Lost power today, engine revs high with little movement  By  kernelsandirs (Read 3,550 times)

Well I broke another belt today, the old one had only about 700 miles on it. strangely the issues I had with the rumble feeling and all had smoothed out after I broke in the old belt, however the old clutch I think was slipping quite a bit, and I think I may have had a very small warping on one of the clutch drive plates. Also turns out the mileage is in fact listed in miles so I am now at 5500 miles on that clutch, but I think I damaged it when trying to remove the variator the first time(wedging a hammer between the clutch plates and the starter gear to try and turn the nut)

Sooo, haven't opened it but I am sure I am in for the same issue of broken belt, this time I am going to replace the clutch and belt, will check the variator plates for any rough spots etc, also my closest scooter parts place sells me overpriced no name parts so that was probably also a factor. Gonna try to get to a trusted shop today.

LOL, well back when I originally could not get the nut off I did end up getting an air compressor and wrench from Harbor Freight which worked great, but now I had my wife bring it to me filled with air(since I was stranded kinda) and it was not enough air to get it off :-(

So maybe I will swing by Harbor Freight to get an electric one, otherwise I have to walk the bike at least two miles to a gas station that is cool enough to let me use power. :-)

OK that is awesome, I gotta have it! :-)

So I got the scoot home via a friends truck, installed a new clutch and a higher quality belt and holy crap
things are smooooth, pickup is way better, got another 5mph just from the lack of slipping from the clutch, the new belt is a properly made Gates belt not the no name belt that Best Buy scooters sold me for $25(like $15 more than that frayed out of the bag piece of crud would cost anywhere else)

I will never return to Best Buy scooters,  Scrappy dawg is too far for me, but Pacific Wholesale Scooters are pretty dang good too, quite a bit more respectful bunch as well, and always have what I need at a decent price, although I think scrappy has better prices on everything.
Gonna swing by Harbor Freight tonight to see if they have that kit, although I hate to take up what little storage space I have, gonna need a spare belt too but I think this one is proper and should last :-)

Thanks for tip :-)

I am carrying one of these things:

Needs no air or power. Works on variator and on clutch. The little tips can be unscrewed and replaced with various sized bolts. I did that on mine because my variators have different sized holes in them. I carry the original pins and three sizes of bolts. I recommend you test it out on your bike before you need it. You may need to first break your nuts free with an impact if they are super tight like mine were, otherwise you risk damaging the variator fins. (And I mean they were tight. I had to cut the nut off of the clutch after three impact drivers failed to loosen it. Now they come off just fine, even with this manual wrench.)

The impact wrench has lots of other uses besides removing your variator and clutch, and it's a lot easier to plug it in and spin off the nuts than hooking one of those contraptions up. I can use it to remove the variator cover fast as well on the side of the road without carrying a cordless driver, and put the cover back on in a jiffy. I've used it on my truck, my bikes, power tools with stuck nuts/bolts, all sorts of things. I still say it's the best tool I've purchased for my scooter!

with an impact wrench you do not need anything to hold the variator.
if you want something to hold it then get either one of these:
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