i tightened my belt as you suggested and replaced the larger shim with a .6mm shim it began to slip again within 40 kms
seemed to be a lot of heat coming from the belt casing what would be causing the belt to heat up
replaced belt today with a new one and removed the .6mm shim down to nothing and still seemed to be heating but not slipping
waiting for suggestions
thank you in advance

 

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why the belt is getting so hot? After riding it for 25 minutes yesterday the cover was very hot to the touch.

 

Other than it being too loose still and slipping, I don't know why it would be hot. I know you said it isn't slipping, but if it is glazed and you don't have the black spring it could be slipping without you hearing it.

MY belt got hot a lot more when it was new. The black spring reduced the belt heat when I put it on at 500 miles.

Another thing that heats it is if you are driving around slowly in high range all the time. You always should be in low range unless you absolutely have to go fast.

CVT vents coult be blocked by mud, weeds, rodents, hornet nest.

 

engine brake sticking a little will do it too. I also want to confirm it's not the squak you get when your belt is too tight and your machine is not moving.

 

last thread comment by NYROC was we should be in low range all the time unless you have to go fast--Can you elaborate??? I do a lot of joy riding around the farm and never go near full throttle, but thought low range was for steep hills--pulling--and mud.

Low range seems to run my cooling fan alot

 

You should stay in low as much as possible to get maximum belt life when going up a hill, on flat, in water, in mud, towing, in snow, in sand or going down hills. That is the main reason. Every time you shift to high you are simply paying for more belts over the life of the quad.

If you have to go fast, stop and shift to high. The machine is made for you to have fun and do what you need it to. Just stay out of high as much as possible for longer belt life.

The other reason is if you are climbing a hill you have better control over the torque applied to the tires and it is safer. The engine brake works better in low. Don't go down steep hils in 4x4 in low. The brake can slow those fronts down more that you want it to. Use 2x4 low range.

The worst thing you can do to a belt is run it at engagement speeds. Engage, disengage or remain ar the slip speed consitnously. So, other than not ride it, you should stay on low to reduce the force on the belt while engaging.

Low range doesn't run my fan any more than high. My fan runs less than other types of quads do anyway (at least it did last time I rode with a bunch of other kinds of quads).

If you haven't tuned the carbs right and installed a holeshot module, your fan will run a lot more.

My fan ran a lot in the snow two weeks ago, but it was super heavy snow that was deep and the engine had to work hard in low range just to go on level ground.

 

My rule of thumb on which range to use is: If you are gonna run consistently under 20MPH, use LOW range. It reduces belt slip a lot. So does a "black spring" in the driven clutch.

 

to help anwser you question.....when you took the driven clutch apart and changed the shims......the 4 buttons when you put them back in they require greese.....BUT if you use to much greese this will cause the clutch not to work corectly and will in fact, will cause it to slip ....their was a buliten from kawasaki about this that i read. ....you just want to put just a little bit on there... i beleve in the manual it will tell you how much .......this is most likely where the build up of heat is comeing from as well...(when the belt slips)

 

kawtech--- Has the amount of grease changed in the tech. bulletin? LESS grease, I would assume. I haven't had problems with the P-650 . I use the equivelent of about 1/2 a thimble full, per helix slot, and their buttons. It seems happy with that amount. It hasn't flown apart, or sprayed grease all over that $70 belt!

 

i beleve it listed the same amount ....they were makeing a point NOT TO USE TO MUCH ....as this will cause a belt sliping problum..... hope that helps this is all i remeber right now .....i have a bunch of this on my desk i have to put away ..when i find it again i will post it as it reads..