M8 Belt life????

machinest660 · Jan 9, 2012

How many miles are you guys getting out of the belts on your m8's?? I got around 230 miles on mine and when i was going over the sled the other night i noticed lots of fibreglass like fuzz all under the hood. I removed the belt and everything looked good even when comparing to a new one. even the width was very close. What else could this be???

whitdmilkman · Jan 9, 2012

what you are seeing is insulation from under the pipe. It blows all around under the hood and looks just like what you are explaining. Has nothing to do with the belt. cheers

machinest660 · Jan 9, 2012

Ha ha awsome thanks, i for the life of me could not figure out why i never seen this on my other sleds.

whitdmilkman · Jan 9, 2012

No worries. It sure makes a mess of things. A lot of guys pull the pipe cover and wrap the pipe for this reason. I just let it make a mess of my sled. I like that fiberglass shine I get when I open the hood! ha ha

AKboondocker · Jan 10, 2012

Sometimes I can go almost an entire season on one belt, and Im a fairly aggressive rider. M8's are great on belts. Come to think of it, they are pretty damn good at just about anything, except riding whooped out trails...

summ8rmk · Jan 10, 2012

if u ride it like u stole it, dont expect over 300 miles from a belt. if u ride hard for 15 min. and talk for 15-20 min. then probably 6-700 miles, and if u take it easy then 1,000 plus miles. the most miles i have ever gotten on any snowmobile belt was 500 and that was on a skidoo.

AKboondocker · Jan 10, 2012

summ8rmk said:
if u ride it like u stole it, dont expect over 300 miles from a belt. if u ride hard for 15 min. and talk for 15-20 min. then probably 6-700 miles, and if u take it easy then 1,000 plus miles. the most miles i have ever gotten on any snowmobile belt was 500 and that was on a skidoo.

Wow...whatever clutching this dude is running, dont copy it. 300 miles on an M8 belt something is wrong with your clutching, your sled was set up by a dealer in Hawaii or you dont understand how to keep snow off your clutches...just the fact he got the most miles from a Ski-Doo belt says it all :face-icon-small-dis

joel97mustang · Jan 10, 2012

AKboondocker said:
Wow...whatever clutching this dude is running, dont copy it. 300 miles on an M8 belt something is wrong with your clutching, your sled was set up by a dealer in Hawaii or you dont understand how to keep snow off your clutches...just the fact he got the most miles from a Ski-Doo belt says it all :face-icon-small-dis

I have to agree. Take good care of your clutches and the belts will last a long time. I just sold two 2008 M8's (upgraded to 2011 M8's) and I used 4 belts in total over the course of 3 seasons and 2900 miles each sled.

I love the affordable run cost of Arctic Cat. I almost went Etec this season but couldn't justify the extra money for the sleds but most of all the high cost of belts.:face-icon-small-hap

SpokaneRMK · Jan 10, 2012

summ8rmk said:
if u ride it like u stole it, dont expect over 300 miles from a belt. if u ride hard for 15 min. and talk for 15-20 min. then probably 6-700 miles, and if u take it easy then 1,000 plus miles. the most miles i have ever gotten on any snowmobile belt was 500 and that was on a skidoo.

Huh, i got almost 1200 miles on my first belt on my turbo apex, now on my 10 m8 still going on 600 miles, and i don't ride trails:face-icon-small-win

summ8rmk · Jan 10, 2012

my mom can get 2,000 plus miles on her belts too! she could probably get 2,000 plus on my M8. not gonna happen with me ridding. some of my buddies get over a 1,000 miles on there belts, ridding my old sleds that would only get me 3-400 miles to a belt. on my M8 my clutching is not perfect, but my alignment is dead on and i have vents.

RK · Jan 10, 2012

I have 1100 miles on my 2010 m8 and i bet 90% of those are wide open going up mountains or sidehilling in the trees. Belt still looks and pulls like new.

akmc800 · Jan 10, 2012

summ8rmk said:
my mom can get 2,000 plus miles on her belts too! she could probably get 2,000 plus on my M8. not gonna happen with me ridding. some of my buddies get over a 1,000 miles on there belts, ridding my old sleds that would only get me 3-400 miles to a belt. on my M8 my clutching is not perfect, but my alignment is dead on and i have vents.

If your getting 300 miles you have some major problems. I don't care how bada** you think you are on a sled or its relation to your belt life, but something is off. I change mine every year as a precaution but at over 1k miles and it looked great.

bgreen776 · Jan 10, 2012

AKboondocker said:
Sometimes I can go almost an entire season on one belt, and Im a fairly aggressive rider. M8's are great on belts. Come to think of it, they are pretty damn good at just about anything, except riding whooped out trails...

How much do you weigh?

m8magicandmystery · Jan 10, 2012

mesh hoods and the belts last along time

AKboondocker · Jan 11, 2012

bgreen776 said:
How much do you weigh?

170 out of the shower

summ8rmk · Jan 11, 2012

akmc800 said:
If your getting 300 miles you have some major problems. I don't care how bada** you think you are on a sled or its relation to your belt life, but something is off. I change mine every year as a precaution but at over 1k miles and it looked great.

its not about being bada**, i just dont stop ridding. every trip i go on with friends and family i put on 20%-30% sometimes 50% more miles than everyone else. we all unload together and load up together. u can ride ur sled wide open its entire life(as long as the engine and belt are warm) and get 1000 miles out of a belt if u stop often and let ur clutches cool. Also at full shift ur belt is not sliding up and down the sheaves like when ur in and out of the throttle non stop for 8 hrs.

SnoShark · Jan 11, 2012

I have a 2010 M8; changed my first belt around 7-800 miles only because of performance.

I removed the heat shield and all of the fiber-mess from the pipe; it can't be good for clutches etc... I added some extra heat/foil tape to the hood in those areas and wrapped a cable or two near the pipe and I've had no melting issues. Haven't noticed anything on performance either. I'm not sure whether the fiberglass is there for sound or heat retention. No effects to the muffpot either:face-icon-small-win My brother ceramic coated his pipe but I still kick his arse:face-icon-small-ton

jbmilek · Jan 11, 2012

2011 M8 limited.

After realigning my clutchs I've been getting 500-600 miles on a belt under normal conditions. In super deep heavy snow they don't last very long at all on my sled.

waycooljr · Jan 11, 2012

I just sold my 10' HCR to a friend with less than 900 miles on it, 046 belt that was abused (mountain riding and coyote hunting). He just wasted the belt this last weekend up in the Bighorn Mtns. with over 1000 miles on the sled. I'd say I abused the hell outta that belt when I had it, and I know my buddy did too!!

akinneberg · Jan 12, 2012

'09 M8 HCR 1750 HARD miles 2 belts. Just now put on my 3rd. I think 875 miles out of a belt is pretty good.

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