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Serpentine belt

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Rocklong

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Jan 16, 2024
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I was changing the oil today and noticed some shreds of belt sticking out of the alternator cover, I took it off and there was only two strands left holding my belt together. Not sure what caused it, the machine has about 5k miles on it.
 

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I’ve never seen one fail, but apparently they collect debris in the bottom.
 
Wow, I’ve never seen that before. Even my XP which had just a little over 4k miles on it, looked just fine. I guess I’ll need to check mine around the 2K mile mark just in case. I wonder if we need to start carrying serpentine belts instead of drive belts. I was hoping to not have to carry or worry about having a spare belt on hand with these machines.
 
These are a stretch belt. No tentioner. Don’t know how easy it would be to change on the trail.
 
I think it Will be pretty easy. Looks like you can put belt over the pulleys and start it over the crank and just turn the crank to get it on.
 
I would think something had to get into the case to do that kind of damage. I thought it was sealed to prevent this.
 
Big Red said:
I would think something had to get into the case to do that kind of damage. I thought it was sealed to prevent this.
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There was a member that buried their's in a mud hole that took the belt out. He also had his engine toast shortly after
 
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oneal said:
That looks like a " must have ".
So I buy one, place it in the "appropriate " storage place, and down the road when I have to change the belt I completely forgot I own this special tool.
Yup, that's what I do
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Zip ties work just fine. And a tap on the key.
 
oneal said:
That looks like a " must have ".
So I buy one, place it in the "appropriate " storage place, and down the road when I have to change the belt I completely forgot I own this special tool.
Yup, that's what I do
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If you’re like me, you would find the first one you bought immediately after buying a second one.
 
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