Post by motley on Sept 28, 2017 17:40:58 GMT -6
I've had a variator go bad before.
The Reason: So there is supposedly a direction the side wall of roller weights are supposed to face, if the side wall is put in facing the other way than they should, the copper will slowly slide out from the plastic on the roller causing the variator and walls to get DESTROYED!
'I had to run and push it and give it gas on takeoffs that day just to make it home lol, embarrassing ...'
One thing I want you to answer, Are you driving in nothing but city traffic? Stop and go? This would cause your rollers to engage and disengage way to often 'gears', So your belt is always flexing..
Another thing is your clutch, I would try to see if the pulley part is bent anywhere.. Or see if it's engaging when it should. I would check out the rpm springs or whatever there called.
The real simple deal is ventilation, If your cvt area is getting really hot this can easily cause belt bust, it could even be heat coming off your engine going into your port.
The next time you get it up and running, Maybe drive for 5 minutes, Then while it's running feel around the cvt area, as well the breather hole. If it's beyond hot then this is always a possibility, I have had a lot of scooters that I have to take many breaks on or I will break down, One of them I still have and that's a geely fashion 2 stroke.
Ive seen way better than this, But this is basically the idea, The clutch opening should cause the clutch to work like a fan pushing heat out if I recall correctly, Ive seen some with the same deal but the variator area has openings as well
Bet I would personally look into a way to put a screen on the inside of this, less chance of tiny pebbles getting to the belt. Your sceneario is the reason why I slightly miss chain driven, xD like my geely has.
The Reason: So there is supposedly a direction the side wall of roller weights are supposed to face, if the side wall is put in facing the other way than they should, the copper will slowly slide out from the plastic on the roller causing the variator and walls to get DESTROYED!
'I had to run and push it and give it gas on takeoffs that day just to make it home lol, embarrassing ...'
One thing I want you to answer, Are you driving in nothing but city traffic? Stop and go? This would cause your rollers to engage and disengage way to often 'gears', So your belt is always flexing..
Another thing is your clutch, I would try to see if the pulley part is bent anywhere.. Or see if it's engaging when it should. I would check out the rpm springs or whatever there called.
The real simple deal is ventilation, If your cvt area is getting really hot this can easily cause belt bust, it could even be heat coming off your engine going into your port.
The next time you get it up and running, Maybe drive for 5 minutes, Then while it's running feel around the cvt area, as well the breather hole. If it's beyond hot then this is always a possibility, I have had a lot of scooters that I have to take many breaks on or I will break down, One of them I still have and that's a geely fashion 2 stroke.
Ive seen way better than this, But this is basically the idea, The clutch opening should cause the clutch to work like a fan pushing heat out if I recall correctly, Ive seen some with the same deal but the variator area has openings as well
Bet I would personally look into a way to put a screen on the inside of this, less chance of tiny pebbles getting to the belt. Your sceneario is the reason why I slightly miss chain driven, xD like my geely has.
