Hey everybody.
Does anyone have any advice why my belt keeps breaking on my 04 Polaris 800 edge 151. It has happened once in deep snow at full throttle at about 40mph and the second time happened on a hard pack trail at about same speed and rpm and full throttle.
Be for this last break I had noticed in really deep and loose snow that the belt was getting really hot and flimsy. I changed the helix angle from 38 to 40 and went riding again and rode easy all day until we were heading back when my daughter and i were drag racing on the trail and Boom... Pieces everywhere. The belt was not as hot as it had been before. I had cleaned the rubber off the drive clutch before this and now i notice rubber all over it even on the cage around the spider as if the belt may have came out of sheaves be for breaking.
I have installed new belts and after a little deep snow or hard riding the have cords hanging out or are so hot they squeal continuously. The drive clutch has lightning weights in it with a cream and red spring and the driven had a stock 38 and 40 degree helix and i swapped it with a team rapid reaction helix and a new a read and black spring. after setting helix to 40 degree it seemed to allow the belts to run a little cooler and sled was a bit faster. I have set the offset to 5/8 and made sure the alignment was parallel, set deflection using a strait edge all prior to last blowup. Now i have a bent crank and major expense. I have pulled engine and all engine mounts look to be ok but did notice bump stop looks like it was rubbing engine case alot but may just be normal.
Now I have a new lower end coming from S.B.R.Us, a new drive clutch with 10 58 weights and spring. I fear that the problem is still there somewhere that I am over looking but can not afford another major breakdown.
Sorry this is so long but any advice is appreciated.
Does anyone have any advice why my belt keeps breaking on my 04 Polaris 800 edge 151. It has happened once in deep snow at full throttle at about 40mph and the second time happened on a hard pack trail at about same speed and rpm and full throttle.
Be for this last break I had noticed in really deep and loose snow that the belt was getting really hot and flimsy. I changed the helix angle from 38 to 40 and went riding again and rode easy all day until we were heading back when my daughter and i were drag racing on the trail and Boom... Pieces everywhere. The belt was not as hot as it had been before. I had cleaned the rubber off the drive clutch before this and now i notice rubber all over it even on the cage around the spider as if the belt may have came out of sheaves be for breaking.
I have installed new belts and after a little deep snow or hard riding the have cords hanging out or are so hot they squeal continuously. The drive clutch has lightning weights in it with a cream and red spring and the driven had a stock 38 and 40 degree helix and i swapped it with a team rapid reaction helix and a new a read and black spring. after setting helix to 40 degree it seemed to allow the belts to run a little cooler and sled was a bit faster. I have set the offset to 5/8 and made sure the alignment was parallel, set deflection using a strait edge all prior to last blowup. Now i have a bent crank and major expense. I have pulled engine and all engine mounts look to be ok but did notice bump stop looks like it was rubbing engine case alot but may just be normal.
Now I have a new lower end coming from S.B.R.Us, a new drive clutch with 10 58 weights and spring. I fear that the problem is still there somewhere that I am over looking but can not afford another major breakdown.
Sorry this is so long but any advice is appreciated.
