Ok heres my best guess at what lyes ahead of you.
1) remove recoil assembly (it is an assembly, there should be 3 bolts holding the starter assembly to the engine. Everything will stay where it belongs in the starter as long as you dont remove the bolt/nut on the inside of your rope sheeve.) to gain access to the lower fan belt pully.
2)remove fan cover
3)remove large nut holding fan onto its axle shaft. This will alow the top pully to seperate and one half of it will come off of the shaft and allow you to remove the belt. Make sure that you note the locations of spacers (washers).
4) remove old belt from the fan axle and the crankshaft pully
5)install new belt on lower pully first and then install it on the fan axle shaft. Now put the spacers and pully/fan back onto the shaft.
6)As you tighten the nut that holds the fan on, make sure you are rotating the engine over also to avoid pinching the belt. (for a new belt the spacers should all be inbetween the two faces of the pully) You will need to check and adjust your belt deflection like your manual says to do.
7)reassemble the fan cover and recoil starter.
Now keep in mind that this is my best guess as i cant see other obsticles that you might encounter. I took most of my information from my head, but also looked into one of my books for a sled that was prior to 87, but every belt i have ever seen was changed this way. I hope this helps you a little bit. If you have anymore questions feel free to pm me or ask here in the forum.
Polaris is my way out
Edited by - TriumphoverU on 20 Dec 2001 18:04:50
1) remove recoil assembly (it is an assembly, there should be 3 bolts holding the starter assembly to the engine. Everything will stay where it belongs in the starter as long as you dont remove the bolt/nut on the inside of your rope sheeve.) to gain access to the lower fan belt pully.
2)remove fan cover
3)remove large nut holding fan onto its axle shaft. This will alow the top pully to seperate and one half of it will come off of the shaft and allow you to remove the belt. Make sure that you note the locations of spacers (washers).
4) remove old belt from the fan axle and the crankshaft pully
5)install new belt on lower pully first and then install it on the fan axle shaft. Now put the spacers and pully/fan back onto the shaft.
6)As you tighten the nut that holds the fan on, make sure you are rotating the engine over also to avoid pinching the belt. (for a new belt the spacers should all be inbetween the two faces of the pully) You will need to check and adjust your belt deflection like your manual says to do.
7)reassemble the fan cover and recoil starter.
Now keep in mind that this is my best guess as i cant see other obsticles that you might encounter. I took most of my information from my head, but also looked into one of my books for a sled that was prior to 87, but every belt i have ever seen was changed this way. I hope this helps you a little bit. If you have anymore questions feel free to pm me or ask here in the forum.
Polaris is my way out
Edited by - TriumphoverU on 20 Dec 2001 18:04:50
