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Originally Posted by Vette75
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Originally Posted by tylermoore
Bike was just serviced at 45hrs and had a the belt replaced from me leaving it in High by mistake.  ops
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Just wondering, you had the belt replaced cause you left it in high? what does that mean? you left in in high while transporting it or? |
i can answer this:
what he means by leaving it in high is that the primary clutch is always spinning with the crankshaft, even if the machine is stopped. so the machine is not moving, the secondary clutch is not moving, the belt is not moving, but the primary is spinning around and around on one spot on the belt. this can quickly create a lot of heat and wear on just that one section of belt, and you get what is commonly called an "hourglassed" belt, or one section of the belt is now skinnier then the rest.
so rule of thumb is that if your gonna hop off for 30 seconds or 1 minute, it wont do any harm to let it idle in high, but for any longer period of time, you will want to put the quad in neutral so that belt can freespin insided the housing. if the machine is off, there is no harm what so ever to leave in in high gear, or any gear for that matter
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