Any special to think about when replacing the belt?

[SwedishManiac]

Well i was out for a ride earlier today and suddenly i heard some noise,When i checked stuff out i noticed my belt was no more!
Well i swaped in the spare one and went on with the ride like before, but now i started to think if i should have followed some procedure to break the new belt in?

Little Facts: Old belt was stock and never replaced and my spare was most likely just as old.
The old one lasted 2300km's and 3-4 years, good?

I think i should get another stock one as new spare, should i mount that one and use the old spare as spare once again since its old?

I am most likely thinking to much but who knows^^

/Emil

 

[yamahamm]

get 2 new ones and use one for spare belt. i newer do anything to a new belt other then wash it i hot water and mild soap to take off the release compound from the molding.

 

[natedawgedog]

Well i was out for a ride earlier today and suddenly i heard some noise,When i checked stuff out i noticed my belt was no more!
Well i swaped in the spare one and went on with the ride like before, but now i started to think if i should have followed some procedure to break the new belt in?

Little Facts: Old belt was stock and never replaced and my spare was most likely just as old.
The old one lasted 2300km's and 3-4 years, good?

I think i should get another stock one as new spare, should i mount that one and use the old spare as spare once again since its old?

I am most likely thinking to much but who knows^^

/Emil

as long as you put the belt on in the right direction, you should be good. there are some people that will say to take it easy on the new belt for xx amount of miles, and others will say slap the new one on and dont worry about it.
I treat my new belts to the same conditions as the motoman engine break in... Just ride it like normal make sure you pick up a new spare and have fun!

 

[SwedishManiac]

tnx for the responses!
I shall buy a new one, maybe 2! i think my spare was really stiff but i need to inspect it once again now that i have had it on for 15-20km's if it only was the surface that felt stiff / dry.
Big+ to my sled once the spare was on, i think it was running much smoother all over the rpm range.

As for going easy on it in the begining..i think i have failed hard there! The old one gave in on a nice smooth straight that i was running slow on.
Later when the spare was on we had some fun hillclimbing some old quarrys and some really steep hills where some power lines goes.
Good times! as i love hillclimbing and open areas with easy bumps and loads of times to point my skies to the sky!

 

[raginyamaha]

i ride easy for the first 5 miles and then give er hell.

 

[Nytro40th]

I run a belt with a larger top cog and softer compound ultimax xs, been running these belts since 08 with no issues.

 

[ken0la]

Just bought an ultimax belt (Carlisle) and sales rep said two things, wash in warm soapy water and run through rpm ranges to break in belt.

 

[Dimebag]

I make sure to always have a new -breaked in- spare belt.

I put it on before i know Im gonna take a slow ride, and take it off before i start to ride hard.

That way the threads seal and I have a new spare belt ready for full throttle when I need it

 

[mx1500]

watch out for that peice of tin under the clutch. bend that down or else it will rub, belts dont last long when that happens

 

[natedawgedog]

watch out for that peice of tin under the clutch. bend that down or else it will rub, belts dont last long when that happens

ya! thats a great catch mx! make sure you bend the "wet foot" clutch plate there on the bottom of your pan back down, that looks really beat up and will cause further problems if you dont most likely

 

[SwedishManiac]

Well i have taken the sled apart temporary, and yeah the ''clutch plate'' was a little bent but not much, still had like 20++mil left untill it would hit the belt. I fixed it anyway.

Seems i have also hit something sharp on my right lower sidepanel, it's a sharp cut there and the closest bolt there that holds the stock skidplate is gone (1 of the 4).

As soon i can afford it i gona buy a mtn shorty plate, i hope i don't find something bad in the snow before i have it.

The reason i had the sled apart was so i could install oil-lite bushings for my frontend before a sled meet tomorrow.
I had massive play in my frontend and new oil-lite bushing ready, hoping this might reduce darting a bit.
Gona finish it early morning.

 

[mx1500]

i have a peice of diamond steel as my skid plate right in front of the track. seems to work haha

 

[YamBam]

If you run constant speed for long time you can groove the primary with 8DN. 8CH is softer compound and won't groove primary. 8DN works better with hammer-time aggressive riding.