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Post by chrispetty1 on May 20, 2012 0:19:39 GMT -6
so i get on my scoot to go to work like every other day i get about 2 miles away and the belt shreds. i call a friend he comes picks me and the scoot up ,we get back home i pull the cvt cover off i figure the belt was old so i put on the replacement get everything closed up take off again. i get about 4 miles down the road the belt shreds. wtf ive rode this scoot to and from work since i got it rode it the 20 miles round trip the day before no problems. got the thing it had 600 miles now has 2900 changed the oil at 1500 and 2500 had to re gap the valves both times no biggie just slightly tight. oh i forgot its a wildfire 50 cc and now i need to find a belt its a 670 17.7 30 will a 669 18 30 work?
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Post by JR on May 20, 2012 7:47:24 GMT -6
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Post by chrispetty1 on May 20, 2012 8:02:29 GMT -6
well when i got it it had the 670 17.7 30 i went to the wildfire site and it didn't list the size just 35.00 for a new one im just freaking out about the belts shredding it rode fine the night before .if i had done something to the scoot before the belt shredded i could say aha i messed up but i hadn't i just started out the way i always do and boom 2 belts in 6 miles i checked to make sure the tire spun freely and it does so i dont know what or why its shredding belts
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Post by chrispetty1 on May 20, 2012 9:45:09 GMT -6
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Post by JR on May 20, 2012 13:10:27 GMT -6
Now you may have hit on something there? The spring shouldn't have anything to do with the clutch movement. But if the clutch needs a good cleaning and new grease then that's why it is so stiff and could also be the answer to the belt shredding.
Take it apart, clean it up and put a fine coat of lithium grease on the shaft and see if this allows for a better movement when trying to open it up by hand.
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Post by chrispetty1 on May 30, 2012 12:16:48 GMT -6
Ok finally got the belt lubed the clutch it moves easier put belt on took for test drive.The clutch felt like it was slipping brought it back home took cover off now i only took it out for maybe a half mile but the belt was really hot, looking at the clutch shoes they look really smooth.I got 7 more days till i can buy new clutch shoes I hope if i take it easy i can get the 10 miles to and from wok till then as i cant afford 20 bucks a day to get to work. would the shoes slipping in the clutch break a belt?
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Post by alleyoop on May 30, 2012 12:38:38 GMT -6
The slipping causes a lot of heat which in turn would not be good for the belt. You can roughen up the pads with some rough sandpaper, also hit the inside of the bell with the sandpaper that should get you by for a couple of hundred miles or so.
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Post by chrispetty1 on May 30, 2012 13:26:02 GMT -6
cool thanks alley I gotta keep this running till the next tax day looking into a trike hopefully
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