Back story: cruising along flat dirt road at about 55mph when we heard this god awful explosion sound. Thought engine blew. A couple seconds later, I could hear the engine still running. Revved it a couple time to confirm. Relieved, I realized I lost a belt.
At home began tear down. Removed access panel to get to clutch cover. Noticed the clutch vent tube and pipe were melted! Yes, melted! Pulled it off and saw that there was what looked like a mouse nest right in the end. This I think restricted the hot air causing the thing to melt. Clutch cover off looked like a warzone. Fibers wrapped around primary and secondary’s. Cleaned everything up got everything unwrapped. Even sprayed it all out with brake cleaner to remove the melted stuff. Replaced with new Gates G-Force belt. Turned on and made sure both clutches moved. Put everything back together and now I have to wrestle it to get it in any gear. Some grinding between. I looked at a previous suggestion about gap on primary and it looks even. So I haven’t removed any spacers on secondary. I’m stuck. Any help to get me back on the trail would be appreciated.
At home began tear down. Removed access panel to get to clutch cover. Noticed the clutch vent tube and pipe were melted! Yes, melted! Pulled it off and saw that there was what looked like a mouse nest right in the end. This I think restricted the hot air causing the thing to melt. Clutch cover off looked like a warzone. Fibers wrapped around primary and secondary’s. Cleaned everything up got everything unwrapped. Even sprayed it all out with brake cleaner to remove the melted stuff. Replaced with new Gates G-Force belt. Turned on and made sure both clutches moved. Put everything back together and now I have to wrestle it to get it in any gear. Some grinding between. I looked at a previous suggestion about gap on primary and it looks even. So I haven’t removed any spacers on secondary. I’m stuck. Any help to get me back on the trail would be appreciated.
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