drew562
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Crazy. I’ve been a belt blower for years too. On axys and 850 doo. Now I have 2 cats and no issues. Each cat machine has way over 2000 km on original belt.
2018 cat problems
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You are on the sled that most would say is easiest on belts. Doo the worst. Take a break once in a while and save yourself some $$$.
My old King Cat would right side bog. Very annoying. My Alpha is fine unless the hood is piled solid.
My old King Cat would right side bog. Very annoying. My Alpha is fine unless the hood is piled solid.
belt issues follow you from sled to sled.....I hate to be the one to ask, but what are you doing to cause this
go ride with Johny some time and you'll understand.
Bnorth
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Didn't like the 52 bottom?
maxwell
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that small of a top gear concerns me for chain life. Tight bend. IMO
The new chain on the 52 stretched quite a bit and left zero on the tensioner. I liked the ratio so trying the lite weight BDX 50 bottom. 18/50 gives 2.78 ratio so should pull really good. Guys are running 18 top tooth without boost with good success so we will give it a go.
pfi572
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Even a 19 tooth is getting to small . IMO
I could never run that small unless you go with Hyvo chain and gears .
I could never run that small unless you go with Hyvo chain and gears .
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jhurkot
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Sled was pulling 5600-6500 rpm in deep snow. I think my exhaust valves could be messed up.
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jhurkot
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Do you know what gearing I would have on a 162?
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jhurkot
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I have only heard of one doo belt failing on a 2020 and it went at 1800km.
snopro
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I bet you could beat that hands down lol
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jhurkot
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Got a new primary clutch. That sorta helped. Only pulling 7600 now. Secondary tool won’t open the secondary clutch. Anyone ever have this happen?
Your rollers are over in the reverse side of the helix. Just run it forward a bit.
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jhurkot
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Hmmm this was after 10km of trail with no reverse. Tried 2-3 more times and still couldn’t get the tool to open the sheaves.
Ah. That is unusual. I've heard of helixes bending and jamming the rollers but that affects further out on the shift. Time for disassembly.
On my 16 m8000, the c-clip that hold the roller on popped off, that caused some strange shifting issues. The roller never fully fell off but the c-clip and thrust washer did some damage to the helix and rollers.
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jhurkot
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Yeah I think so. I have a crack developing on the outside as well so maybe I’ll just get a new one on warranty. Stole one from a buddies sled so I’ll see if that solves my rpm problems.
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jhurkot
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Swapped secondary and still only pulling 7500rpm. I did get 8200rpm at low elevation where it should have been over reving. My next guess is engine compression is low.
turboetech
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^^^ what procedure did u use to align your secondary sheaves? I took mine apart without marking them now I’m puzzles as to reinstallation
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