Good basic info, presented such that most anyone can at least get a ballpark estimate of their setup. Nice.

and if you put your alignment tool on from the bottom of the drive clutch , take some measurements . compare the top and bottom you can adjust belt skew , by playing with your engine stops you can adjust the alignment so the clutches are dead parallel at full throttle under full load , increasing performance ,lowering belt temp increasing belt life , take a seamstress tape measure with you to the dealership , be nice to him and he might be nice and let you go through his belts measuring diameter and width ,pick out 3 or 4 that are the same .that way you have little to no adjustments when changing belts , you can rotate through those belts reset the clutches and rotate through again , when you get them home ,sunlight dish soap and a scrub brush ,the hottest water you can stand will remove the mold release from manufacturing , mold release will bake into the belt under use making it hard and prone to slipping ..... belt alignment is free and is the foundation for clutch tuning and performance

Good to hear the recreation supply name drop, great bunch of guys there

Great video , thanks for sharing this is very helpful as I'm new to the sport 1st time owning a polaris 550 2up 07" sled ,Thanks Turtle from Taunton mass.

I found this real helpful keep up the good vids I love they old mod sleds!!👍👍😁

Awesome video thanks for the help trying to tune my 94 XLT to the T.

Very AWESOME tips on what to look for and check out with the alignment part and the deflection also! I now know that I have 2 separate issues with my Polaris clutches that need prompt addressing thanks to your knowledge and experience with racing!!! I'm by no means any expert on Setting up a CVT system outside of the basics that I actually thought was written in stone that you were suppose to setup the primary and secondary on an almost dead straight line!?? Smfh now! I've been doing it all a bit wrong all these years Man. I get why you actually want to have a 2mm or so offset shaft angle to help aid in the belt to drop a little bit easier into the secondary clutch while it's climbing up the primary, I see how this method in all actuality makes more sense than a dead on straight edged alignment like that I've been doing to my clutches for the last year now on a Machine I've been building using a Polaris engine basically in my Ezgo golf cart. I just finally got done with re-machining the clutch surfaces and put a aftermarket Helix in with a Comet Silver spring in the secondary. The primary I'm running A-1 weights, originally setup for a Yamaha exciter sled but I gutted the weights and silver spring from that to make a hybrid Ezgo primary clutch by removing the spiders machined a new bearing for the shaft and installed in on my bastardized golf cart LMAO. The engine's a hybrid as well with a Ezgo crankcases 2 stroke from the early 90s Ezgo's. Rebuilt the crankshaft with a Polaris Hot Rod's kit and all new high end Japanese ball bearings seals ect. It's a double ball on the pto side as well so it's much more than capable of holding up to the HP I was seeking. Used a jug and piston off a Polaris sled 488cc twin cylinder engine cuz this is a 244 single I have, Ezgo bottom end. So from the jug base gasket up it's all Polaris parts which bolt right on the Ezgo bottoms without machine work necessary outside of a few MM longer jug studs, that's it. Both the Polaris and Ezgo engine's of this vintage earlier and later were manufactured by Fuji Industrial, so they are both pretty well built engine's. The 488s/500s for a fan motor, probably the utmost reliable sleds I've ever owned and operated the longest as they still do with tens of thousands of miles on them engine's still solid as rocks and run strong. No comparison to what you have really a different ball park all together lol. BUT BTW your sled and engine look amazing! Love a good clean and tidy looking engine bay! It's sweet man! Them expansion pipes look killer as well! What's the HP on say something ya have there in the video ya thinking? That a Polaris Triple 650 Or Rotax based engine? I've seen them sleds drag Man! They are disgustingly sick! But yeah now I'll have something to do over the winter and change my alignment of the sheaths to get the offset of about 2mm like that you were showing. I'll tell ya what, I know you probably had a good laugh about my project being a little single air engine, but it's definitely no joke in a lightweight golf cart, for a 244 with mild work internals, squish band, mild porting otherwise stock though 38mm MiK flat slide and a stock Polaris 250 expansion pipe and silencer, she lifts the front passenger tire off the ground with 2 full sized big adults over 200lbs ea! So she is a little tiny Rocket Ship I call her. On dry pavement with street tires, no off roads but 12" wide rear tires 4" in the front with one person breaks the tires lose on course pavement, and leaves a good smoke trail down the road! 60mph your about ready to die any second cuz even a modified version golf cart even with 4" of wheel spacers it's just too short of a wheel base at high speeds over 50-5 your white knuckles and holding on for dear life. LMAO! BUT again sorry to bore ya with such small potatoes here, I love to drag race anything, I'm too old for getting in and out of my drag cars anymore especially with my back and neck injuries, a hard seat and squeezing in and out of roll cage bars anymore I'm done over with. Plus the golf cart ya can have like 4 times as many cuz they take up so much less space. I'm in the process of my next project a 570 Eaton M-24 supercharged V twin going into a cart! Expect to see well into the low to mid 100s of HP I'd be happy with almost 100 but Shit we all need that Adeline rush somehow brother. Stay safe Man and thanks so very much again for your help.

