jaydaniels
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I was cleaning the primary clutch sheaves on my 98 srx 700 the other day a notice some hairline cracks on the inner sheave near the crank. Is this typical on this machine and am I looking at a new clutch? I have no idea how long its been like that.
yamaholic22
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it is pretty common to see them around the center of the clutch. When they start growing and moving out towards the edges of the sheave, that's when you need to start worrying.
mcclan
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Yeah be careful if the cracks start to grow. Someone on here had pictures of a clutch that came apart on them. If you happen to be in the way when it lets go it could be dangerous if not deadly!
yamaholic22
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i did that once, exploded the primary on a 700 SX at 9 grand, took out the hood, belly pan, footrest, secondary, clutch guard, powermadd box, and gauge pod. You don't want to do that either, but just make sure those cracks aren't growing and you should be alright. If you are really worried about it, just get the sheave replaced, then you will know for sure that its good.
PowerValve-700
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I had mine come apart at 5000rpm, didn't do much damage, but it's beyond me why it didn't explode during the WOT run I did just before that, lucky eh?
jaydaniels
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Thanks for the advice. I'll keep my eye on it.
auji700triple
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Never Experinced it.. maybe soon though, who knows...
TopGunnSrx
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Buy a new sheave to be safe my dads came apart on his sx. Caused a bunch of damage. If i were you for the safety of yourself, and sled buy a new one!
P.s this came apart at aprox. 9,300 rpm
P.s this came apart at aprox. 9,300 rpm
yamaholic22
Active member
that looks REAL familiar
Srxspec
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BUY A NEW SHEAVE NOW! REPLACE IT BEFORE YOU GET HURT OR EVEN WORSE, KILLED! A CRACKED SHEAVE IS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY AROUND WITH!
auji700triple
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Wot Run?/ does it mean anything
rancidjo
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wot stands for wide open throttle. is this what you were asking for?
Danger Dog
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Or instead of putting another sheave that is going to crack again put a polaris primary on. Much thicker sheaves.