
bluemonster1
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Well it started ok fine.Brought sled in heated garage.Took 21 pulls to start her up and 10 min.warm-up.Defrosted whole sled and greased it all up.Got clutches all tuned up.Took it out and she really ran good.Took off about 10 miles from the house.Just worked the sucker man,off the line..front end goes up when launching,just enough mind you.8100-8200 launch and rapid climb to 8500. Boy does it ever feel good. Off the trail into the soft stuff and just giving her,jumping crossings and hammering the snow drifts.Air borne a few good times...wicked.But when I am in the real soft stuff and pin it...I can hear something slipping ..like the belt...so I let up a tad.Just does,t sound right to me.Anyways for the next half hour doing the same thing.Lining myself up and doing runs,checking my rpm's and they were just perfect. Now this is with the use of a Ultimax3 belt.On my way home along the hi-way..pinning it good and with about 1000ft to go to my yard....there is a grinding sound and just total noise coming from the clutch side and all of a sudden no more power.I thought to myself-OH,OH.What the $%#* now?Engine is dying down and I stop.Open the hood and what a mess.That stupid belt(brand now) exploded into a zilliuon pieces and the strands friggin wrapped around my speed-0 cable and just yanked it from both ends.Couldn't open hood all the way,pressure on the speed-o cable being yanked back from the hood.Put a nice warp at the end of the belt cover and lucky me nothing tangeled up in the clutches.Had my spare belt with me,put it on and got in the yard.Pulled all debris out and went for another ride to make sure everything is working good.Only thing is the speed-0 is out of comission.Have to check tomorrow if the retaining nut is still on the threads down below where it connects to axle.
I will never...and I mean never use an aftermarket belt again,just OEM.The OEM belt I put on after is 1 season old and works great.Only thing now all my rpm's have changed again with this belt.Now launches at 8600 and 9000 at WOT. Here I go again.Going to have to order a new speed-o cable for sure.Not sure about the place it connects to on the axle,down below the secondary.
I am lucky it didn't do any more damage.This was the first time in my driving sleds this has ever happened.Those stupid Ultimas 3 belts are garbage.Turk told me they will grab better but wont last as long.Like it lasted for about an hour.I wonder what a speed-0 cable will cost me.MNew belt for sure around $90.00+ taxes.Anyways here are some pics of whats left of that damn belt and the speed-0 cable all twisted up with belt strands.
I will never...and I mean never use an aftermarket belt again,just OEM.The OEM belt I put on after is 1 season old and works great.Only thing now all my rpm's have changed again with this belt.Now launches at 8600 and 9000 at WOT. Here I go again.Going to have to order a new speed-o cable for sure.Not sure about the place it connects to on the axle,down below the secondary.
I am lucky it didn't do any more damage.This was the first time in my driving sleds this has ever happened.Those stupid Ultimas 3 belts are garbage.Turk told me they will grab better but wont last as long.Like it lasted for about an hour.I wonder what a speed-0 cable will cost me.MNew belt for sure around $90.00+ taxes.Anyways here are some pics of whats left of that damn belt and the speed-0 cable all twisted up with belt strands.