Great video, kept it simple unlike the forums

Thank you bro you have given me more knowledge in the first 2:15 than I ever knew keep making vids f$&@ the haters.

Hey brother your vlogs are very helpful , pleasw keep postin great content ty 🤘 from great state of Vermont

Thanks for the info. I too have a custom built s chasis , but i have polaris primary and secondary. I never knew they were not meant to be parallel . (thats how i set them after i got the sled and it was burning up the belt)

always great video's... very informative....

I just adjusted the deflection property on my sled and its ridiculously better. It feels like I was peddling in hard gear up hill now I have 1st lol

Awesome channel thank you

Thank you, great info

Looks like a monster sled setup

Good tip

Thanks Much!

So heres my problem when i tip the sled on the clutch side the belt starts slipping its a new belt and i cleaned the clutches and they havent worn out the alignment is good and the tention is also good i was thinking could my secondary be loose on the saft so the alignment would be ruined when i tip it

Recently found this channel. Great content. Any tips on tuning mikuni round slide carbs when its warmer out? Getting a big time bog and super wet and black plugs

Love the channel! Can you talk about some trail riding clutch options for us folk in Onterrible?

Hey thanks for the info, really love your channel. Quick question for you, I purchased a 2011 crossfire 800, and spider cracked (the clutch was supposed to be new, trusted the guy I bought it from). Anyways I'm rebuilding it, but after watching your video I realized that after 100KM/H, the engine starts floating, and revved really high. Once I put everything back up I will check the deflection and i'll chalk the primary. If i'm not using enough of the clutch, what would you recommend changing first? I mostly ride hard trails. Thanks in advance !!

There is no better sound than a Polaris Triple!!!!

I appreciate your video. Regarding clutch alignment, if i'm running a straight edge shouldn't the two clutches be offset but square? ie. measuring off the driver clutch the driven clutch front and rear measurements be the same? I have no idea, just clarifying.

Thanks for the video. What are the low and high ratios on this CVT?

What about snapping belts when you let off the throttle on a pump up four stroke

Great videos. I notice you have a paragon on that sled. Do you still use the paragon? I have one but never been able to tune properly. Any advice? Thanks Mitch

The last method without a clutch alignment tool seems wonky... Where does he come up with 19mm on one side and 16mm on the other side as being in spec? Given they are not the same exact number there is skew (jackshaft and driveshaft are not parallel) but even beyond that if they were 21mm and 18mm would that now somehow be out of his magical spec? How do we come up with these numbers? Surely each sled would be different? The numbers must matter to know that the clutches are running true to each other...

