Any 09 Xp's blowing belts???

[Csampso]

My first belt lasted 750 miles.

09 xp 154

 

[PJ-Hunter]

I have a '09 XP been running the Gates belts, my first blew 75 miles, clutches stuck with the bushing issue first ride out, hubby cleaned em all up. Got about 600 miles on blew another, and today another.......I am at 1050 miles....urgh, I even tried to cool the clutches every so often....makes me sick, my '06 never had a issue . I now have a bogging that comes and goes at higher rpms, who knows what that is it started today as I was climbing a hill, thank god I was on a hill that was easy to turn out on.

Try taking the DPM unit off and squirting some WD40 or other lubricant inside. Some XPs seem to have an issue with the DPM sticking and causing some bogging. I did it to my buddy's 09 XP and it ran great, until he smacked a tree.

I too have had to change belts on my 09. I am gonna change my clutching to the 08 specs that I had last year (1000+ miles on one 377). I have it vented real well and the clutches aren't getting hot at all. Checked the alignment and it looks good. The belt isn't blowing, but before I made a pretty long pull up a fairly technical line I inspected my belt and found the pulled cord (about 1"). I changed it to a new belt because I didn't feel like having that thing come apart 3/4 of the up. That would have been a bad deal. I changed it at roughly 320 miles.

 

[Sasksummit]

Just over 200 miles. Crossing my fingers check it everytime I stop. I have a vent kit on it I have had to got to clicker 3 to get rpms at 2200 feet? It was melting out. Any thoughts?