--- title: "Your Suggested Fix For My Can-Am Maverick X3 Project Worked" description: "The Drive's commenters came to the author's rescue and stopped him from over-thinking a simple fix. That fix worked like a charm." date: "2022-10-25" modified: "2022-10-25" authors: - name: "Jonathon Klein" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jonathon-klein" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/commenter-can-am-maverick-x3-fix" categories: - "Culture" - "Features" - "Maintenance & Repair" - "News" - "Project Car Diaries" - "The Garage" --- # Your Suggested Fix For My Can-Am Maverick X3 Project Worked ![]() *\Jonathon Klein\* In my last Can-Am Maverick X3 project update, I told you about everything I'd just done to get it more [adventure-ready](), including adding [Can-Am's Adventure Roof Rack](). However, after installing the rack's side plates and taking the [Can-Am]() for a test ride, I quickly found out that the plates vibrated against the rack's tubing. It was a maddening 15-minute ride, one that I prematurely ended, tore home, and quickly removed the plates before heading back out to test all the other mods I'd done. When I was able to steal some garage time, neither tightening nor loosening did anything to halt the high-pitch resonance. So I stashed the plates on my workbench and just used the [Adventure Racks']() tubing as my gear attachment points. But in that last update, I mused that fixing the metal-on-metal vibrations would likely become a winter project. Maybe some type of custom gasket could be cut? That'd be fun and it'd provide a great update! But you all, *The Drive's* commenters, came to my rescue and saved me from overthinking self. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because we know a lot about machines, we tend to go straight for the most complicated issues. Is there a vibration in the front end? Well, that could be a borked axle, a warped brake rotor, or something else in the driveline. Or it could be just that you lost a dang wheel weight. Car won't stay charged after flashing the ECU? Well, that could be a faulty relay, a bad module, or something in the flash itself. It could also just be that you depleted the battery. Not everything needs a complex fix. Sometimes, all you need are a handful of rubber washers and some awesome commenters to point you in the right direction. Thank you, *The* *Drive* commenters! ## More From The Drive - **Robbie Bacon tells us the ins and outs of the new [Dainese motorcycle jacket]()** - **Aaron Cole details [GMC Hummer EV recall]() over water leakage into the battery** - **Jerry Perez tells us why [Apple CEO Tim Cook's checkered flag wave]() at COTA was lame** - **Peter Holderith found a ton of digital torque wrenches for sale** - **And Peter Nelson reviewed the 1987 film '[No Man's Land]()'** ## Author Jonathon is the former Managing Editor for Commerce at The Drive and has been writing about cars and motorcycles for over a decade, but he's been known to scribble pretty things about adoption, tattoos, life, gear, adventures, food, technology, nature, and more. ### Author social links [Instagram]()