Belt Drive Worries ???
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Bwaaahaaaaa happened to me In Reno once many many many moons ago we will leave it at that 
False. I drunkenly ordered room service filet mignon, ate it, blacked out, passed out and hence, locked my slot playing wife out. Took 1 maintenance and two security guys 2 hours to get in. Haha
Funny how things change with time and no alcohol 
You guys talk like getting lost in vegas is a bad thing? 
I found an extra cotter pin that they use on the muffler in my belly pan. Glad I checked.
Unrelated to getting blackout drunk in vegas or sprinkling your sled with magnets but related to the drive belt. My dealer said there were instances of the nuts holding the lower pulley coming loose and wollering the splines. He said to either loosen and retorque or bring sled in for him to do. I remember reading somewhere on a source for the socket at regular autoparts store. Anyone know what it is so im not using a punch and hammer?
I found an extra cotter pin that they use on the muffler in my belly pan. Glad I checked.
Unrelated to getting blackout drunk in vegas or sprinkling your sled with magnets but related to the drive belt. My dealer said there were instances of the nuts holding the lower pulley coming loose and wollering the splines. He said to either loosen and retorque or bring sled in for him to do. I remember reading somewhere on a source for the socket at regular autoparts store. Anyone know what it is so im not using a punch and hammer?
My opinion, don't waste money on the tool. Those nuts will never stay tight. Might have been ok on the brake side on the ascender but I think there is just to much 'torque' on the belt side for those nuts to stay tight. Save the headache and just replace them with the TKI locking nut.You guys talk like getting lost in vegas is a bad thing?
I found an extra cotter pin that they use on the muffler in my belly pan. Glad I checked.
Unrelated to getting blackout drunk in vegas or sprinkling your sled with magnets but related to the drive belt. My dealer said there were instances of the nuts holding the lower pulley coming loose and wollering the splines. He said to either loosen and retorque or bring sled in for him to do. I remember reading somewhere on a source for the socket at regular autoparts store. Anyone know what it is so im not using a punch and hammer?
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Never seen one come loose on a catalyst that was properly tightened to begin with.My opinion, don't waste money on the tool. Those nuts will never stay tight. Might have been ok on the brake side on the ascender but I think there is just to much 'torque' on the belt side for those nuts to stay tight. Save the headache and just replace them with the TKI locking nut.
ARCTIC CAT CATALYST SHAFT NUT AND WRENCH | CNC-machined performance parts and accessories
ARCTIC CAT CATALYST SHAFT NUT AND WRENCH Designed to replace the OEM jam nuts on the Arctic Cat CATALYST belt drive bottom gear. Cut from 6160 aluminum and hard anodized the TKI Shaft nut includes a locking pin to insure it remains put. Sold separately or with our purposes built…
A Dana 44 axle socket works, $20 at most auto parts stores
my friends came loose with only 80 miles on sled....fortunately he caught it before any damage...
Not talking about the blackout drunk in Vegas but " the magnets are strategically placed" not sprinkled woulda caught that cotter pin 
woulda caught that cotter pin I think a better fix maybe a guard on the bottom half of the belt drive. That would keep the snow out and springs sockets etc.
Just something I was curious about, how come the aftermarket belt drives for say the ascender want you to run like 5/8-3/4” of slack in the belt, but the oem belt drives on the catalyst and I believe the Polaris are guitar string tight from the get go? I know the aftermarket run tensioners, so it’s not apples to apples, but just something I was thinking about. Do these sleds not have the thermal expansion in the case like the ascender? I believe that is why they had to be set loose when cold on the ascender
That is a great question Vern. I know on my C3 belt drives I was told the aluminum pulleys grow and expand when warmed up, and I never blew a belt on them - ran them on 3 sleds with different power levels without issue, some having 5000km on the belt when I sold the sled. Maybe it has to do with the belt construction and / or pulley material? Or just simply that the tensioner allows the belt to be looser without putting additional stress on the bearings?
I've heard tensioners are not allowed for hillclimb and maybe that is the same for snowcross? Don't quote me on that but I've heard that is why the manufactures don't have a tensioner. Maybe a hillclimb guy can verify if that is true or not.
Strategically placed, sorryNot talking about the blackout drunk in Vegas but " the magnets are strategically placed" not sprinkled
With the talks of guys(not just Cat) finding stuff or their belts finding stuff I used a cheap borescope I got off amazon to check out the belly pan before my first ride. Glad I did.
As has been mentioned before I would think a guard would be a good thing. Remember a vid of a guy that lost a side panel and snow packed in there and smoked a belt.
To bad someone couldn't blow mold a piece of clear lexan or other suitable temp resistant plastic cover to put over the entire drive ,still could see the belt, keep snow and unwanted cotter pins out
That is the part I did not understand either, chain cases of tensioners. Just something I heard.
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