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Old 11-05-2019, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
Depends on you’re driving habits. If you slam the centrifugal clutch in and bang the belt every time you take off then it going to we’re out faster than featuring the centrifugal clutch in. Mine 7 years old 11k miles and looks like new. IMO eventually it will dry rot and start cracking, nothing you can do about age.
After reading this thread I checked the drive belt on my 2015 Yamaha.
Manual says it should be 1.20 to 1.06 wide and replace at the lower number.
At 7800 miles it’s hardly worn at all, and haven’t noticed any slipping or power loss.
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