When we change our belts, in most cases, the front clutch internally falls apart. Now don’t feel stressed, as it only takes two minutes to fix it. Anytime a belt comes off, breaks or is being replaced, we need to realize with the belt gone, the front clutch has no pressure on it to stay intact, so they fall apart internally.
When we change our belts, in most cases, the front clutch internally
falls apart. Now don’t feel stressed, as it only takes two minutes to
fix it. Anytime a belt comes off, breaks or is being replaced, we need
to realize with the belt gone, the front clutch has no pressure on it
to stay intact, so they fall apart internally. With all this talk about
clutches falling apart, we might throw up our hands and say “forget it,
just take it to the shop”. Well, don’t. You can do this, it’s easy. If
you can change a belt on a car, you can do it on a scooter. All there
is to do is the following:
Remove the cover plate (which has to come off to replace the belt anyways)
Unscrew/Unbolt the Front Clutch (takes one minute)
You
will see in the Clutch that all the rollers are all mixed up. Simply
separate the clutch and put the rollers back in their slots (one
minute). Poof... you are done. That was easy.
A note of
caution: You must hold the clutch together while putting it back in and
keep pressure on it so the rollers don’t come loose while you are
putting the belt back on.
See how easy that was? Scooters
seem difficult. I felt the same way. I owned a scooter before having a
repair shop and was very intimidated. I took out the seat and saw all
the wires and hoses and decided it wasn’t for me. After having a repair
shop for just a few months, I look back now at how afraid I let myself
become, when it wasn’t necessary. These scooters are easy to fix now.
Belts and Clutches are easy. I can do a repair in 15-minutes and send
you on your way. Trust yourself, it’s mostly just common sense. If you
need a belt (or even a new clutch), visit ScooterStock.com.
Mark Kemp is the Parts Manager for ScooterStock in Orem, Utah. They specialize in Scooter Parts
and High Performance Upgrades for most Chinese Brands. They have a
Bounty- Hunter program; meaning they specialize in finding the
hard-to-find parts
