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I blew a belt at 1100 miles. I figure not bad. I was racing down a 3 mile stretch of groomed trail, throttle to the bar for 30 seconds and bam a shotgun went off under my hood. I was thinking clutch spring or belt. Looked at the mess of spaghetti around the primary and cut it out with my swiss army knife. Amazing how little pieces form from from the belt at 8000 rpm. No other damaged observed. Put a new on on and away we went, had some deflection screetch for a bit at idle but it quit as I was getting ready to adjust it.
A few things/ questions I noticed last two rides:
After it blew the main was hot, I had to let it cool before I changed the belt.
The rest of the day it was fine, so belt alignment issues create heat?
The uptake on power was down for the bottom end, I figured snow conditions but am thinking belt wear. The new belt made me feel like she was jumping out of the snow again. I admit I was a bit easier on it due to the lack of a second spare. But I did have a few wide open runs, carving day not climbing day.
The clutch was clunking as it engaged, It also was sluggish shifting into low gear and out of low gear as I deaccelerated slowly. After the new belt it has quit. I am thinking deflection, am I wrong?
Thanks
A few things/ questions I noticed last two rides:
After it blew the main was hot, I had to let it cool before I changed the belt.
The rest of the day it was fine, so belt alignment issues create heat?
The uptake on power was down for the bottom end, I figured snow conditions but am thinking belt wear. The new belt made me feel like she was jumping out of the snow again. I admit I was a bit easier on it due to the lack of a second spare. But I did have a few wide open runs, carving day not climbing day.
The clutch was clunking as it engaged, It also was sluggish shifting into low gear and out of low gear as I deaccelerated slowly. After the new belt it has quit. I am thinking deflection, am I wrong?
Thanks
