Cherrypicker
Member
This may go back further than many members ages, but from like the 80's I believe the Enticer and Exciter models all ran the same belts, but I recall these were all 1 1/4" wide. This may also have been the case up until they switched from the YPZ drive clutch and secondary to the YXR models and I believe they only changed in width to a 1/3/8" length remained the same? I'm sure there were exceptions i.e. Vmax 4, possibly others. Was this correct?
i do know that they changed the rubber compound as you went higher hp in the sleds. sx500r and srx 700 used same legnth belt but the 500 belt was softer than the tripples. wish i would have seen this when i had the et in the garage as i do have a new vk540/phazer II/exciter belt hanging in garage atm.
Are you talking 440 exciters or 570?
Almost all late 70's and early eighties sleds ran the 820 belt, but I think the ypz primary had a slightly wider belt, and then when the yxr clutch came out in the early nineties the belts became wider again. Yes, the belt length has stayed the same for decades, and even the Viper and Sidewinder belt length is only very slightly longer.
About 10 years ago I had someone bring me an 88 exciter with a junk primary clutch. I put a primary on it from a 1999 model, then just shimmed the secondary to the right width and ran the 8dn belt.
BornYamaha
Member
Old Enticers and Exciter 440s belts were dimentionally the same to my knowledge. Exciter belts were a different compound I believe. I have a little 250 Enticer that I have raised the engagement up on quite a bit on. I was using the standard Yamaha enticer belts but they wear pretty quickly with the engagement. I started using aftermarket belts ment for the 440 Exciter and the don't hardly wear by comparison. They are harder so I had to compensate on the clutching some.
Which one specifically do you use?
BornYamaha
Member
I will look. I bought two different ones to try.
BornYamaha
Member
Well, It looks like I have a severe case of can't remember shhiitt again. I have the Yamaha belt on it now. It works great. This is now the current belt that Yamaha says goes to the enticers if you go to a site with teir fiche. There is the previous number listed on their site that it superceeds which was much softer and wears out faster. It does not match want they recommend for the 440 Exciter however if you go to Dennis Kirk's site and look at the dimensions for Enticers, Exciters, & early Phazers which would have the YPZ they all have the same size listed. 1 1/4 in. x 43 5/16 in.
https://www.portyamaha.com/Shopping...e-et250d/00000000-0000-0000-0000-038925411980
https://www.portyamaha.com/Shopping...e-et250d/00000000-0000-0000-0000-038925411980
