Me again, Engine fixed, now transmission? 2024 RTV520h

omextreme

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RTV520
Mar 22, 2026
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10
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Atlanta GA
Well its me again.. So the dealer got the engine working after 3 weeks in the shop. Got it home and 4 mins into driving it - Dead again.

SO.....
Engine runs like a top. backed the RTV off the trailer 1 slow loop around the cul-de-sac and then a 10 mph run down the street, 5 houses down a couple of metallic clunks and the engine dies.

Put in neutral started again, bogged in reverse, bogged in High forward then a clunk and bogging stopped.

No friction in High, Low or reverse, Unit rolls freely. wont go forward or reverse.

is there a simple to replace shear pin or anything like that? I can see the selector moving freely when shifting just no grab on the internals.. like its stuck in Neutral.

Hoping for an easy DIY here.. about to lose all hope.

Thanks!
 

omextreme

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RTV520
Mar 22, 2026
19
10
3
Atlanta GA
Other thread...broken wire.

I'd follow the shifter linkage to the transmission and see if everything is tight.
Everything is tight, good movement from H-L-R, no slop or play and you can hear it click in each position.

Jacked up the back, in N each wheel spins easily and independently of each other. In R and Drive rear wheels spin opposite directions, no grinding or extreme resistance so That tells me Diff seems to be working..
 

omextreme

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RTV520
Mar 22, 2026
19
10
3
Atlanta GA
I am wondering if this is a broken pump input flange. The noise being metallic, the engine dying and now seemingly no pump pressure (wheels don't even slow spin when elevated, in gear engine running)

Thinking I may pull the engine and hydro, teach the teenage sons something.. Either how to fix something or how to waste thousands on an impulse purchase. I did buy the shop manual so at least there is some reference material..
 
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