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Simple is better...that's why nearly every manufacture uses belt drives. Even Honda loves affair guy, Don or whatever from ATV Television didn't give the Honda drive high marks.DAVE wrote:I am not a big fan of these belt drives, I think Honda is on the right track with the trans they have.
I like the idea of having a tranmission, no belts to wear out no belts to slip when they get wet, I think better milage because there is not belt slipage. the polaris belt seems to be better then the kaw.......no puller need to change belt. maybe I worry for nothing... as far as why the manufacutures are using belts I think it may be related to cost. to me it seems that belt system would be cheaper to produce. the atv tv show that I saw with Don..whats his name.... in this show that he spoke of the honda trans he gave it exelent marks. (not sure what honda he was testing)Ken wrote:Simple is better...that's why nearly every manufacture uses belt drives. Even Honda loves affair guy, Don or whatever from ATV Television didn't give the Honda drive high marks.DAVE wrote:I am not a big fan of these belt drives, I think Honda is on the right track with the trans they have.
If you drive correctly...there's almost no reason to change your belt other than every so often.
Snowmobiles....BELTS. Why? They work and simple to repair.
I am not really a fan of the Kawi system. It has to many noises coming from the right side. I find that the engine brake is crap on the Kawi as well. On my dad's Prairie, my Brute, and my father-in-laws Mule when you are going downhill the engine brake seems to pulsate on and off just like the ABS system on a vehicle (just a little slower.) Sometimes it will just freewheel until you give a little bit of throttle and it catches.DAVE wrote:Thanks for the info Zack..........I don't want to be in the sticks in the limp home mode. I think I am going to change my belt and eliminate the switch. I am not a big fan of these belt drives, I think Honda is on the right track with the trans they have.
And more parts to break....DAVE wrote:I like the idea of having a tranmission, no belts to wear out no belts to slip when they get wet,
I will agree to disagree.........Ken wrote:And more parts to break....DAVE wrote:I like the idea of having a tranmission, no belts to wear out no belts to slip when they get wet,
Have you had belt slipping? I've never had belt slipping, except my own stupidity for having it in High on a steep incline..and then realizing it and going into low.
And never a problem wet....but it's usually in low then anyway.
Good to know that the belt was lookin good at 3000 miles.BruteForce wrote:Interesting this subject should just come up, as my belt light (Brute 750i) came on a few hours back.
Last night, and before taking it out for a ride today, I pulled the convertor cover, inspected the belt (looked almost like new, considering 3000 miles), removed tree debris (how'd that get in there??), flipped the switch back to ON, pulled the wires (right rear under seat) and reversed the switches); this effectively reset the BELT light.
After putting the CVT cover back on, something must have still been loose, as I had massive back-firing, almost no power, etc.. Took the convertor cover back off, reseated everything and was good to go.
Great riding today!
10 minutes. Most of that time was trying to pull the electrical connectors apart.DAVE wrote:Good to know that the belt was lookin good at 3000 miles.BruteForce wrote:Interesting this subject should just come up, as my belt light (Brute 750i) came on a few hours back.
Last night, and before taking it out for a ride today, I pulled the convertor cover, inspected the belt (looked almost like new, considering 3000 miles), removed tree debris (how'd that get in there??), flipped the switch back to ON, pulled the wires (right rear under seat) and reversed the switches); this effectively reset the BELT light.
After putting the CVT cover back on, something must have still been loose, as I had massive back-firing, almost no power, etc.. Took the convertor cover back off, reseated everything and was good to go.
Great riding today!
How long to take the cover off and reset and reinstall???
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