Posted by Texasmark1 on January 02, 2017 at 06:46:42 from (198.45.240.17):
In Reply to: Re: UTV Question posted by Geo-TH,In on January 02, 2017 at 03:52:19:
Working through your comments:
1. I called the mfgr and had a super conversation with a very knowledgeable lady who was able to pull up this machine by serial number and give me the part number of the OEM belt. Looking that up I am assured I have the correct belt installed. It is 1.1" wide and has cooling fins on both sides. Edges show no signs of fabric deterioration, just were slick. I pulled up the belt to see if it was fabric wrapped (wanting to sand the sides if it wasn't) and it wasn't. The belt was cut from stock with the layers exposed. I see that Kevlar belts are available but don't know it this is reinforced with such or not. That was one of my initial questions: Has the belt stretched to the point where it should be almost touching the shaft when at idle or is this the length. Measurement solved that question.
2. The machine was suffering from sincere neglect and nonuse. Battery wasn't discharged, it was dead...1+ ohm across terminals. Total jam up of fuel system to the point where neither butterfly in the carb would move, the float was stuck and light yellow varnish was everywhere. First time I saw the effects of ethanol. I say that because I have been around engines long enough to see varnish caused by gasoline we had back when Tetrahethral (spelling) Lead was added to the gas. Engine oil was blacker than any diesel tractor I ever owned. Gas stunk. Had 3 soft tires, one flat due to a thorn puncture. Windshield was broken.
Got all those problems fixed and initially had a hard time keeping the engine running at a low enough rpm to shift without having to do as you said...jam it in gear......didn't want to do that as it didn't sound good and the accompanying lurch of the vehicle. Snake oil played a big role in moving from almost fixed to fixed on the engine idling properly. "Sea Foam" was the icing on the cake. I dumped a full can into 5 gallons of fresh gas and with a fresh oil change, cleaned up carb and fuel lines and a new battery, just ran the engine till it would idle smoothly. As I got the engine running correctly I could adjust the idle down to where I could shift with out crunching and idle properly.
3. No computer on this baby. Wants the choke full on, but once it lights off (immediately, no throttle, just choke) I can push the choke in and she idles. I let it run for a couple of minutes before shifting.
4. Pulleys on this machine seem to be aluminum and were polished with some belt friction shine/goo on the belt contact surfaces. I Chem tooled and steel wool cleaned the crud off them.
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