Thank for the tip, however, when I align my clutches on my crossfire 2011 without the tool, i get both identical measurements. I tried removing and adding shims in the back of my secondary, but it changes nothing. I exploded one belt last year but it was used and I don't know how long it had since I bought the sled last year, however, I always get this jerky feeling at lower speed, like if a clutch engages and disengages back and forth until I give gas again then he's ok. I'm about to drop it off at the dealer to check alignment, but maybe you can help. It's a 800 sno pro, this summer I rebuilt the whole diamond drive, bearings, and seal, new oil, the primary clutch is brand new for Arctic cat, my secondary waws rebuild last year at the dealer, belt is new and deflection is on point according to your videos, I also adjusted my track tension and aligned, it is perfect on each side. Any ideas ?

BIG QUESTION: Why is 19mm and 17mm perfect? arn't they supposed to be identical (indicating that the secondary clutch is paralelle to the primary? I am confused now!

How come my bike won't go into neutral and now I can't start it because of that

Does using the straight edge like you demonstrated work on any sled or is there different specs

Soi looked at my primary and there is about 1/8 of an inch gap when the belt is sitting on the primary clutch bearing between the sheath and the edge of the belt. How do i adjust that

Should you have play between your secondary and your jack shaft?

Where can I get paragon clutch parts, ie: plastic rollers, My power coater and sled head bud melted mine in the oven...

I've got a rev chassis, modified 800 motor, and I absolutely destroy belts. I floated my secondary and it still shreds belt, motor mounts seem tight, engine stop is snug, I've had both clutches apart and tuned up, deflection set up good to my knowledge, any idea or help would be appreciated! Thank you sir

I’ve got a 2014 m8000 153. I’m having clutch troubles. When I put it in reverse the belt slides into over drive on the secondary and won’t pull itself. Even up on a stand. I hope this problem is related to it blowing belts more often than I’d like. Any thoughts?

Hello, Why 1/8" difference in alignment, for motor torque?

Thank you awesome video is always with your content! Now I want to put a performance clutch on my O2 700 X edge what else do I have to change with that type of clutch?

What would a slapping sound be till it warms up? Coming from the primary.

i have a 1992 skidoo gt with the 580 rotax. Im having a hard time finding parts. Any chance you can send me a link to the right belt and skis that fit my snowmobile? thanks

If the clutch is out of alignment how do I adjust it to right measurements?

How much movement should the driven clutch have back and forth on the shaft?

Looks like your 2 ndary is not opening wide enough. The belt could go higher on the primary.

1:50, wouldn’t you need lighter weights to get the belt to use whole clutch surface?

Are you from Saskatchewan?

Hey, i have some problems with my clutches. Im new to CVTs as i've only worked on normal gearboxes and hydrostates before. Would be nice if you could give me a hint or so! I had a pretty loud squealing/whining noise from the clutch side, it almost sounded like an RC car.😅 When i put in a new belt the noise pretty much went away, but not fully. It still has a decent sound to it.(you hear it the clearest if you have some speed and let off the throttle, but no sound at idle. Do you have any ideas on possible broblems? Plus another question, how do you know the reqired measurements when checking the alignment with a tape neasure? And nice work with your vids bud!😁🤙

I burnt my belt in one spot now it makes there is a banging sound now what

There’s another hole gear left in that clitch

wow 1/8 inch at b.. Poo book saying .060 at B on the secondary.

why does this guy talk/sound the same as the Powermodz guy?

Chalking the clutch isn't such a good idea. The first couple of times you blip the throttle, the back and forth belt movement wipes the marks.clean.

but how do you adjust alignment ??? cant leave us with that cliffhanger. btw your mispronouncing sheaves. its not the thing you get stabbed with in prison.

How we doing I have a 16 m8000 hcr. I cam not get my belt to stop squealing I adjusted deflection to what it calls for but it still making noise. Any suggestions. Thanks

Lets work on this old girl. Ya. That super sick, totally awesome triple completely done out. Yes please 😂

So why would you want that to be what appears to be an 1/8 out of square?