Any progress

 

So i ended up bringing the belt to a friend of mine that works on them at the dealer. didn't really find anything "wrong" changed the bearing in the cover and cleaned the clutches took them apart checked everything.
Got it back went for a 20 mile ride (all just back roads) got home can smell burning belt already the cover is reading 240 degrees and the exhaust port at the end is 205 degrees. To mean boiling water will burn your skin at 212 degree's so i really don't see how the cover should be 240.....
both intake and exhaust ports have been cleaned.

 

Did your buddy check the clutch surfaces for being even and true? Their is not much left. Sounds similar to skidoo sled last year guys were blowing belts in upwards of 2 or more a day. I think the local shop started finding defects in the surface and machined down the faces and added a shim and problem solved

 

Unfortunately you still have a problem that your tech's were not able to find. CVT systems really work great and for the most part are trouble free, but when something gets out of wack it can be a pain to trace it down!! Please keep us posted....we are rootin for ya !!

 

Was this problem ever fixed? I have a 2016 that has been burning belts and running very hot in the CVT. Replaced rollers in both secondary and primary, spring is fine, ducts taken off and cleaned out.

 

They ended up replacing literally the entire clutch system inside and out.
turns out though the cuntrifical clutch inside was bad and tore the drum it up it rides on, artic cat gave the dealer all new parts as part of a good will program. Still paid labor, but they said i didn't use the correct oil.

Suppose to use an oil with clutch additives, since there is a clutch internally

 

Thanks for the quick reply, and wow. I bought my 2016 used from a Polaris dealer who claimed the machine had a fresh oil change and was ready to go. What are the chances he put in the correct oil. Did yours seem to run ok while it was tearing up belts?

 

The oil has zero effect on the performance of the actual running there is a wet clutch similar to a motorcycle inside. That's what actually tore up on mine. If Polaris used just universal oil can almost bet it was wrong.
but also a chance that's why the guy traded it in. It took 50-100 miles time it would destroy the belt. I almost just traded mine.... slap a new belt and sell to a dealer they would never know.....but I obviously didn't

 

Thanks for all the information!

 

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