QD belt poll
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AK IQ Pilot
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Oh dang. Did this happen to you? Not fun or funny.
Is this more anecdotal evidence that heat may be causing failure of QD belts on some sleds? Or, maybe we're seeing a pattern develop now that more and more people are paying attention to temperature as a potential contributor to the failure mechanism.
Only time will tell.
200 miles no problems so far. Got the driveshaft collar. That seems sketchy. Hope it works! Mostly boondocking, no major hillclimbing or hard braking yet. I did notice at the end of the ride last week that the QD area was full of snow and ice. Did not seem to be a problem. Riding in about 5 feet of fresh pow around 4000'. Need to check QD next ride for heat. I was checking clutch last time and neglected QD area
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clamlake600
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550 miles. So far, so good...
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907riders.com
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80 miles, bone stock easy riding in ak....
400 miles now and mine is still shedding black flakes but is gettin the job done for sure.
In the last 100 miles I've noticed the rolling resistance of the whole system decrease dramatically.
I did pull up alongside an abandoned 2013 on the trail today. I was curious so I popped the side panel open and saw that every tooth of the QD belt was sheared off.
In the last 100 miles I've noticed the rolling resistance of the whole system decrease dramatically.
I did pull up alongside an abandoned 2013 on the trail today. I was curious so I popped the side panel open and saw that every tooth of the QD belt was sheared off.
1400 miles still on original belt. Did break the lower pulley bolt once though. 
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IEATSRT
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Cogs went on mine today about 650 miles. Tough day of riding, lots of wet heavy snow. After about a half hour cool down took off again, was jumping onto the up slope of a ditch. Cleared the down slope had my nose up good, landed where there was not as much snow as I expected at that particular spot, bottomed out under throttle and boom, knew what happend before I even opened up side panel. Heat was not the issue here, I was really quite suprise it went as I have done much worse to it than that but oh well... have to learn how to change them eventually.
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MATCO
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Yes, unfortunately this is becoming more common as people get more miles on.
450 miles, no problems at all. mine did NOT get an easy break in. Last weekend I was pulling a hill with deep heavy snow with some old tracks. When I would hit the hard old tracks the track would ratchet, I thought I was ripping cogs off my belt, but belt is fine. Apparently I need to check my track tension.
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phatboyfilms
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250 mi, sidehilling & lost it. Just starting to get confidence back in this sled.
Mine stripped at 547 miles. Had a good rip up the trail with no cool downs and 500 ft off trail doing some tail stands and jumping some little pillows I felt it loose a few cogs and I let off.
Limped it back to the truck, took it to the dealer and was back on the snow in a couple hours.
Limped it back to the truck, took it to the dealer and was back on the snow in a couple hours.
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PowderMiner
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600 miles and the belt is fine,
i'm broken though
on a side issue I hit stump while r/h sidehilling and broke arm... the a-arms are fine. thought for sure theyd have separated, but all good, for next year
i'm broken though
on a side issue I hit stump while r/h sidehilling and broke arm... the a-arms are fine. thought for sure theyd have separated, but all good, for next year
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mactheknife
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Still good at 800 miles
I need to change my vote. Partial cog strip at 550 miles. Deep snow. Gave out under good load on a side-hill. 90 mile break in by the book on the trail.
What a POS system.
What a POS system.
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