Just blew my belt on a lake 10km from no where. Your video saved my bacon. The girlfriend would not have liked the walk back. Thank the good Lord for 3G service too!

Running the belt loose means you are not engaging in the lowest gear, that is the only difference in performance. Once you are moving there is no effect, the adjustment is only for engagement tension. It is harder on your belt to stop and start when you run it loose. It's like trying to pull out in second gear with a stickshift - you can do it but it's not a great idea. I recommend running your belt as tight as possible as long as it doesn't make a squeal at idle. You can't really judge by how high it sits in the sheave because there are minor variations in center to center distance between sleds, even of the same make and model - but it is a good starting point. My advice is run it tight until you hear squeal at idle, then back it off bit by bit until you get to just the right tension. Don't forget as the belt wears you will need to retighten. Running it tight could cause excess engine braking, so if you don't like the feel of that run it a little looser. The point is there is no really clear cut way to know you have it right without tuning and testing. Check for burned rubber marks on the primary sheave at the engagement point - that can be caused by the belt being too loose and it burns as it struggles to engage.

Tai provides an invaluable service with his maintenance videos. He is concise, clear and gives you useful tips during instruction. Great resource!

Great video. Thank you. Finally a Ski-Doo belt adjustment video that thoroughly explains the belt adjustment.

Thanks I could not remember how to do it! You helped me through it!

Thank you. perfect video

So I have a pretty serious troubleshooting issue with my secondary, it seems it doesn’t wanna adjust when trying to adjust it as per this video. I tried everything and it just doesn’t wanna move back into position almost as it’s seized up. Any input would be great.

Awesome, thank you. now I know something new.

Thanks this was very helpful .

Thanks You make it easy!

What about changing the oil in chaincase for a 2011 600etec????? thx

What does the other end of that clutch tool do?

Nicely done. Thank youv

Mine secondary won’t come back out after the tool was in??

did you find the fault why it only ran on 1 cylinder

Great video thanks!

my helix wont release after i took belt off any tips

I have a 2008 mxz renegade x 800r and blew my belt yesterday just got it not to long ago so everythings new to me compared to my 2001 xc500 lol but there's a tool to change the belt but couldn't find the place to put it can sumone tell me were it would be please or if I even need to cuz I just rolled the belt on the old skool way

ride smart ride ski-doo :)

i don't have a snowmobile,why i'm watching this?

e tec not e tech lol