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monty9120 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:01 am Post subject:

this is the black thing. im pretty sure when i fitted the belt the whole thing was smooth. now it has massive gorge marks just like the tracks you see on the top of the belt.

weird indeed but i dont see how it happened. maybe we will never know Crying or Very sad

when i took the coveroff i had to try hard to remove loads of belt that was stuck to the roller thing. if you see the belt on the floor thats how it was around that roller thing
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monty9120 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:13 am Post subject:

Just to verify thomas.

This 8 roller variator i have, are you sure it needs no modification as russ said about the clutchs being different or something

Im not judging your wisdom but after a failure like this my heads spinning so hope you understand Cool

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CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

Nope the variator fits straight on... its fitted to nexus from 2006 Wink

The X9s have a different clutch, slightly bigger, and so use a longer belt. Wink

CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

If the black guide has big wear marks then it couldve been the problem all along, obviously as the belt runs down the pulley it actually runs on that so its spinning like a crazy thing.... if thats got lines in it, they will be trying to cut the belt the whole time, which could be the reason it looks like someones sliced the belt apart Laughing

If i were you i would take it easy until youve replaced that Wink

monty9120 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

what im saying is the black guide has marks like on the top of the belt. so even if it was rubbing it would have ripped the bottom of the belt apart as the bits that came apart are from the top of the belt.

it cant have happened until after it snapped its impossible Laughing

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CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

Fixed and running again yet?

monty9120 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

Ive been busy at work and i havent picked it up from my grandads yet Embarassed

Still running on the old belt atm. ill make sure i check it over and over when i take it off

i read the workshop manual last night and i put it back just how it said so maybe a bad failure

oh well life carries on Cool

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NORWICH BROADSMEN SC

monty9120 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject:

Right finally got round the replacing the belt today. my old worn one that i put on was still perfect and i have used it for at least 600 miles. no fluffing or coming apart

lets hope thats the end

sorry for all the inconvenience thomas Embarassed

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CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

No worrys chap, wasnt a inconvenience to me, thats what im hear for Wink

Lets hope it was a duff belt and its the end of it all...

Thank god it was a piaggio one not malossi, if not they wouldnt have replaced it free Rolling Eyes