View Poll Results: When do you change your POPO's CVT belt?
Like clockwork. Every so many miles/hours.
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4.76%
Depends. If I work it hard, more. If I don't, less often.
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19.05%
Never. If it isn't broke, don't fix it...
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71.43%
Don't know what you are talking about.?.
1
4.76%
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When to replace the CVT belt
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09-01-2011, 11:04 AM
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09-01-2011, 01:15 PM
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Yup, he's extreme.
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09-06-2011, 02:25 PM
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since we're on the discussion of when to replace a belt.... I've got a RZR 800 belt on my trailblazer 400 and I smoked it for just a second on saturday. After I got pulled out i noticed that it had a jumpy spot until it got rolling over about 5mph. I took it off today and it's got a short (about 2") spot in it that looks like it burnt out about 3/32" in the center of the area. It also took the little kevlar string away in that section. Should I just run it and carry a spare and tools or should I not trust it and just buy another belt? What do you guys think?
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09-07-2011, 11:06 PM
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09-08-2011, 08:06 AM
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since we're on the discussion of when to replace a belt.... I've got a RZR 800 belt on my trailblazer 400 and I smoked it for just a second on saturday. After I got pulled out i noticed that it had a jumpy spot until it got rolling over about 5mph. I took it off today and it's got a short (about 2") spot in it that looks like it burnt out about 3/32" in the center of the area. It also took the little kevlar string away in that section. Should I just run it and carry a spare and tools or should I not trust it and just buy another belt? What do you guys think?
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09-08-2011, 02:43 PM
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if you smell it, hear it, and feel it slipping then replace it- other then that, leave it alone!
I've owned atv's that had well over 3000 miles on the cvt belt.
unless you own a can-am... in which case, if it's slipping and it smells then change it. Can-Am cvt's are noisey by nature and always whine.
btw- I've never ever had to replace a worn or broken cvt belt. fwiw.
When I sold my polaris sp800 a while back- it had over 3k on the belt. I plowed with it, ran it in mud, water & rough trails- not a single slip or squeal.
I've owned atv's that had well over 3000 miles on the cvt belt.
unless you own a can-am... in which case, if it's slipping and it smells then change it. Can-Am cvt's are noisey by nature and always whine.
btw- I've never ever had to replace a worn or broken cvt belt. fwiw.
When I sold my polaris sp800 a while back- it had over 3k on the belt. I plowed with it, ran it in mud, water & rough trails- not a single slip or squeal.
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09-08-2011, 02:46 PM
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since we're on the discussion of when to replace a belt.... I've got a RZR 800 belt on my trailblazer 400 and I smoked it for just a second on saturday. After I got pulled out i noticed that it had a jumpy spot until it got rolling over about 5mph. I took it off today and it's got a short (about 2") spot in it that looks like it burnt out about 3/32" in the center of the area. It also took the little kevlar string away in that section. Should I just run it and carry a spare and tools or should I not trust it and just buy another belt? What do you guys think?