Entered
- 1981122 · 29 December 1981 · Kz1000, Kz1100 · Not Entered
- 1982047 · 17 May 1982 · KDX250, KX80, KDX175 · Not Entered
- 1983089 · 24 October 1983 · KX750, KZ750 · Not Entered
- 1985123 · 13 November 1985 · ZX600 · Not Entered
- 1986069 · 20 June 1986 · Kz1000 · Suspension
The same system: Not Entered
882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1977105 · 21 November 1977 · Thunderbird · Not Entered
- 1977106 · 22 November 1977 · Mustang Ii · Not Entered
- 1977107 · 22 November 1977 · Club Wagon · Not Entered
- 1977108 · 22 November 1977 · E350, F-350, F-250 · Not Entered
- 1977109 · 22 November 1977 · Colt, Arrow · Not Entered
- 1977103 · 18 November 1977 · Road Boss Ii · Not Entered
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Kawasaki: 145 in the register, and 195 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1977.
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