Dayco Drive Belt Trial.. Status Report
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Dayco Drive Belt Trial.. Status Report
I asked for input from any riders having Dayco Belt experience and I contacted Dayco with a trial proposal three weeks ago, giving them my preliminary concerns from those I had talked to. The summary of the concerns that I learned about of running the Dayco belts were related to four observable properties of the Dayco Belt product. Those properties are : The relatively thinner sidewall area, the relatively harder compounds and the relatively stiffer belt cords of the Dayco HP2018 and HP2018 Drive belts, and the absence of top-cogs, as compared to Kawasaki OEM belts. I asked whether there was reason for concern about any of these properties effects on the sheaves of the ATV clutch and was not given a clear answer by Dayco. My proposal to do a controlled trial has not yet been replied to by Dayco, despite two promptings. I do not have any answers at this point, only questions. It is not possible for me to give a recommendation concerning the use of Dayco drive belts on Kawasaki ATV at this time. I have no grounds upon which to recommend them and consider that there may well be a risk to the clutch sheaves, if they are used, owing to their reduced area-of-contact with the sheaves and the hardness of the belt compound. I can also offer no informed opinion about how the Dayco belt can function in respects of the Kawasaki belt failure warning system in the absence of top cogs. I can not now shed any light upon anecdotal information received that suggests that Dayco belts provide a relatively short service life. If Dayco should agree to my trial proposal and I conduct such a trial aty a future date, I will post factual results as soon as they as they are known.
In the meanwhile, if you should be interested in running a Dayco Belt on your own machine, it would be prudent to frequently monitor the wear on the clutch sheaves.
In the meanwhile, if you should be interested in running a Dayco Belt on your own machine, it would be prudent to frequently monitor the wear on the clutch sheaves.
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Dayco Drive Belt Trial.. Status Report
ive tryed the dayco's early spring, 2 2017hp-700p belts. i emailed them my concerns, to this day they havent replied yet. so dont hold your breath. i have since then sold both of them and replaced them with a factory 700p belt.
i will never try a dayco belt again. everything ive read and for what ive seen from my own experance, they would have to make it out of gold for me to consider it again.
i will never try a dayco belt again. everything ive read and for what ive seen from my own experance, they would have to make it out of gold for me to consider it again.
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