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Posted by: WhoDatInDaMud
I wont trust any belt I've burned again. Of the three that have been smoked - each has failed shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Husky
just fried my belt as well... got pretty well the same set up as you... will install the red EPI spring now, that will fix it for good (will reduce top speed but that is not of any concern to me).
Posted by: Husky
OK, just put that red spring in, left out the small shim like before (I also have the Dynatec CDI)... bike now wants to go ahead in idle and it is not shifting up as fast (just what I wanted). Can't go too hard on the new belt right now, needs to be broken in for a few miles, but with this set up you should not be worried about the belt anymore.
Posted by: Husky
I got the spring from EPI and went to my dealer with my clutch (I just took it out of the bike) and he put it in, with his compressor tool, free of charge. The red spring is a lot stronger and harder to put into the clutch that's why I went to the dealer. There are other belts on the market but I just went with the Cat (Kawie) one because I did not want to wait too long.
Posted by: heyyou
If your belt is glazed you can rough it up with some emery cloth,put the thin shim in and take the thick one out,ride in low????????????????
Thats about all I've got.
Posted by: heyyou
They make a 2017 too,its shorter.
Posted by: weez440
ok everyone i went into some really really bad stuff about a week ago and i have never been in anything that bad in my life well to put things more short i kept burning my belt cause i had to maticulously go slow and finess my way through this stuff and i got a black spring in my driven clutch and i took out the small shim is there any way i can tighten it up more????? i love the fourwheeler but i miss my duramatic tranny and clutch setup on my old 500's any help would be appreciated
Posted by: weez440
thanx for the imput hey if i can find my thin shim i will try that and yes i was running in low the crap i was giong through is stuff that atv's aren't really designed to go through but it worked way better then any other one there except if i didn't mash the throttle and did technical stuff my belt would squeel a lil then i could smell it burning after a while and there was nothing i could do about it
Posted by: weez440
i burned a belt right away on my 500 last year and that belt ran over 1000 miles without any problem but then again that was the arctic setup to so if i get the red spring for my drive clutch i won't have any problems? i supposed it is stiffer what about the shims do you think it would help if i also took out the big shim and put the small one back in? i want that thing so tight that it will want to go when idling and has anyone ever thought of finding a shorter belt for the 650 so we don't have to go through all this clutch spring crap???? put on a tighter belt and boom done cause everyone is frying belts anyways THANK YOU KAWASAKI before owning this wheeler i never liked kawi and i am starting to go back to that except the motor is awesome
Posted by: weez440
did you buy a clutch puller or did you make one yourself???? i remember making them when i was in high school i can't see why i can't now and thank you for the info and is there any place to get an aftermarket belt? i thought i heard that you can get an aftermarket belt that is actually better then the kawi belt oh and btw thank you everyone sooooo much and where should i get my red spring from dahlton? i guess it shouldn't matter i can't even remember where i ordered my black one
Posted by: weez440
awesome thanx for the tips guys and how hard is it to take out the drive clutch??? and can't you put the clutch together by hand???? i guess if not i can fabricate yet another tool
Posted by: hobut
dayco makes a belt for the cat its a hp2018 i got mine from Highlifter.
Posted by: Cattrashman
I was at a Kawi site the other day and guys were talking about putting the 700 belt in to the 650's.
They claimed it was a bit wider and made out of better material.
I have no experience using it but just relaying what i read there.
Might want to check into that somemore because if the belt is a bit wider it would leave a lot more room for adjustments.Would be nice to be able to add more shims to start with and then be able to take some out as the belt stretches and wears.
