My project 2002 Trailblazer was in need of a new clutch. The previous owner tried to remove the clutch without the proper tool and ruined it. A friend gave me one of his spare clutches but it has the Engine Braking. I have never ridden with EBS before. Is this a good thing to have on a TB? Will a blue spring be OK on a TB? Any help would be appreciated.

 

you are going to need the driven clucth as well along with a differnt belt with the ebs clutch he gave you. guessing, but most likely the weights and springs will have to be changed in the clutches to match the TB's power and rpm's. with the bike being as light as it is, when the ebs kicks in i would think it is going to want to slow down fairly quickly. just my

 

Ok, thanks stendori. He gave me the belt for the EBS drive clutch also, but I planned on using the driven clutch that is already on the TB. If the blue spring and weights don't work, I will just switch them over from the broken drive clutch I took off. Without the EBS driven clutch, does that mean it will probably just coast like a normal TB would? My guess is that it would probably just act as a normal clutch without EBS.

 

basicly the one way bushing in the primary clutch is what gives it the engine braking. i'm not really sure 100% what would happen w/ out using the driven(secondary) clutch with the ebs drive clutch. one of the biggest diffence is the belt is tight on the ebs set up, where as you have about an 1" maybe more of belt deflection on the non ebs set up. this makes the bike roll wher the tighter belt plays into the ebs braking.

 

Update on the EBS on a trailblazer. So far it doesn't seem to work to well in my opinion. First its difficult to put into gear even at very low rpm. Second when you come to a stop, it wants to kill the engine so I have to put it in neutral real quick when I've almost come to a stop. Kinda feels like when you have a standard transmission and you try to stop without pulling in the clutch. My guess is because the belt is so tight. And third, I don't notice any engine braking when I go down a hill. Maybe that's because I only have the primary EBS clutch and not the secondary driven clutch from an EBS machine. I'm going to try to just switch the belt back to the original trailblazer belt but leave the ebs primary clutch on it and see what happens.

 

Check that the belt is riding in the center of the front clutch on the one way and not riding up on the clutch sheath. This would put pressure on the rear clutch at all times. If it is you might try to shim out or remove shims behind the rear clutch to help align the clutches. May or may not help since you have this kind of set up. OPT

 

Theres a different belt for EBS? My 500H.O says EBS right on the side panel and it has a plain flat top belt, #3211069.

 

There's another belt that fits a lot of Polaris quads, # 3211077. It must be the non-EBS belt.

 

The belt that my friend gave me with the EBS clutch is shorter and therefore tighter than the standard belt that was originally on this trailblazer. The original one is the #3211077 and is a bit longer. Hopefully tomorrow I will get a chance to tinker it some more.

 

I took a look this morning when I got home from work. The belt is over against the movable sheave, and I'm sure that's what is causing the problem. Thanks OPT. If I remember right, there were two shims behind the secondary. I'm going to remove them this afternoon and see what happens. Maybe nothing.....who knows?