Hi everyone!
I wonder if it`s possible to buy a complete new (aftermarked) primary sheave for a 1996 Yamaha V-Max 600 XTC?. New Yamaha sheaves are damn expensive I guess.
The sled is not mine, but it was until I sold it to a friend and now the primary is giving him a hard time. Keeps frying the rollers, we`ve changed them to times. The last times we also changed the bushings that the roller slides on and the weights and their bushings. We expected everything to be ok now, it worked fine in the beginning, but then when we went up on the mountain and started riding in some pretty steep hills, the sled simply didn`t manage to pull, it din`t rew more then 5000rpm , it kind of sputtered so we thought it was the plugs, changed them but no difference. However the sled ran fine on flat ground/not too steep hills. I guess this comes from the fried rollers that was totally stuck?.
I hope my friend wount have to buy a new stock sheave, I guess it`s damn expensive..
We figured it must be better to buy an aftermarked sheave then buying new parts for the old one all the time. If we only knew why the rollers go to hell after only riding a 10kilometer or less..
Hope someone can help me with this
Joakim
I wonder if it`s possible to buy a complete new (aftermarked) primary sheave for a 1996 Yamaha V-Max 600 XTC?. New Yamaha sheaves are damn expensive I guess.
The sled is not mine, but it was until I sold it to a friend and now the primary is giving him a hard time. Keeps frying the rollers, we`ve changed them to times. The last times we also changed the bushings that the roller slides on and the weights and their bushings. We expected everything to be ok now, it worked fine in the beginning, but then when we went up on the mountain and started riding in some pretty steep hills, the sled simply didn`t manage to pull, it din`t rew more then 5000rpm , it kind of sputtered so we thought it was the plugs, changed them but no difference. However the sled ran fine on flat ground/not too steep hills. I guess this comes from the fried rollers that was totally stuck?.
I hope my friend wount have to buy a new stock sheave, I guess it`s damn expensive..
We figured it must be better to buy an aftermarked sheave then buying new parts for the old one all the time. If we only knew why the rollers go to hell after only riding a 10kilometer or less..
Hope someone can help me with this

Joakim