Well I have had pretty good luck with my 154 X, only started to loose cord on one belt after 600 miles. Heading out to the Bear tomorrow and had a idea to try to move the engine to see if any difference was made.
I have read a quite a few threads about guys moving the engine rearward and in to help compensate for the clutch alignment problem. As I loosened the three mounts (two fronts and the rear left) I got to thinking that when you move it rearward and in you are decreasing the center to center distance and also that will be increased even further when the engine is twisting under load. I got our a straight edge and set it across the primary clutch and compared it to the seconday and found that they were not square and would be even worse when the engine twists.
I decided to move the engine forward and out , by doing this I have nearly squared the clutches to each other and have increased the center to center distance to help with the belt deflection. Now by doing this I have possible put the clutches out of alignment more, but I cannot tell for sure but I am hoping that the twist of the engine will bring them into alignment and be closer to square than thery ever were.
The belt looks to sit in the clutches better and seems to more a natural curve to it instead of a curve with a twist. I also removed the torque stop and installed two o-rings under each of the two positioning studs to tightened the gap between the mount and the stop to help prevent any excessive engine twisting.
I will be riding this wednesday with stock clutching to see what happens, worse case scenerio is that I blow a belt right away and BRP buys me a new one so I really have nothing to loose. It is easy to put back to the way it was shipped and only takes about a half hour to do this.
What do you guys think? I think it will decrease heat from less deflection under load and the alignment thing I am not to worried about because it is not too bad compared to stock, but the belt is definately tighter.
-Seeder
I have read a quite a few threads about guys moving the engine rearward and in to help compensate for the clutch alignment problem. As I loosened the three mounts (two fronts and the rear left) I got to thinking that when you move it rearward and in you are decreasing the center to center distance and also that will be increased even further when the engine is twisting under load. I got our a straight edge and set it across the primary clutch and compared it to the seconday and found that they were not square and would be even worse when the engine twists.
I decided to move the engine forward and out , by doing this I have nearly squared the clutches to each other and have increased the center to center distance to help with the belt deflection. Now by doing this I have possible put the clutches out of alignment more, but I cannot tell for sure but I am hoping that the twist of the engine will bring them into alignment and be closer to square than thery ever were.
The belt looks to sit in the clutches better and seems to more a natural curve to it instead of a curve with a twist. I also removed the torque stop and installed two o-rings under each of the two positioning studs to tightened the gap between the mount and the stop to help prevent any excessive engine twisting.
I will be riding this wednesday with stock clutching to see what happens, worse case scenerio is that I blow a belt right away and BRP buys me a new one so I really have nothing to loose. It is easy to put back to the way it was shipped and only takes about a half hour to do this.
What do you guys think? I think it will decrease heat from less deflection under load and the alignment thing I am not to worried about because it is not too bad compared to stock, but the belt is definately tighter.
-Seeder
