Does this belt need replacing? By damin69 (Read 1,097 times)

[damin69]

The heading is just sarcasm.
Working on my Dads scooter this weekend. 2006 Linhai Mainstreet 260. We are doing a Valve adjustment and said we really need to get to taking a look at that variator and belt situation that is when we found this...... WOW

[damin69]

So with that said this belt is an 871x23

How much would he be loosing using one of my 856x23 until we can get the correct belt. I figure he will loose a little top end but that would be about it.

[Cruiser]

Wow. That is one chewed up belt. How many miles? The smaller belt should work, but you will loose on acceleration as well as some top end. Don't really know how much.

[damin69]

We are going to call a local Dealer in the am see if they have any belts that size if not we will use the smaller one for now.

Not really sure how many miles are on the belt it has been on it since he got it 2 years ago. Now I figure if the belt is that bad the Roller have to be pretty bad also. I do not the Variator has been off this thing before the Air Impact would not break it loose. We soaked it down with PB Blaster and will let it sit over night and try again in the am. Need to clean the whole engine up as there is one of the seals somewhere seaping oil as the whole engine is coated in oil. It will be a very busy long day in the Garage tomorrow......

[cptk]

Hey Todd,
Right now I am running a 228x23 belt in my 250. Your 856 will work just fine. Like Jr. said it will improve your pick-up but lose a little on top. This little belt I am running now is incredible at stop, but when driving up hill on the highway it does suffer. bought 2 new 856's and am planning to replace if it stops raining long enough/ along with a few other things.

[damin69]

WEll this belt was only the Beginning of the mess we have this weekend. His scooter has been getting harder and harder to start all the time. So the weekend started to do Valve adjustment and put on elec fuel pump. And well we were at it said we should check the belt and Rollers. Well the damn nut on the variator was on so darn tight ended up breaking fins off getting the nut broke loose. So have to now get a new variator. Then when we go to start up find out he Elec pump that his scooter already had is not pumping fuel. Then to top it all off find out the Coil is bad. So we are not haveing a very good weekend.

[Cruiser]

What a dilemma, Todd. Was this scoot running before you guys decided to do the maintenance? Here's a link for the variator fan if you still need one:

www.partsforchinesescooters.com/asp/gmi/?choice=showCategory&category=1394&classid=139405

[damin69]

Well it ran last week. When he went to start it to put it on the trailer to bring it down it would not start. When we pulled plug and checked for spark it would spark once for like every 10 seconds of cranking. We pulled the coil off my Roketta and put in his and it would spark nice blue spark just cranking the starter.

The pump just flat out no fuel coming out of it at all. No gas getting to carb. Not sure what happen there but it just nothing. There is voltage at the plug but the pump just not working.

[speedracer]

Todd, I might be the only one, but to me there is something wrong with your variator or clutch to cause that wear on the belt treads. If it were uniform them maybe it's normal, but it's anything but that.

[damin69]

speed you never know. I did pull the bell off the clutch and the shoe look fine. Since this is my dads scooter and this is the first time we have looked at the belt since he got it 2years ago. I am still thinking this is the original belt from when this scooter was new. It is a 2006 Linhai Mainstreet 260. He has never had any issues with takoff or hill climbing with this thing. The only issue he has ever had with it is the hard starting which started the end of last year and has gotten worse over time.