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Xciting 500 / Re: does your x500 " growl" when first taking off??
« on: July 04, 2009, 07:02:40 PM »
The more I thought about this, what I think is actually the root cause, is the the belt is probably stretching a bit on take off from a dead stop, or very slow start. This would narrow the width a bit, which would cause it to almost slip a very small amount, leaving the residue on the rear pully.  From what I understand, the Dayco 8206K is the replacement belt for the OEM belt.  The only difference is the Dayco is Kevlar re-inforced.  I'm thinking that the Dayco would not stretch as much, which would probably help things out.

Another this that I did to help it, was to set my idle down to the specified 1400-1600 RPM. Seemed to help it some.

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Xciting 500 / Re: does your x500 " growl" when first taking off??
« on: June 26, 2009, 01:27:49 AM »
Mine does it too.  I took the cvt covers off, and pulled the outer clutch cover off and checked the shoes. I then put it back together,(after blowing out the dust), and cleaned the rear sprocket (clutch) with rubbing alchohol, and it went away..... for a while.  What it is, is some residue from the belt sticking on the back pulley assembly near the outer edge.  It comes right off, but seems to want to return. The belt looks A-OK, so I am not too worried. I'm hoping that the belt will "wear in", as mine only has 2500 miles.

It takes about 20 minutes to clean the residue off, so it definitely isn't a big chore to do.

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