[citationuser]

Hey

What cause this to happen to the belt. Before when you slowed down there was a clunking sound when you hit the brake to slow down. This is from a 2004 Skidoo Legend 550f

 

[EastCoastWest]

How many kms/miles on it? Every belt failure on my Grand Touring has been like this, the first was at 12,000 kms the second at 20,000 kms Not quite as bad as yours though just cracked between the inside teeth and went clunk, clunk, clunk. I was always able to make it home like this. Can someone can shed some light on this????

 

[122racing]

It's usually caused by burning the belt trying to move the sled when it is cold or frozen.

 

[boondocker99]

My riding buddy has gone done this to his last two belts on a 03 MXZ Trail. The first on was while the sled was 100% stock and then the second after putting on a 1.65 lug track and gearing down. The second one went alot faster then the first. Didn't happen until the end of the riding day so we never even considered anthing to do with moving a cold/frozen sled.

He does like to run it WOT a lot..

 

[122racing]

It usually doesn't happen right away but it could be when the damage starts.

04gade600ho,
You brought up a good point, the other thing that could cause this is WOT then hard braking, locking the belt in the secondary. Again, you might not notice it right away!!

 

[Guest]

It's usually caused by burning the belt trying to move the sled when it is cold or frozen.

[snapback]690871[/snapback]​

That tends to hour glass the belt more than what is shown. Are you sure your belt deflection was not too tight ?

 

[citationuser]

The sled has 1012 miles on it. It was in at about 450 miles because of a bad coil. And he doesnt run WOT really. They bought it this year out of a crate. Its brand new fron the dealer. It has to go back to get it reset soon.

 

[Gage]

Had the same thing happen to my belt on my 06 Gade with only 250 kms on the sled. Dealer said it was from excessive heat built up.

 

[TeamScream]

Buy a Ultimax belt and see if it happens again. I bet u it will not!!!

 

[citationuser]

Buy a Ultimax belt and see if it happens again. I bet u it will not!!!

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They bought one from a Ski-doo dealer in Dunrobin.