Belt removal with broken drive shaft?

[langow]

Snapped my drive shaft this weekend. Having trouble trying to remove the belt because there's nothing to lockup the secondary. Anyone got any tips or tricks? It's almost new so I really hate to have to cut it off.

 

[rc2ubro]

maybe parking brake. or wrap somthing around brake lever.

 

[smoothride]

put the parking brake on.

 

[langow]

Figured it out. Couldn't use the parking brake cause I opened up the gearbox because originally I thought the chain broke. Ended up putting a wrench on the large nut for the top gear. That worked Perfectly.

 

[wkeggenhoff]

I always loosen off the 3 nuts that hold the helix on. Makes it much easier to open up the sheaves

 

[lawmanbsi]

give it a try

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOU8prXOheI

 

[langow]

That works great IF you've got a Parking brake. I already had my gearbox opened up because I originally that the chain broke. All good now.

 

[ApexDriller]

just cut the belt off with hacksaw

 

[Redbeard]

Belt removal tool for Yamaha:

http://www.ponderosaca.com/snow/ads/BELT-AID.html