I have a 660 rhino and yesterday got it in to deep of mud. This is the first atv/utv I have had that is belt driven. After getting it out of the mud by winch, the rhino wouldnt go foward or backwards. It finnally started to catch and I drove it around for a few min on flat ground but it still would only go about 10mph. I pulled the plug and drained the water out of the belt area. It is completely dry now but still will only run about 10mph, when you give it gas it just revs up. I may have burned the belt up trying to dry it out. Does anyone know if this is just a slipping or worn out belt or other problems.

 

I have a 2004 Grizzly 660 and I was deep in water for about 6 min and mine did the same thing but we pulled it up the hills and go it on flat ground and it started drying the belt off and before I knew it after about 20 min I was doing dounts in the gravel and got back on the trails. I did just change out a drive belt today on my other Grizzly 660 and man that made a world of diffrence. Seems alot faster also.

MrChevy3

 

take off the cover and clean out the belt

 

I've seen that happen on both the Yami's and the Popo's. If you do take off the cover, which you should, and clean the belt, make sure the rubber gasket that seals the cover is in correctly. Even the slightest bit that is not in place can cause you to get additional water in their easily.

 

Thanks for all the input. I got mine fixed. It wasnt the belt after all. The clutch toward the rear of the engine was packed full of the finest dust and sand you had ever seen. I guess when the water hit it all the dust set up like concrete. The shop said there was nothing I could do but bring it in because the clutch would not release. I took it a part myself and in about 3 hours I had it clean as a whistle and re greased it and it works like new. The clutch doesnt have many pieces so it isnt hard to get back together.