belt destroyed pushed scooter home  By  millsc (Read 1,600 times)

Yea and the quality control put a i instead of a Lin spelling Kevlar(HAHA). Those are stamped on automatically as they go down the conveyor belt even before they are cut and actually made into each individual belt. What a scam
Alleyoop

I bought a cheap belt off eBay once. Idea was to save a few bucks(of course), ended up 5 miles from work and 15 from home. I had less than 75 miles on the belt. I only use Gates now

Ain't that the way it works? Try and save a couple of bucks and end up paying for it twice. After a few bad experiences I now buy the best quality stuff I can Lay my hands on, and don't have to worry about it again.

Justbuggin2,
Are You talking about this place
Alleyoop

Yeah some of those belts they sell are pretty poor in quality. Plus some sellers also push counterfeit fake brand belts too. It is difficult to filter through all the junk to find good ones.

One other thought is temperature. The 150cc size scooters tend to have really poor air circulation through the CVT drive housing. I gave up on using the pitiful foam filter insert as it clogged up really fast, like in a day or two. I simply left the grid screen in place but removed the little foam filter and that helped a lot as it allowed for air to circulate inside the CVT housing better. If the CVT belt overheats the belt breaks down and disintegrates on you. Some other guys went with a new competition racing CVT outer housing cover that had cutouts to help promote air circulation too. But one could likely do the same thing with patience, a drill and a dremel tool or use a milling machine.

When the Chinese first made the scooters, cruising speeds in China were typically 25 to 30mph, most of the time. So having a scooter go faster didn't help any due to the crowded roads and streets. But when they started selling them in the USA problems started occurring.

After having several belts go bad on my 150cc scooter. I opted to carry a spare and to also carry the tools to be able to change the belt out somewhere away from home. It actually came in handy one day too, when one of those crappy Kevlar belts disintegrated on me too.

A cheap belt can vibrate a lot before it fails taking out the clutch, variator and gearcase input bearings. You can see muffler and tire hugger failures as collateral damages from a bargain belts vibrations before it fails.

I learned that lesson. Saved a few dollars on the belt and paid out for a new variator, clutch, gearcase bearings and another new belt. Also had to weld the muffler back together and buy a replacement rear fender/tire hugger as the original fell off on a State Road in 55 mph traffic.

John Maxwells "Law of the Price Tag" applies here. If you try and cheat up front you will eventually have to pay the full price down the line along with interest so you are usually better off paying the full price up front skipping all the interest which can end up getting pretty costly.