Performance VARIATOR EATING SLIDES By twowheeler (Read 459 times)

[twowheeler]

I got a DLH variator awhile back and Ive gone through 2 sets of guides. When I take off the variator for inspection some are missing. today all but 1 was gone! Whats happening?

Is there a trick to securing these things on the back plate? I press then in as best I can. Should they be bonded or something or should they be allowed to free float?

[Alleyoop]

How are the metal guides on the variator itself, if they are worn down then the plastic guides will have to much play and they will get eaten up.

Also where are you getting the plastic guides not all guides are of equal value. They have some really cheap stuff out there.
Alleyoop

[twowheeler]

After looking at replacements i think i may have figured out what happened. Initially I lost one of the guides that came with the performance variator and put my stock ones on. The fact that it has a larger face means that the stock guides were not large enough to take up the slack. Ive seen so many different types out there while shopping and the ones i need are larger for this variator. The stock ones are a bit smaller. To test the theory I too 2 of the ones i had left and tried them on my stock variator and it would not fit. The back plate would not go down so that means the stock ones were probably too small for it.

SUpposed to use these

[Alleyoop]

Great, you found the problem.
Alleyoop